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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

National Regional Salute Centennial Year

Format: 1 film reel (00:27:34 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A series of regional salutes to Canada's Centennial Year (1967) from Newfoundland, the Maritimes, Quebec, Ontario, the Prairie Provinces and British Columbia. The Maritime salute is a comical song written and sung by Jim BENNET. The producer of the Maritime segment is Manny PITTSON.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1989-57 / Location no.: Fb 2408 Supplemental information no.: Mf262-62

Air Canada

Format: 16 mm : b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: AIR CANADA INSPECTS NEW DC-8 JETS, WITH CBC'S Don TREMAINE ON HAND TO CHECK SEATING.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: FB 108 Supplemental information no.: MF 196 - 3

Jet

Format: 16 mm : b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: COCKPIT AND INTERIOR SHOTS OF A DC9 JET AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: FB 146 Supplemental information no.: MF 196 - 30

Bass Fishing

Format: 1 film reel (00:12:00 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Interview with Chuch from the Sport Fishing Magazine, New York, about the bass fishing in NS. Shots of equipment and techniques used & footage of driving down a country road.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1527 Supplemental information no.: Mf252-1

Skeet Claybird Tournament

Format: 1 film reel (00:03:00 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Footage of contestant shooting at the 1967 Winchester Claybird Tournament at the Dartmouth Trap & Skeet Club, and presentation of the prize.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1534 Supplemental information no.: Mf252-6

Snow Removal

Format: 3 film reels (00:8:30 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Silent footage of various methods of snow removal in the Maritimes.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1332 Supplemental information no.: Mf229-82

Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture Meeting

Format: 2 film reels (00:5:09 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Meeting of the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture at which plans for financial assistance for farmers are outlined. Frank NICHOLSON and Sandy CAMERON interview people who attended. Included in cans is some footage of farm scenes and of a meeting of swine and beef growers.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction. Fb 1195: CLOSED: conservation

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1194- 1195 Supplemental information no.: Mf229-1

Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture Meeting

Format: 3 film reels (00:22:30 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Three features: report on a meeting of the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture re: funding; item on a meeting by the Hog producers of Nova Scotia; footage of Maritime Beef Cattle Station at Nappan, N.S.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1203 1799 Supplemental information no.: Mf229-6

Louisbourg

Format: 5 film reels (00:25:50 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Profile of Fortress Louisbourg and its construction with a portrayal of Serge VERIER, engineer of the original fortress.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 360 - 364 Supplemental information no.: Mf195-04

Centennial Music Festival, St. John, N.B.

Format: 2 film reels (00:29:15 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Coverage of the Centennial Year National Music Festival held in the auditorium of the St. John Highschool, St. John, NB. Ken HOMER interviews the adjudicator of the festival, Mr. JACOBSON of Great Britain. John FISHER 'Mr. Centennial', presents the grand prize of the festival to John RAPSON of Toronto.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 2103- 2104 Supplemental information no.: Mf257-6

Maple Sugar Operation

Format: Film reels : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: 3 items: Silent footage of a traditional maple sugar operation- tree drilling, collection, sugar shack etc./ Interview with unidentified laboratory personnel regarding an improved soil sampling programme/ Silent footage of graduation exercises at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1201 Supplemental information no.: Mf229-4

Atlantic Winter Fair

Format: 1 film reel (00:4:18 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Silent footage of cattle judging at the Atlantic Winter Fair in Nova Scotia.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1252 Supplemental information no.: Mf229-34

Strawberry Research

Format: 1 film reel (00:08:00 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A discussion of what developing new breeds of strawberry plants involves/ Planting a inspecting strawberry plants.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 887 Supplemental information no.: Mf216-03

Edward's Perennial Garden, Dartmouth

Format: 1 film reel (00:03:28 hrs.) : silent, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Shots of a perennial garden, including some kind of bedding plant frame.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 892 Supplemental information no.: Mf216-08

Gun Collection, Shubenacadie

Format: 4 film reels (00:13:00 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Discussion and demonstration of some of the historic guns in Dr. Ross MACINNIS' collection.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1538 1539 1540 1541 Supplemental information no.: Mf252-10