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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

Crow Shooting

Format: 1 film reel (00:06:18 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Footage of Orvill PULSIFER and 2 men shooting (and baiting) crows around a forest dump.

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 1567 Supplemental information no.: Mf252-27

Higgins Woodlot

Format: 2 film reels (00:7:35 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Report on woodlot management. Footage showing farmer logging on his property using horses. Also footage of sod turning ceremony for College Royal at the Nova Scotia Agriculture College, Truro, 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 1196 1197 Supplemental information no.: Mf229-2

Smelt Fishing

Format: 1 film reel (00:07:00 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Footage of people ice fishing at night & by day (fishing for smelt).

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 1529 Supplemental information no.: Mf252-2

Prince Edward Island Story

Format: 3 film reels (00:16:47 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Bill SKERRETT interviews farmers on Prince Edward Island about grain growing in that province. He also interviews Dr. ROSSELL of the Agriculture Research Station in Charlottetown, P.E.I.

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 1212 - 1214 Supplemental information no.: Mf229-12

Springer Spaniels

Format: 2 film reels (00:14:25 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Dr. David MCCURDY trains a litter of springer spaniel dogs.

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 1574 1575 Supplemental information no.: Mf252-32

United States Secretary of Agriculture

Format: 1 film reel (00:7:52 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Statement by O. FREEMAN, United States Secretary of Agriculture, about a new Farm Program.

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 1198 Supplemental information no.: Mf229-3

Mini-Skirted Ladies In Halifax

Format: 1 film reel (00:00:59 hrs.) : silent, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Footage of women on Barrington St. Halifax wearing mini skirts.

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 2112 Supplemental information no.: Mf272-1

Hog Barn

Format: 5 film reels (00:13:00 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Two features: item on the construction of a new hog barn; and item on seed cleaning.

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 1202 1817 Supplemental information no.: Mf229-5

Caledonia Trapping Story

Format: 1 film reel (00:09:04 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Footage of resetting and emptying a trapline.

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 1530 Supplemental information no.: Mf252-3

Plastic Canoe Making

Format: 2 film reels (00:19:18 hrs.) : silent, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Footage of the steps involved in making a plastic canoe and 2 men actually constructing one.

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 1569 1570 Supplemental information no.: Mf252-29

Planting Annuals

Format: 1 film reel (00:07:32 hrs.) : silent, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Gordon WARREN shows how to plant annuals.

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 890 Supplemental information no.: Mf216-06

Daffodils - St. John Dahlia Society

Format: 2 film reels (00:13:00 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Shots of dahlia exhibit & members of society/ Interview with current president and 2 past presidents/ Series opening & closing.

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 901- 902 Supplemental information no.: Mf216-14

Dahlias Maybee and Cowan Interviews

Format: 2 film reels (00:13:00 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: 2 interviews: one discussion on growing hints for dahlias and a discussion of methods of propagating dahlias with a demonstration of taking cuttings.

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 899- 900 Supplemental information no.: Mf216-13

The Halifax Explosion

Format: 2 film reels (00:26:04 hrs.) : silent, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Interview footage with Halifax explosion survivors (inserts & outs). Historic footage of explosion aftermath including 'The City Market Building', 'The Halifax Music Academy', Red Cross Ambulance train, contemporary shots of Hx north end. Includes animated sequence of Imo & Mont Blanc collision.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction. Fb 1714: new MAG (1995)

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1714- 1715 Supplemental information no.: Mf257-2

Swine and Beef Meeting

Format: 1 film reel (00:7:48 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Silent footage of a meeting of swine and beef producers.

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 1329 Supplemental information no.: Mf229-79