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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

Canoes Lakes

Format: 2 film reels (00:22:21 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Programme looks at competitive canoeing and the craft of canoe making. Footage includes: Banook Canoe Club/ Chris HOOK, paddling champion/ Chestnut Canoe Factory in Fredericton, N.B./ canoe production/ kayaking/ a kayak race 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 1986-13 / Location no.: Fc 2410 2411 Supplemental information no.: Mf339-8

Lobster Fishery Prince Edward Island

Format: 2 film reels (00:27:47 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A report on lobster fishing in PEI and NS. Some attention given to a new type of lobster trap.

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 775- 776 Duplication no.: Vb 110 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-16

Cape Breton Health Plan

Format: 16 mm : colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: DOCTORS MCLELLAND AND NATHANSON ARE INTERVIEWED REGARDING THE CAPE BRETON HEALTH PLAN AND MEDICAL CARE FOR REGIONAL 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 525, 526 Supplemental information no.: MF 196 - 173

Hot Sail '7 Canadian Olympic Sailing Trials

Format: 4 film reels (00:28:50 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Steve ARMITAGE and Sandy MACPHERSON commentate on the Canadian Olympic Sailing Trials which were held at the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron 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 1989-13 / Location no.: Fc 2472- 2473 Duplication no.: Fb 2483- 2484 Supplemental information no.: Mf262-96

Fisheries Research Board Interview

Format: 16 mm : colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: AN INTERVIEW WITH DR. E. Graham BLIGH, DIRECTOR OF THE HALIFAX LABORATORY OF THE FISHERIES RESEARCH BOARD OF CANADA IN 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 522 Supplemental information no.: MF 196 - 170

Fisheries Research - Lobsters

Format: 16 mm : colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: SEE TITLE. NO FURTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT TIME OF INPUT.

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 517 Supplemental information no.: MF 196 - 165

Wild Harp Launching

Date: 19 May 1972
Format: 2 film reels (00:17:59 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Footage of the boat 'Wild Harp' being launched in Chester, NS & interviews with it's owners.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: J Lackie
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 1920- 1921 Supplemental information no.: Mf338-7

Sportsworld Outdoors

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

Note: NOVA SCOTIA VOYAGEURS Calder Cup win and celebrations.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Robert F. Smith
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 3281

Fishermen Mending And Washing Nets

Date: 1972
Format: 1 film reel (00:08:30 hrs.) : silent, colour
Filmmaker: Robert Norwood

Note: Stock footage of five fishermen washing a net on the shore of an unidentified inlet while other nets lie waiting in dories. Gulls flock to enjoy the leavings. Nets hang on polls to dry in the breeze while being mended.

Director: NORWOOD, Robert
Access: Copyright restrictions apply.

Reference: Robert Norwood Nova Scotia Archives 1992-01 / Location no.: Fc 2152

Bluenose Ghosts Ns

Date: 1972
Format: 1 film reel (00:22:10 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: 'Folktales of the supernatural from the book by Dr. Helen CREIGHTON.' The film looks at a variety of ghost stories and supernatural traditions common to Nova Scotia such as: forerunners, buried treasure, grave robbers, etc.

Production Company: Communications and Information Centre for the Department of Tourism Province of NS
Director: ALFORD, Martin
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives 1991-27 / Location no.: Fc 2131 Duplication no.: Vc1208

Tuna Cup Matches a

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Tuna match [used in NS 110]

Production Company: Media Services - Film Photography
Broadcaster: NS Communications and Information Centre
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 2388 Supplemental information no.: mf115-583

Fort Anne

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Fort Anne - new material

Production Company: NS Information Service (Film and Photographic Section)
Broadcaster: NS Department of Trade and Industry
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 2446 Supplemental information no.: mf115-595

Construction of Heavy Water Plant

Format: 1 film reel (00:01:40 hrs.) : silent, b&w
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Workers on construction site and footage of artist's rendition of proposed plant.

Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 55 Supplemental information no.: mf115-411

Premier's Conference

Format: 1 film reel (00:29:00 hrs.) : silent, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: [outtakes] Footage of various events which took place during the Premier's Conference.

Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 133 Supplemental information no.: Mf115-121

Summer For All Ages a Ns

Date: June 1970
Format: 1 film reel (00:20:15 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Film documents the work of the Head Start program sponsored by the NS Department of Welfare. College students were hired for the summer to work with young children, seniors and the physically challenged in black, white and mixed communities throughtout the province.

Production Company: NS Department of Welfare]
Producer: Ned Norwood
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 2134