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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

Singalong Jubilee

Format: 1 film reel (00:29:14 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Host Bill LANGSTROTH and the Jubilee Singers sing folk songs. Guest is Edith BUTLER.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1681 Supplemental information no.: Mf255-18

Let's Go

Format: 1 film reel (00:29:18 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A 'teenage dance music' show featuring host Frank CAMERON, singers Karen OXLEY, Davey WELLES, Anne MURRAY and Doug BILLARD.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1468 Supplemental information no.: Mf247-01

Singalong Jubilee

Format: 1 film reel (00:29:14 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Host Bill LANGSTROTH and the Jubilee Singers sing folk songs. Guests include [Catherine MCKINNON], 'The Ardor Folk Girls' from Windsor and John Allan CAMERON.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1680 Supplemental information no.: Mf255-17

Lady of the Legends

Format: 1 film reel (00:24:31 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Helen Creighton

Note: Interviews with Helen CREIGHTON about her work with the supernatural, and dramatizations of legends from her collection, also includes traditional folksinging.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Fletcher Markle
Director: SARTY, Glen
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: Helen Creighton Nova Scotia Archives 1986-43 / Location no.: Fc 1561 Supplemental information no.: Mf305-1

Marshalltown Library Float

Format: 1 film reel (00:10:00 hrs.) : silent, colour
Filmmaker: Alexander Leighton

Note: A documentary about the creation of the Digby Public Library float for a town parade in 1967, featuring the involvement of the children in the project. Includes scenes of rural housing; the librarian reading to the children; and painting and erecting the float.

Producer: Frederick Leighton
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 2016 Supplemental information no.: Mf360- 4

Hanoverians Landing at Lunenburg

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Re-enactment staged to commemorate the anniversary of the landing of the Hector

Production Company: NS Information Service - Motion Picture Section
Broadcaster: NS Department of Trade and Industry
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 2649 Supplemental information no.: mf115-655

Heavy Water Plant Opening

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Glace Bay, Cape Breton.

Production Company: NS Information Service - Motion Picture Section
Broadcaster: NS Department of Trade and Industry
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 2647 Supplemental information no.: mf115-653

Royal Tour

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Royal tour - Queen Mother [Shot as special event coverage but given a stock shot number]

Production Company: NS Information Service - Motion Picture Section
Broadcaster: NS Department of Trade and Industry
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 2644

Model at Provinces' Pavilion For Expo '6

Format: 1 film reel (00:02:46 hrs.) : silent, b&w
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Close-ups of Atlantic Provinces pavillion model with group of people viewing.

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

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 70 Supplemental information no.: mf115-433

Heavy Water Plant Opening

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Opening ceremony at Glace Bay, Cape Breton; early construction and progress shots.

Production Company: NS Information Service - Motion Picture Section
Broadcaster: NS Department of Trade and Industry
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 2648 Supplemental information no.: mf115-654

Tuna Cup Matches

Format: 1 film reel : silent, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: [shot as special event coverage but given a stock shot number]

Production Company: NS Information Service - Motion Picture Section
Broadcaster: NS Department of Trade and Industry
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 2694 Supplemental information no.: mf115-690

Nova Scotia Television Commercial

Format: 2 film reels (00:02:59 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: [Both prints contain French and English versions] Advertisement promoting Nova Scotia as a resort.

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

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 314- 315 Supplemental information no.: mf115-393

Atlantic Provinces Pavilion at Expo '67

Format: 4 film reels (00:60:00 hrs.) : silent, b&w
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Footage taken for a commercial on the Atlantic Provinces pavilion at Expo '67.

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

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 61- 64 Supplemental information no.: mf115-423+

Royal tour

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Royal tour - Queen Mother [Shot as special event coverage but given a stock shot number]

Production Company: NS Information Service - Motion Picture Section
Broadcaster: NS Department of Trade and Industry
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 2645

Atlantic Provinces Pavilion

Format: 5 film reels (00:00:30 hrs.) : silent, b&w
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Exterior of the Atlantic Provinces pavilion in winter at Expo '67

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

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 65- 69 Supplemental information no.: mf115-424+