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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

Farm Safety

Format: 3 film reels (00:19:00 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Interviews by Bill SKERRETT with farmers about Farm Safety Programs. Footage of demonstrations of farm safety.

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 1303 1304 Supplemental information no.: Mf229-61

Canada Games

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 1589- 1590 Supplemental information no.: Mf253-4

Interview Dr. Doris Boyle

Format: 1 film reel (00:9:13 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Interview with Dr. Doris BOYLE, economist at St. Francis Xavier University and member of a Task Force on Urban and Housing Development. She discusses the urgent need for improved housing and thoughtful urban planning in Canada.

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 666 Supplemental information no.: Mf211-3

Consumer of the Year

Format: 2 film reels (00:4:42 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Marilyn MACDONALD interviews the Consumer of the Year, a Mrs. LUCUS.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction. Fb 521: CLOSED: conservation

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 520- 521 Supplemental information no.: Mf202-14

Highrise Apartments

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

Note: Footage of various highrise apartment buildings on Spring Garden Road 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 549 Supplemental information no.: Mf202-33

P.E.I. Lieutenant Governor's Christmas Message

Format: 1 film reel (00:01:16 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Lieutenant Governor of PEI gives a Christmas address, 1969.

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 1835 Supplemental information no.: Mf261-26

Interview Mr. Pernette

Format: 2 film reels (00:3:03 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Bob OXLEY interviews a Mr. PERNETTE about the storage of trailers and vehicles at the South Shore Exhibition grounds during the winter. A new property tax is being instituted and has caused owners to remove the vehicles resulting in a loss of $2000 for the Exhibition

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 690- 691 Supplemental information no.: Mf211-20

Interview Louis Lubka

Format: 2 film reels (00:14:08 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Bob OXLEY interview Halifax City Planner Louis LUBKA about the direction of housing development in the city. They look at the Hydrostone project, the Westmount subdivision and the Mulgrave Park project.

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 672- 673 Supplemental information no.: Mf211-8

DDT Pesticides and Health

Format: 2 film reels (00:21:13 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Bob OXLEY interviews several experts on the affects of DDT and other pesticides on the environment. Also, the work being done at the [Kentville, N.S.] Experimental Station to find alternative methods of protecting crops is profiled.

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 694- 695 Supplemental information no.: Mf211-22

DDT and Birds

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 1646- 1647 Supplemental information no.: Mf253-34

Drag City Speedway

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 1642- 1643 Supplemental information no.: Mf253-32

Pierre Trudeau and The Press

Format: 1 film reel (00:1:10 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Statement by Prime Minister Pierre TRUDEAU about the activities of the press prying into the private lives of politicians.

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 682 Supplemental information no.: Mf211-14

Physical Education

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

Note: Montage of physical exercises and activities set to music. Includes swimming, weight lifting, skating, tennis, rowing, cycling, etc.

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 677- 678 Supplemental information no.: Mf211-11

Dr. Orban - Fitness

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 1649- 1650 Supplemental information no.: Mf253-36

Search and Rescue

Format: 2 film reels (00:17:09 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Footage showing the exercises of the Search and Rescue unit that works out of CFB Summerside, 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 615 - 617 Supplemental information no.: Mf204-02