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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

Flower Display - Atlantic Winter Fairs, Winter Evergreen Injury

Format: 1 film reel (00:02:08 hrs.) : silent, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Various shots of displays at the 5th Annual Atlantic Winter Fair/ Shots of small evergreens, some health, some not, in front of 3 different homes.

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 910 Supplemental information no.: Mf216-17

Blueberry Raking and Grading

Format: 3 film reels (00:8:50 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Three items: silent footage of blueberry raking and grading; silent footage of an inspection tour of grain fields; silent footage of farm machinery in operation.

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 1207 Supplemental information no.: Mf229-9

Bad Housing In County

Format: 1 film reel (00:00:58 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Silent footage showing slum housing in Halifax County.

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 2196 Supplemental information no.: Mf199-30

Fish and Game Meetings

Format: 4 film reels (00:12:11 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Orvil PULSIFER interviews Neil [VAN NOSTRAND] about the biological interests of the Nova Scotia Fish and Game Association; Hugh FARREN, Head of the Assoc., about objectives for the coming year; and Louis COMEAU, Vice President of the NS Fish & Game Assoc. about the participation of the Yarmouth Chapter.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction. Fb 1560: CLOSED: conservation

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1557- 1560 Supplemental information no.: Mf252-23

Closing Strugnell Home

Format: 2 film reels (00:11:00 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Shots of different plants in Strugnell gardens and discussion about starting plants and making planters.

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 895- 896 Supplemental information no.: Mf216-11

Salmon Fishing

Format: 2 film reels (00:13:40 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Commentator [probably Orville PULSIFER] and guide fishing for salmon from a canoe.

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 1578 1579 Supplemental information no.: Mf252-34

Beef and Hog Farming

Format: 5 film reels (00:6:40 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Ches COOPER interviews farmers Don and Garnet FISHER about their beef and hog production.

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 1338 1896 Supplemental information no.: Mf229-88

Sydney Steel

Format: 1 sound tape reel (00:60:00 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Documentary on Sydney Steel in Cape Breton, N.S. [Sound dub only]

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 1987-15 / Location no.: Ar 6452 Supplemental information no.: Mf306-1

Archery - Hunting In Guysborough

Format: 1 film reel (00:05:25 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Footage of 2 unidentified men going to a cabin, practising with their bows and canoeing.

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 1535 Supplemental information no.: Mf252-7

Max Ferguson and Syd Kennedy

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

Note: Max FERGUSON AND Syd KENNEDY DISCUSS THEIR EARLY DAYS IN RADIO.

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 150, 151 Supplemental information no.: MF 196 - 34

Winter Brooks

Format: 4 film reels (00:5:00 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Several items all silent footage: scene of winter brooks; livestock auction in Prince Edward Island; men working in a woodlot in winter; scene of sows in a barn.

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 1330 Supplemental information no.: Mf229-80

Garden Clubs Convention

Format: 1 film reel (00:04:43 hrs.) : silent, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Shots of displays and lectures at a convention of garden clubs.

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 903 Supplemental information no.: Mf216-15

Winter Gardening

Format: 1 film reel (00:02:42 hrs.) : silent, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: [Gordon WARREN] demonstrating preparation of a cold frame or mini greenhouse in winter.

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 883 Supplemental information no.: Mf216-01

Blueberry Harvest

Format: 3 film reels (00:7:00 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Silent footage of 4-H Day ribbon cutting ceremony for the opening of the Centennial Barn at the Halifax County Exhibition.

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 1211 1795 Supplemental information no.: Mf229-11

Beef Situation

Format: 1 film reel (00:2:56 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Bill SKERRETT interviews R. BENNET about the price of beef in Canada and the United States.

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 1199 Supplemental information no.: Mf229-3