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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

A Look at The Role of The Navy

Format: 1 film reel (00:04:41 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Professor Denis STAIRS viewpoint on the Canadian Navy equipping of a ship for anti- submarine warfare/ nuclear warfare.

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.: Fc 460 Supplemental information no.: Mf261-34

Loading Nova Scotia Apples

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

Note: Two items: footage showing the processing and shipping of Nova Scotia apples, includes interviews by Bill SKERRETT with importers of apples for the United Kingdom; item on a National Farmers Union meeting in Charlottetown, P.E.I.

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 1294 1295 2162 - 2168 Supplemental information no.: Mf229-58

Nova Scotia Wildlife Federation

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: CBC Television
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 1655 Supplemental information no.: Mf253-39

A Final Salute to The Bonaventure

Format: 16 mm
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: SEE TITLE. NO FURTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT TIME OF INPUT.

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 57 / Supplemental information no.: Mf196-338

Memramcook Conference

Format: 2 film reels (00:24:49 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Coverage of a conference of Maritime farmers which took place in Memramcook, N.B. The conference dealt with farm production and marketing in the Maritimes.

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 1324 1325 Supplemental information no.: Mf229-75

The Spinners - Theatre On Wheels

Format: 2 film reels (00:10:53 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: [A theatre group stage a play outdoors with children taking part.]

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 577 578 Supplemental information no.: Mf202-55

Steer Show

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

Note: Silent footage of the Steer Show at the Atlantic Winter Fair in Nova Scotia.

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 1319 Supplemental information no.: Mf229-70

Public Gardens Bandstand

Format: 2 film reels (00:03:45 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: CBC producer Ralph WAUGH playing a variety of musical instruments in the Public Gardens Bandstand for host of The MAX MUSEUM, Bruce ARMSTRONG.

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.: Fc 371- 372 Supplemental information no.: Mf215-3

Final Salute to The Bonnie

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

Note: This is unedited footage of A/C Deck trials of the H.M.C.S. Bonaventure. The location is not Halifax, N.S. It could possibly be Belfast, N. Ireland. The Bonaventure is also undergoing a paint job and is in dry dock.

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 1989-57 / Location no.: Fb 2396 Supplemental information no.: Mf196-338

Handcrafts - Cooking

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

Note: A short film featuring a man in a chef's costume cooking (shot at high speed)- humorous item.

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 2109 Supplemental information no.: Mf270- 2

Final Salute to The Bonnie

Format: 1 film reel (00:21:35 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: An extensive series of CBC News clips compiled for use in the Gazette programme 'A Final Salute to teh Bonnie' -- a look back at the H.M.C.S. Bonaventure as it is about to be taken out of service after 12 years. Also shown are brief clips of the H.M.C.S. Skeena, Restigouche and Gatineau.

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 1989-57 / Location no.: Fb 2397 Supplemental information no.: Mf196-339

Bonaventure

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

Note: VARIOUS SCENES OF HMCS BONAVENTURE AT DOCKSIDE AND ON MANOEUVERS.

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 136 Supplemental information no.: MF 196 - 24

Woodlot Owners Association

Format: 6 film reels (00:27:45 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Report on the Woodlot Owners Association of Nova Scotia and the problems of woodlot owners in the Maritimes.

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.: Fc 388 393 Supplemental information no.: Mf229-77

Captain Conway Interview

Format: 2 film reels (00:12:45 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Marilyn MACDONALD interview Captain CONWAY, editor of The Suburban Mirror, about living on a boat - the Girline - in Halifax Harbour.

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 522 523 Supplemental information no.: Mf202-15

World's Wildest Hunt

Format: 2 film reels
Filmmaker: CBC Television
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 1587- 1588 Supplemental information no.: Mf253-3