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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

Boat Building Rick Porter

Format: 2 film reels (00:11:35 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Boat builder Rick PORTER of Mahone Bay, N.S., 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 1986-13 / Location no.: Fc 1425- 1426 Supplemental information no.: Mf301-07

Part-Time Beef

Format: 2 film reels (00:27:50 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A report on the beef industry in Nova Scotia focusing particularly on the small and part-time producer. Various people are interviewed including part-time farmer Fred OTTER, about the viability of the small farm and the methods best suited to its operation (i.e. barnless beef raising). Also heard are Charlie DOUGLAS and Bill GIBBERD.

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 1986-13 / Location no.: Fb 2479 2480 Supplemental information no.: Mf229-92

Admiral Porter's Christmas Message

Format: 16 mm : colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: ADMIRAL PORTER OF MARITIME COMMAND DELIVERS A CHRISTMAS MESSAGE.

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 546 Supplemental information no.: MF 196 - 191

Draft Dodgers

Format: Film reels (00:13:22 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: This film contains documentary footage about an American fishing fleet's activities in the Grand Banks. The 'Columbia', a Grank Bank fishing schooner, is shown as it leaves port (Gloucester, MA), fishes and returns with the catch. Footage also includes processing, mechanization and the packaging of the fish for the consumer. Intertitles (German) are used to inform the viewer. **German title: KABELJAU FISCHFANG

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 1986-13 / Location no.: Fb 2313 2314 Supplemental information no.: Mf340-1

Petpeswick Pollution

Format: 3 film reels (00:6:49 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Bob OXLEY interviews several unidentified residents of West Petpeswick about effluent from a local school being dumped into Petpeswick Harbour. Silent footage showing the school and the 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 1986-13 / Location no.: Fb 2435- 2437 Supplemental information no.: Mf211-52

Day Parole

Format: 4 film reels (00:10:10 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Interview by Sheila URQUHART with an inmate of the [Halifax County] Correctional Centre about Day Parole.

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 1986-13 / Location no.: Fb 2388- 2391 Supplemental information no.: Mf202-82

At the Nova Scotia College of Art And Design

Format: 1 film reel (00:28:50 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Sheila URQUHART and Doug ARNOLD interview faculty at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design about the teaching methods of the school. Interviewed are Director G.N. KENNEDY; Foundation member Steve MARON; Design faculty member Tony MANN; Art Education faculty member Marjorie RICKER; and painting faculty members Bruce PARSONS, Art GREEN, and Michael YPTON.

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 1986-13 / Location no.: Fb 2418 Supplemental information no.: Mf219-15

Irish Moss, The Good Weed

Format: 4 film reels (00:10:36 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A report (in French) about the Irish Moss industry in Nova Scotia -- in particular on the French Shore region. An unidentified man (possibly a government official) talks about the importance to the economy of the industry. Extensive footage of the harvesting and processing of Irish Moss at Marine Colloids, Inc.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Broadcaster: CBHT
Language: French
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1986-13 / Location no.: Fc 2292 - 2295 Supplemental information no.: Mf229-95

Irish Moss

Format: 2 film reels (00:7:35 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Louis DEVEAU describes the harvesting, drying and processing of irish moss.

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 1986-13 / Location no.: Fb 2188 2189 Supplemental information no.: Mf204-07

Dick Sourel Interview

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

Note: Mike GILLIS interviews Dick SOUREL about his invention of an oil slicker which cleans oil off the water.

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 1986-13 / Location no.: Fc 884 885 Supplemental information no.: Mf204-10

The Changing City

Format: 2 film reels (00:23:38 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Four interviews with people from Halifax, N.S., involved in artistic and social change in the city. An interview with the Art Director of the Provincial Art Gallery; with Canon FRENCH, a clergyman and activist; with a journalist for The Fourth Estate; and with Ralph MEDJUCK, developer.

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 1986-13 / Location no.: Fc 2159- 2160 Supplemental information no.: Mf202-83

Woman Taxi Driver

Format: 2 film reels (00:3:13 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Sheila URQUHART interviews a Mrs. [FORGERON] about what it is like to be a woman taxi driver in Halifax, N.S. The picture footage is taken from inside the taxi as Mrs. FOGERON drives around Halifax--good shots of the city streets.

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 1986-13 / Location no.: Fb 2386- 2387 Supplemental information no.: Mf202-81

Crabs

Format: 2 film reels (00:9:55 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Mike GILLIS interviews a fisherman about the crab fishery.

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 1986-13 / Location no.: Fb 2186 2187 Supplemental information no.: Mf204-06

United Mine Workers

Format: 3 film reels (00:11:00 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Bob OXLEY interviews an unidentified official of the United Mine Workers of either Springhill or Glace Bay, N.S. They discuss recent International elections and the politics of the Union. The official denies the suggestion of corruption. OXLEY also interviews an unidentified ex-miner about voting and his long service as a coal miner.

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 1986-13 / Location no.: Fb 2444- 2446 Supplemental information no.: Mf211-55

Salmon Planking - Lincoin Freeman

Format: 2 film reels (00:12:41 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Lincoln FREEMAN demonstrates the art of planking a salmon.

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 1986-13 / Location no.: Fc 1423- 1424 Supplemental information no.: Mf301-06