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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

Middleton Phesant Reserve

Format: 4 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 1594- 1597 Supplemental information no.: Mf253-7

Marblehead Yacht Race

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 1592- 1593 Supplemental information no.: Mf253-6

Seal Hunt Controversy

Format: 1 film reel (00:6:00 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Jack MCANDREW reports on the annual seal hunt in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the efforts by abolitionists to stop the hunt.

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 679 Supplemental information no.: Mf211-12

Interview Mr Brushett

Format: 2 film reels (00:7:04 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Gerry BIRT interviews a Mr. BRUSHETT of Lower Sackville who protests the expropriation of part of his land by the Nova Scotia Housing Commission for a right of way for water and sewer.

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 692- 693 Supplemental information no.: Mf211-21

Ben's Bakery

Format: 1 film reel (00:2:22 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Ben's Bakery home delivery service is highlighted in this footage.

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 506 Supplemental information no.: Mf202-4

Tobacco

Format: 11 film reels (00:17:00 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Various items: Ches COOPER visits a tobacco farm in the Annapolis Valley; Ches COOPER visits an apple orchard in the Annapolis Valley; item on lime spreading; item on opal wheat production; item on terraced potatoe fields.

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 1310 1311 2645 2646 2647 - 2649 Supplemental information no.: Mf229-64

Mosler's River Fishermen

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 1616 Supplemental information no.: Mf253-17

Tax Exemptions

Format: 2 film reels (00:1:58 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Mr. MACINNIS, Chairman of the Board of Dalhousie University comments on tax exemptions for universities.

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 680- 681 Supplemental information no.: Mf211-13

Maritime Loyalist Association

Format: 2 film reels (00:4:27 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Gerry BIRT interviews a Mr. KELLAM about an organizational meeting held by the Maritime Loyalist Association.

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 712- 713 Supplemental information no.: Mf211-34

Man On the Street - Astrology

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

Note: Gerry BIRT interviews people about astrology.

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 502 503 Supplemental information no.: Mf202-2

New England Produce Centre

Format: 2 film reels (00:27:41 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Bill SKERRETT visits the New England Produce Centre and talks to people about the Centre and the old Boston Market.

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 1316 1317 Supplemental information no.: Mf229-68

Archery

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 1644- 1645 Supplemental information no.: Mf253-33

Mrs MacCullum - Pilot at Airport

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

Note: MRS. MACCULLUM FLIES A PLANE OVER HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA WITH A COCKPIT VIEW OF THE HARBOUR, MACKAY BRIDGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND THE DARTMOUTH WATERFRONT.

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 211 Supplemental information no.: MF 196 - 63

Saint John, New Bruswick

Format: Film reels (00:28:30 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A rundown on the historical and cultural background of Saint John, NB- it's role as a port, it's architectural development and points of interest to tourists.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Bill Harper
Writer: HOMER, Ken
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction. Fc 421: CLOSED: conservation

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 419- 421 Supplemental information no.: Mf258-1

Sydney Nova Scotia

Format: Film reels (00:27:38 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Aerial shots of Sydney, NS and New Waterford Mines. Scenes of traffic in Sydney/ old photos of Sydney and miners/ miners working in the mines/ miners museum/ Louisbourg/ Hon. Jean CHRETIEN being presented the key to Fort Louisbourg/ the steel plant operation/ Marconi Museum/ a Rotary Club play 'Guys and Dolls'.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Bill Harper
Writer: HARPER, Bill
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 Supplemental information no.: Mf258-2