'The Way We Were': Nova Scotia in Film, 1917-1950

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

Music Hop, Frank's Bandstand

Format: 1 film reel (00:29:22 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A programme of music and dancing hosted by Frank CAMERON, and featuring Karen OXLEY, Patician Ann MACKINNON, D.J. JEFFRIES and group 'Brian AHERN and the Offbeats'. Special guests are group 'The Badd Cedes'.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Manny Pittson
Director: PITTSON, Manny
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1516 Supplemental information no.: Mf251-6

Music Hop, Frank's Bandstand

Format: 1 film reel (00:29:25 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A programme of music and dancing hosted by Frank CAMERON, and featuring Karen OXLEY, Patician Ann MACKINNON, Davey WELLES and group 'Brian AHERN and the Offbeats'. Special guest is Ray ST. GERMAINE.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Manny Pittson
Director: PITTSON, Manny
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1517 Supplemental information no.: Mf251-7

Music Hop, Frank's Bandstand

Format: 1 film reel (00:29:20 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A programme of music and dancing hosted by Frank CAMERON, and featuring Karen OXLEY, Patician Ann MACKINNON, Davey WELLES and group 'Brian AHERN and the Offbeats'. Special guests are 'Walt and the Satans'.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Manny Pittson
Director: PITTSON, Manny
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1519 Supplemental information no.: Mf251-9

Music Hop, Frank's Bandstand

Format: 1 film reel (00:29:23 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A programme of music and dancing hosted by Frank CAMERON, and featuring Karen OXLEY, Patician Ann MACKINNON, Davey WELLES and group 'Brian AHERN and the Offbeats'. Special guests are 'The New Brunswick Playboys'.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Manny Pittson
Director: PITTSON, Manny
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1518 Supplemental information no.: Mf251-8

Christmas Eve with Catherine McKinnon

Format: 3 film reels (00:13:08 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Catherine MCKINNON and Jim BENNETT in a Christmas Eve programme, singing songs with musical director Dave WOOD and orchestral accompaniment. [Geoff D'Eon claims that this WAS the first colour production recorded at CBHT].

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Manny Pittson
Director: PITTSON, Manny
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction. Fc 451: CLOSED: conservation

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 450- 452 Supplemental information no.: Mf 267-1

Science Around Us - What's to Stop Me

Format: 4 film reels (00:21:30 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Don TREMAINE narrates this programme on friction.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Sandy Lumsden
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction. Fb 792: CLOSED: conservation

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 789- 792 Supplemental information no.: Mf212-12

Science Around Us - Oldest Machine

Format: 4 film reels (00:18:57 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Don TREMAINE narrates this programme on levers land fulcrums, how they are used in industry and in our daily lives.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Sandy Lumsden
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction. Fb 795: CLOSED: conservation

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 793- 796 Supplemental information no.: Mf212-13

Science Around Us - Move Over

Format: 5 film reels (00:18:57 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Don TREMAINE narrates this programme about movement--push and pull force.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Sandy Lumsden
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 784- 788 Supplemental information no.: Mf212-11

Science Around Us - Which Way Is Down

Format: 3 film reels (00:18:40 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Don TREMAINE narrates this programme on gravity. One of the reels also contains a programme about survival in the wilderness which does not appear to be a CBC production.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Sandy Lumsden
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction. Fb 799: CLOSED: conservation

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 797- 800 Duplication no.: Mf212-14 Supplemental information no.: Mf212-15

Science Around Us - Outs

Format: 3 film reels (00:23:30 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A series of film inserts for various 'Science Around Us' programmes as well as opening titles for the programme.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Sandy Lumsden
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 801- 803 Supplemental information no.: Mf212-16

Digby County - Summer Footage- Dance Potatoes

Date: 1966
Format: 1 film reel (00:11:45 hrs.) : silent, colour
Filmmaker: Alexander Leighton

Note: Digby County residents involved in group recreational activities including: teenage girls dancing; people playing games at a church fair; and kids playing tag. A few agricultural scenes such as cutting hay with a scythe and weeding a potato field.

Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction until 2000.

Reference: Alexander Leighton Nova Scotia Archives 1987-14 / Location no.: Fc 2034 Supplemental information no.: Mf360- 22

CURW

Date: 1966
Format: 1 film reel (00:6:30 hrs.) : silent, colour
Filmmaker: Alexander Leighton

Note: Children involved in various kinds of organized play activity including Little League baseball, 'tag' games and swimming lessons.

Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction until 2000.

Reference: Alexander Leighton Nova Scotia Archives 1987-14 / Location no.: Fc 2036 Duplication no.: Fc 2041 Supplemental information no.: Mf360- 24

Intro to Stirling Co.

Date: 1966
Format: 1 film reel (00:18:30 hrs.) : silent, colour
Filmmaker: Alexander Leighton

Note: Various street scenes of Digby, NS including: storefronts, pedestrians and traffic; DAR train; an old wooden hospital and Digby General. Also included is dredging Digby harbour; fishing boats at anchor; and a shipyard showing wooden boat building.

Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction until 2000.

Reference: Alexander Leighton Nova Scotia Archives 1987-14 / Location no.: Fc 2088 Supplemental information no.: Mf360- 55

Digby

Format: 1 film reel (00:6:00 hrs.) : silent, colour
Filmmaker: Alexander Leighton

Note: Various shots of children's recreational activities; exteriors of buildings; agricultural and fishing activity/buildings in Digby County. Includes Perry's Canteen, wharf and boats, berry pickers and the NS flag.

Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction until 2000.

Reference: Alexander Leighton Nova Scotia Archives 1987-14 / Location no.: Fc 2026 Supplemental information no.: Mf360- 14

Yacht Racing, Bluenose II at Chester

Date: 01 August 1966
Format: 1 film reel (00:23:53 hrs.) : silent, b&w
Filmmaker: Frank Murphy

Note: This amateur film chronicles a day's yacht racing at Chester, Nova Scotia. The film includes footage of a pre-race meeting at the yacht club, a ceremony in which dignitaries aboard the BLUENOSE II inspect the racing yachts, and officiating activity onshore. There is excellent footage of the race itself, taken from an open boat amidst the racing yachts. The film concludes with footage of an awards ceremony at the end of the day, with a crowd watching and a naval band playing on the yacht club lawn. Still shot of one of the awards presented.


Reference: Frank Murphy Nova Scotia Archives 1982-40 / Location no.: Fb 2780