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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

Gardening For Retarded Children

Format: 1 film reel (00:04:28 hrs.) : silent, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Plant- related activities in a class of handicapped children- soil preparation, planting seedlings in pots & boxes, planting seeds in pots, creating scrap books of flower pictures.

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 380 Supplemental information no.: Mf216-28

Everyday Housewife

Format: 2 film reels
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Montage of newspaper clippings from the 1890s showing women in different attire set to the song 'Everyday Housewife'.

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 530 531 Supplemental information no.: Mf202-20

High Rise Apartment Fire Risks

Format: 2 film reels (00:1:42 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Fire Chief PARTINGTON interviewed about the fire risks of high rise apartment buildings.

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 669- 670 Supplemental information no.: Mf211-6

Halifax Regional Library

Format: 1 film reel (00:00:43 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Footage of the exterior of the Halifax Regional Library.

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 545 Supplemental information no.: Mf202-29

City Hot Line and Mr. Clancy

Format: 2 film reels (00:1:13 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Demonstration of how the City's Hot Line works by a Mr. CLANCY.

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 513 514 Supplemental information no.: Mf202-10

Fashion Graphics

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

Note: Montage of newspaper clippings of woman's wear in the 1890s.

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 532 533 Supplemental information no.: Mf202-21

Canada Games Report

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 1585- 1586 Supplemental information no.: Mf253-2

Dunbrack Road Intersection

Format: 2 film reels (00:6:48 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Gerry BIRT interviews residents of Fairview, a Halifax subdivision, about the proposed road to connect Bedford with Halifax, N.S., which will run through the area. The primary concern is over the local elementary school as children will be forced to cross a four-lane highway.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction. Fb 711: CLOSED: conservation

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 710- 711 Supplemental information no.: Mf211-33

Canada Games - Halifax Day

Format: 1 film reel (00:28:55 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: The events of day six of the 1969 Canada Games held in Halifax, N.S. Events covered include water skiing, track and field, baseball, lacrosse, field hockey, soccer.

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 2090 Supplemental information no.: Mf266-08

Canada Games 1969, Halifax, N.S. - Closing Ceremonies

Format: 3 film reels (01:28:55 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Closing ceremonies of the 1969 Canada Games held in Halifax, N.S. Governor General Roland MITCHNER and Finlay MACDONALD attend.

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 2098 - 2100 Supplemental information no.: Mf266-11

Stock Car Racing

Format: 1 film reel (00:02:09 hrs.) : silent, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: [Footage of stock car racing.]

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 581 Supplemental information no.: Mf202-58

Canoe Builder at Middleton

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 1653- 1654 Supplemental information no.: Mf253-38

Health Food Store

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

Note: Footage of the interior of a health food store.

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 547 Supplemental information no.: Mf202-31

Born Free

Format: 2 film reels (00:2:18 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Footage contrasting living conditions of a Black family in slum housing and the conditions of the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children.

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 507 508 Supplemental information no.: Mf202-5

Women's Sports In Nova Scotia

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Canada Summer games promo on women in sports. It tries to compare sports to housework.

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 2110 Supplemental information no.: Mf219-11