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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

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 2646

Centennial Canada

Format: 1 film reel (00:05:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: A short advertisement about Nova Scotia's various Centennial projects including the construction of the Sir Charles Tupper Building and a pep talk by Premier Robert Stanfield.

Production Company: Imperial Oil Ltd.
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 316 Supplemental information no.: mf115-396

Paraplegic Pan Am Games

Date: 1967
Format: 1 film reel (00:23:00 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Sport Heritage Centre

Note: Documentary about the first Paraplegic Games, held at the Pan Am Stadium in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1967. Athletes competeting were from Canada, the United States, Trinidad & Tobago, Mexico, Jamaica and Argentina. Film features opening and closing ceremonies, track and field events, swimming, weightlifting, archery, basketball, etc. Canada's Karen MCPHERSON is noted as one of the Games' outstanding athletes. Narrated by Lyle SMORDIN.

Production Company: Pasquefilm
Access: Open for consulation. Permission required from copyright holder for use or duplication.

Reference: Nova Scotia Sport Heritage Centre Nova Scotia Archives 1997-13 / Location no.: Fb 2851

The Great Potential

Date: 1968
Format: 1 film reel (00:30:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture

Note: Film discussing the newly-created Vanier Institute of the Family and outlining the importance that a good education and supportive home life have on the lives of young women and children in general.

Production Company: Francis J.S. Holmes Film Productions [Winnipeg]
Broadcaster: Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company
Access: Open for consultation; written permission must be obtained from copyright owner for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture Nova Scotia Archives 1985-05 / Location no.: Fc 1871 Supplemental information no.: mf328-38

Kite Flying

Format: 1 film reel (00:03:27 hrs.) : silent, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Footage of a kite flying contest.

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 881 Supplemental information no.: Mf215-1

Coal Miners

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

Note: Footage of a coal miners, a coal mine and a coal mining community.

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 947 Supplemental information no.: Mf219-5

A Tribute to Angus Walters

Format: 5 film reels (00:29:36 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: In August 1968 Captain Angus WALTERS of the Bluenose schooner died in Lunenburg. A tribute is paid to him by relatives, friends and shipmates. Ted BRIGGS and J. Frank WILLIS recall the Bluenose's 1938 international race.

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 2011- 2015 Supplemental information no.: Mf262-36

Liquor Store Outlet

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

Note: Footage of Nova Scotia Liquor Commissions stores.

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 555 Supplemental information no.: Mf202-38

Deep Sea Ships and Men

Format: 4 film reels (00:54:04 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A documentary on the history of wooden shipbuilding and seafaring in some atlantic provinces communities: Saint John, NB/ Pictou County, NS/ Saint Martin's, NB/ Saint John's, NFLD.

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 1719- 1722 Supplemental information no.: Mf257-5

Interview With Captain W.E.S. Briggs

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

Note: A PROFILE OF CAPTAIN W.E.S. BRIGGS, REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR CBC IN HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA.

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 909 Supplemental information no.: MF 196 - 277; 196 - 278

Dalhouse University Student Union Building

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

Note: INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SHOTS OF THE DALHOUSIE STUDENT UNION BUILDING IN HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA.

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 148 Supplemental information no.: MF 196 - 31

Judo at The YMCA

Format: 1 film reel (00:02:06 hrs.) : silent, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Footage of a judo class practice.

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 1903 Supplemental information no.: Mf222-1

Lower Sackville Housing Project

Format: 1 film reel (00:8:18 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Dave ROWE interviews a resident of Lower Sackville, N.S., who claims the Nova Scotia Housing Commission threatened to expropriate his land when he would not sell to the Commssion. Also, ROWE speaks with several people about the poor planning that went into the construction of homes by the Commission in Lower Sackville.

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 687 Supplemental information no.: Mf211-18

4-H Leadership Camp

Format: 2 film reels (00:21:36 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Opening cermonies of a 4-H Leadership Camp held on Prince Edward Island. Footage of some of the activities of the camp.

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 1272 1273 Supplemental information no.: Mf229-47

Lime

Format: 8 film reels (00:15:00 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Three items: interviews with farmers on the use of lime on farmland; profile on agriculture in Carlton Co., New Brunswick; interview with farmer on the use of fertilizer on his farm. Interview done by Sandy CAMERON and Bill SKERRETT.

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 1236 1237 Supplemental information no.: Mf229-24