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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

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Date: 1969
Format: 1 film reel (00:21:55 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: A collage of footage depicting all the good elements of life in Nova Scotia - especially the variety of recreational activities. [Working title was NOVA SCOTIA TRAVEL

Production Company: Nova Scotia Dept. of Government Services, Information Division, Film Unit
Producer: Ned Norwood
Director: KRIZSAN, Les
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 39 Supplemental information no.: Mf115-48

High School Basketball - Queen Elizabeth High Vs. Liverpool

Date: 1972
Format: 1 film reel (00:7:00 hrs.) : silent, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Sport Heritage Centre

Note: Excerpts of game between Liverpool Regional High School and Queen Elizabeth High School (appears to be the Liverpool Winter Carnival). Liverpool are in white uniforms, Q.E.H. in yellow. The film ends with the score 68-67 in favour of Queen Elizabeth.

Access: Open for consultation. Permission required from copyright holder for use or duplication.

Reference: Nova Scotia Sport Heritage Centre Nova Scotia Archives 1997-13 / Location no.: Fc 3408

Development In Sackville N.S. - s

Date: 1972
Format: 1 film reel (00:04:15 hrs.) : silent, colour
Filmmaker: Harold Parker

Note: A film made by Harold PARKER [in the early 1970's], recording the rapid development taking place in Sackville at that time. There is a brief sequence depicting fire trucks on display, but this followed by extensive footage of homes, churches, and businesses along Sackville Dr. before the road was widened, and of trees being cut down to make way for this project. There is also footage of the unfinished Downsview Mall, and of signs promising development in the Sackville Lakes Land Assembly and two new subdivisions.

Access: Donor holds copyright. A few splices. Some scratches.

Reference: Harold Parker Nova Scotia Archives 1989-54 / Location no.: Fc 3388

Scott McNutt Labour

Format: 16 mm : colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Scott MCNUTT, MINISTER OF LABOUR, DISCUSSES NOVA SCOTIA'S TRADE UNION ACT.

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 613 Supplemental information no.: MF 196 - 250

Murray Fraser Interview Battered Child Syndrome

Format: 16 mm : colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Murray FRASER AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS DISCUSS CHILD ABUSE AND PROTECTION 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 610, 611 Supplemental information no.: MF 196 - 248

Watch Collector Floyd Caseley

Format: 2 film reels (00:12:51 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A profile of PEI watch collector Floyd CASELEY.

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 1519- 1520 Supplemental information no.: Mf301-54

Graham Creighton Drugs

Format: 16 mm : colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Graham CREIGHTON DISCUSSES A DRUG AND ALCOHOL AWARENESS PROGRAMME WHICH IS OPERATED BY AND FOR STUDENTS IN AN UNIDENTIFIED SCHOOL.

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 567 Supplemental information no.: MF 196 - 211

Nova Scotia Land Sales

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

Note: A report on non-resident land ownership in Nova Scotia, especially by Americans who are purchasing large amounts of waterfron property along the Nova Scotia coast. An American land broker discusses the issue of legislation to prevent this trend. Some silent footage of the Nova Scotia coastline.

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 2212- 2213 Supplemental information no.: Mf219-29

Scott McNutt Interview Health

Format: 16 mm : colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Scott MCNUTT, MINISTER FOR PUBLIC HEALTH, DISCUSSES THE HEALTH COUNCIL REPORT.

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 612 Supplemental information no.: MF 196 - 249

Driftwood Mr. Bourque

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

Note: D.J. BOURQUE of Lunenburg, N.S., shows and talks about the things he has created out of driftwood.

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 1499- 1500 Supplemental information no.: Mf301-44

Murray Washington Interview - Half-Way House

Format: 16 mm : colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: MR. Murray WASHINGTON IS INTERVIEWED REGARDING HIS OBJECTIONS TO A HALFWAY HOUSE BEING PLACED ON BRUNSWICK STREET 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 549 Supplemental information no.: MF 196 - 194

Kid's Reaction to Mermaid Theatre

Format: 2 film reels (00:03:47 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Footage of audience of children at Alderney School, Dartmouth watching a Mermaid Theatre performance.

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 1905 Supplemental information no.: Mf339-2

Mermaid Theatre - Puppetry

Format: 2 film reels (00:07:19 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Programme looks at the Mermaid Theatre's preparations for a performance at the Alderney School in Dartmouth, N.S. Tom, a puppeteer, describes the art of puppetry & dresses the host in a costume for a Micmac legend to be acted out at the school.

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 1905 Supplemental information no.: Mf339-2

Nova Scotia Hospital Child Adolescent Services

Format: 16 mm : colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: COUNSELLORS DISCUSS CHILD AND ADOLESCENT SERVICES AVAILABLE AT THE NOVA SCOTIA HOSPITAL IN DARTMOUTH.

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 724, 725 Supplemental information no.: MF 196 - 323

Weaver Reverend G.L. Norris

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

Note: Profile of weaver Reverend G.L. NORRIS of West La Have, 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 1509- 1510 Supplemental information no.: Mf301-49