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

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Format: 16 mm : colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: HISTORICAL REENACTMENTS AND PAGEANTS COMMEMORATING EARLY FRENCH SETTLEMENT IN NOVA SCOTIA -- SPECIFICALLY THE SIGNING OF A TREATY BETWEEN CHAMPLAIN AND THE MICMAC INDIANS AT LEQUILLE IN ANNAPOLIS COUNTY.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives ACC NO 1989 56 / Location no.: FC 354, 355, 356, 357 Supplemental information no.: MF 196 - 96; 196 - 97; 196 - 98; 196 - 99

Bermuda Affair - Fishing Expedition

Format: 1 film reel (00:09:39 hrs.) : silent, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Footage of people rod and reel fishing from a boat along the Bermuda coastline.

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 1546 Supplemental information no.: Mf252-15

Theresa E. Connor

Format: 2 film reels (00:32:40 hrs.) : silent, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Scenes of fishing operation on a schooner [Theresa E. Connor]- loading bait at wharf, baiting hooks, dory fishing, cleaning fish, storing fish, and returning to port.

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 1105- 1106 Supplemental information no.: Mf222-12

Ardmore School

Format: 2 film reels (00:14:59 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Marilyn MACDONALD interviews the principal and teachers about the classes for the deaf and handicapped at Ardmore 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 610 611 Supplemental information no.: Mf202-74

Wildlife Park

Format: 1 film reel (00:02:21 hrs.) : silent, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Footage of animals (swans, ducks, moose, deer, racoon, birds, owl, weasel, fox, squirrels) in a wildlife park.

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 882 Supplemental information no.: Mf215-2

Apple Tree Pruning, Bush Pruning, Rose Canes

Format: 3 film reels (00:06:00 hrs.) : silent, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: The host prunes a bare apple tree with a handsaw and clippers/ pruning an ornamental bush/ uncovering some rose canes, unties and trims them.

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 912- 914 Supplemental information no.: Mf216-19

A.P.E.C. Meeting

Format: 1 film reel (00:1:26 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Silent footage of an Atlantic Provinces Economic Council meeting held at the Nova Scotian Hotel in Halifax, 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 665 Supplemental information no.: Mf211-2

Traffic Problems

Format: 1 film reel (00:00:38 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Scene of trolley coach on Spring Garden Road stopping at Lord Nelson Hotel, as well as other scenes of trolleys moving among the traffic.

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 668 Supplemental information no.: Mf211-5

Tanning Nets and Sword Fishing

Format: 2 film reels (00:6:40 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Mike GILLIS interviews a fisherman about tanning nets and Sandy CAMERON interviews fisherman Eric KAISER about sword fishing.

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 619 620 Supplemental information no.: Mf204-04

Dairy Farming

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

Note: Two items: interview by Ches COOPER with the Cormier brothers of Prince Edward Island about their dairy farm; and interview by Ches COOPER with Bernie SHEA about carrot 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 1263 2583 - 2586 Supplemental information no.: Mf229-42

Compost Heap

Format: 1 film reel (00:04:06 hrs.) : silent, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: [Gordon WARREN] adding various things to a compost heap.

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 920 Supplemental information no.: Mf216-23

Cross Canada Rally

Format: 2 film reels (00:18:34 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Footage of the Shell Car Rally from Halifax to Calgary. Scenes of the preparation for the rally in Calgary, the starting point from the Calgary Exhibiton grounds, and scenes of cars travelling along highways to Halifax.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction. Fb 1402: CLOSED: conservation

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1401- 1402 Supplemental information no.: Mf241-03

American Yacht

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

Note: WHILE IN NOVA SCOTIA, THE CAPTAIN AND CREW OF THE YACHT KAKKI M PROVIDE A TOUR OF ONE OF THE LARGEST WOODEN YACHTS BUILT IN 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 111, 112 Supplemental information no.: MF 196 - 6

Man On The Street - Traffic

Format: 2 film reels (00:8:47 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Dave ROWE interviews several people about the traffic problems in Halifax, N.S., while scenes of city streets and busy intersections are shown.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction. Fb 729: CLOSED: conservation

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 728- 729 Supplemental information no.: Mf211-42

Maritime Grain

Format: 6 film reels (00:8:00 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Various footage showing grain harvesting and processing on farms in Nova Scotia including the J. PEILL farm in Canning, and the Trites and Lewis farms.

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 1267 2580 - 2582 Supplemental information no.: Mf229-44