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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

March of St. Anne's Students

Format: Film reels (00:14:01 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Footage of a protest by St. Anne's students to urge the goverment to establish a junior bilingual college in southwestern NS. Includes interviews with a student, and footage of the Minister of Education Peter NICHOLSON addressing the crowd at Province House, Halifax.

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 2320 2321 Supplemental information no.: Mf340-5

Offshore Lobster Fishing and Environmental Lab

Format: 1 film reel (00:12:00 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Mike GILLIS interviews fisherman C. MILES about a new venture in offshore lobster fishing. Footage of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada Marine Ecology Laboratory and Pollution Abatement Section facility in St. Andrews, N.B.

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 909 Supplemental information no.: Mf204-23

Pier Theatre

Format: 16 mm : colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A PROFILE OF THE PIER 1 THEATRE IN HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA.

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 537 Supplemental information no.: MF 196 - 183

Container Port

Format: 2 film reels (00:05:16 hrs.) : sound
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A documentary on the workings of container ports, featuring examples from Halifax [Halterm container port] and discussion about the St. Lawrence Seaway.

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 1914 Supplemental information no.: Mf338-4

Sable Island Poem

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

Note: Jim BENNET recites a humourous and satirical poem about oil exploration off Sable Island. Footage includes some lovely shots of Sable Island and its famous ponies.

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 2203- 2204 Supplemental information no.: Mf219-24

Emergency Fisheries Meeting

Format: 1 film reel : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Fishermen at a conference in Dartmouth NS discuss whether the Maritimes should join NFLD's 'Save Our Fisheries 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 1986-13 / Location no.: Fc 756 Duplication no.: Vb 102 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-4

Quahaug Fishing

Format: 2 film reels (00:12:42 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Mike GILLIS interviews a fisherman about quahaug fishing in the Port Medway, N.S., area. He also talks with a fish plant owner who describes the processing of quahaugs.

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 894 895 Supplemental information no.: Mf204-16

H. Leslie Pigot

Format: 3 film reels (00:10:11 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A retrospective tribute to comic actor H. Leslie PIGOT who lived for part of his life in Halifax, N.S. Accompanying a montage of photographs and some original television footage unidentified narrators chart PIGOT's early career, his move to Canada, and his work in theatre, radio and television in Canada.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1986-13 / Location no.: Fb 2457- 2459 Supplemental information no.: Mf262-88

Interview With Eric Kierans

Format: 16 mm : colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: AN INTERVIEW WITH POLITICAL COMMENTATOR AND PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS, Eric KIERANS.

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 462 Supplemental information no.: MF 196 - 121

Blacksmith Mr. Lohnes

Format: 2 film reels (00:12:54 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Ches COOPER visits with blacksmith, Mr. LOHNES, in his shop in Lunenburg, 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 1986-13 / Location no.: Fc 1439- 1440 Supplemental information no.: Mf301-14

Lunenburg Fisheries Exhibition

Format: 2 film reels (00:12:50 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Mike GILLIS reports on the Fisheries Exhibition held in Lunenburg, N.S., and interviews the president of the exhibition Jim [KINLEY].

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 905 906 Supplemental information no.: Mf204-21

Interview - Gene McLellan Story

Format: 2 film reels (00:26:57 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Interview by Jim BENNET with singer/songwriter Gene MCLELLAN on his farm in Prince Edward Island. They discuss his songs, his many awards and his future plans.

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 2185- 2186 Supplemental information no.: Mf219-17

Interview - Ernest Buckler

Format: 2 film reels (00:20:00 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Interview by unidentified man with writer Ernest BUCKLER, conducted at BUCKLER's home in Tupperville, 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 1986-13 / Location no.: Fb 2412- 2413 Supplemental information no.: Mf219-12

Interview - Dr John Savage

Format: 2 film reels (00:20:19 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Interview with Dr. John SAVAGE about his involvement with Family Planning and sex education. Also, his involvement with the establishment of a medical clinic in North Preston, N.S., in November 1968, is discussed along with the North Preston Medical and Child Care Society. His views on medicine, drugs, abortion and family planning are discussed. Interviewer [Marilyn MACDONALD].

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 2414- 2415 Supplemental information no.: Mf219-13

Alan Borovoy Interview

Format: 16 mm : colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: AN INTERVIEW WITH Alan BOROVOY, WHO IS UNDERTAKING A STUDY ON CIVIL LIBERTIES, INCLUDING CASE STUDIES FROM HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA, TORONTO, ONTARIO AND MONTREAL, QUEBEC.

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 465 Supplemental information no.: MF 196 - 125