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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

Public Housing

Format: 2 film reels (00:02:40 hrs.) : silent, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Footage of public housing in different locations throughout Halifax such as Mulgrave Park. Scenes of home designs and interiors.

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 613 614 Supplemental information no.: 202-76,77

Canada Games - Halifax Day

Format: 1 film reel (00:28:54 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: The events of day five of the 1969 Canada Games held in Halifax, N.S. Events covered include swimming, water skiing, tennis, track and field and softball.

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 2089 Supplemental information no.: Mf266-07

Maritime Feed Freight Assistance

Format: 6 film reels (00:20:40 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Interviews by Bill SKERRETT with farmers and government officials about the subsidy to Maritime grain growers known as the Maritime Feed Freight Assistance.

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 1305 - 1307 Supplemental information no.: Mf229-62

Canada Games Report - Lacrosse, Water Polo

Format: 2 film reels (00:18:40 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television
Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction. RESTRICTED: damaged in air handling unit leak (21/03/1995)

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1624 Supplemental information no.: Mf253-22

Shubenacadie Fire Control

Format: 1 film reel (00:04:40 hrs.) : silent
Filmmaker: CBC Television
Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction. RESTRICTED: damaged in air handling unit leak (21/03/1995)

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1623 Supplemental information no.: Mf253-21

Gasoline Prices

Format: 2 film reels (00:3:39 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Marilyn MACDONALD and Jim BENNET take a comical look at the price of gasoline.

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 542 543 Supplemental information no.: Mf202-27

Rural Churches

Format: 1 film reel (00:26:55 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Interview by Ches COOPER with various clergymen about the future of rural churches and their communities. Heard are Dr. J. MACDONALD, Dr. Colin GRANT and Waldo GRANDY. Extensive footage of rural churches.

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 1288 Supplemental information no.: Mf229-55

Rural Recreation Project

Format: 6 film reels (00:11:00 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Three items: silent footage showing site for a rural recreation project at Riley Brook, New Brunswick; Bill SKERRETT looks at the Forestry Marketing Act; silent footage of a Christmas tree demonstration in New Germany, 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 1318 2653 2654 Fc 3016 Supplemental information no.: Mf229-69

Schenley Awards

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 1648 Supplemental information no.: Mf253-35

Santa Claus Opening

Date: May 1969
Format: 1 film reel (00:00:09 hrs.) : silent, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Opening clip of Santa Claus and a shot of a Christmas Tree.

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 444 Supplemental information no.: Mf261-22

Two of Us

Format: 2 film reels (00:02:00 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A montage of images of persons in couples, set to music.

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 586 587 Supplemental information no.: Mf202-61

Students Summer Employment

Format: 2 film reels (00:01:52 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: An item on student employment. A montage of images of students working and students relaxing, set to music.

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 582 583 Supplemental information no.: Mf202-59

Salmore Farms

Format: 2 film reels (00:8:16 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Interview by Sandy CAMERON with Bucky SMITH, assistant manager of the Salmore Farms in Asland, Maine, about the feeder cattle on the 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 1280 Supplemental information no.: Mf229-51

Elite Seed Potato Farm

Format: 2 film reels (00:27:54 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Ches COOPER visits the Elite Seed Potato Farm in New Brunswick and interviews the people who run it.

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 1314 1315 Supplemental information no.: Mf229-67

Flower Garden and Roses

Format: 1 film reel (00:02:59 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: An overview of the flowers in the Gardeon of the Canada Department of Agriculture's Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa.

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 381 Supplemental information no.: Mf216-29