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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

Oyster Farming

Format: 3 film reels (00:10:16 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A look at oyster farming in New South Wales, Australia, and how it compares with similar farming in the Atlantic region.

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 1982-19 / Location no.: Fc 368 - 370 Supplemental information no.: Mf204-01

Painting Exhibition at the Public Gardens

Format: 1 film reel : silent, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Footage of an exhibition of paintings on the fence around the Public Gardens, Halifax. Shots of artists painting & persons selling their works.

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 564 Supplemental information no.: Mf202-47

Land of Fantasy

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

Note: CHILDREN ENJOYING FANTASYLAND AT THE NOVA SCOTIA LIGHT AND POWER CHRISTMAS DISPLAY.

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 194 Supplemental information no.: MF 196 - 54

Transportation Streeter

Format: 3 film reels (00:3:18 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Interviews with people on the street about the inter-city transportation system between Halifax and Dartmouth.

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 323 - 325 Supplemental information no.: Mf14

North-South Trolley Lines

Format: 1 film reel (00:03:01 hrs.) : silent, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Marilyn MACDONALD experiments on the time it takes to travel from Duffus & Robie Streets to the Victoria General Hospital by taxi cab and by streetcar trolley.

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 561 Supplemental information no.: Mf202-44

Maritime Feeder Cattle

Format: 4 film reels (00:24:00 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Report by Sandy CAMERON about the Beef Cattle Program in New Brunswick. He interviews farmers about the value of the program and the sale of the cattle.

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 1277 - 1279 Supplemental information no.: Mf229-50

Tobacco Planting

Format: 10 film reels (00:21:00 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Four items: item on tobacco planting and processing on Prince Edward Island; demonstration of a strawberry cooling machine; silent footage of land preparation for cranberry growing.

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 1243 1244 2595 - 2598 2624 + Supplemental information no.: Mf229-29

Brian Flemming Interview

Format: 1 film reel (00:5:33 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Marilyn MACGILLVRAY interviews Brian FLEMMING on gun control.

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 344 Supplemental information no.: Mf199-27

Scenics In New Brunswick

Format: Film reels (00:01:10 hrs.) : silent, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: CBC Color Presentation logo (sound)/ New Brunswick flag (silent)/ shots of farmland (silent).

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.: Fc 454 Supplemental information no.: Mf268-2

Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture Meeting

Format: 12 film reels (00:15:00 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Footage of a Nova Scotia Agriculture Meeting on Capitol Grants to farmers. Heard are C. ELLIOT, E. HARVEY, Mr. WALSH and Mr. WOODMAN. Much of this footage is silent.

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 1218 1219 1898 1909 1966 + Supplemental information no.: Mf229-16

Nova Scotia College of Art and Design

Format: 1 film reel (00:2:03 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Libby CHRISTENSEN talks to students of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design about their March of Concern re: the dispute with faculty at the 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 338 Supplemental information no.: Mf199-22

Loitering Youths

Format: 2 film reels (00:6:13 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Marilyn MACGILLVRAY interviews young people to find out why they loiter in malls.

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 326 327 Supplemental information no.: Mf199-15

Lower Sackville Construction Health In Schools

Format: 1 film reel (00:4:25 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Silent footage of construction of houses in Sackville, N.S. And scene of students leaving Queen Elizabeth High School.

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 686 Supplemental information no.: Mf211-17

Film Insert

Format: Film reels (00:00:51 hrs.) : silent, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Film inserts for a videotape program. Scene at St. Joseph College in Moncton, NB, with a girl entering and walking around the college.

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.: Fc 453 Supplemental information no.: Mf268-

Wile Farm

Format: 3 film reels (00:27:24 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Ches COOPER visits the century-old farm of Dawson and Bernard WILE to observe the daily operations. The farm is located near Bridgewater, 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 1264 - 1266 Supplemental information no.: Mf229-43