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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

Festival of The Arts

Format: 3 film reel : silent, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Pans over crafts booths set up outside the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, University Ave., Halifax showing children engaged in activities (such as making kites) and adults shopping and browsing.

Production Company: Media Services - Audio-Visual Division
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 1991-26 / Location no.: Fc 2718 2719 2724 Supplemental information no.: mf115-704

Nova Scotia Float Rose Bowl Parade

Format: 2 film reels (00:02:12 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Television footage of the award-winning float Nova Scotia entered in the Rose Bowl Parade which featured Anne MURRAY.

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

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 312- 313 Supplemental information no.: mf115-391+

New Forest

Format: 1 film reel (00:27:45 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: An intensive look at forest management and restoration in Nova Scotia.

Production Company: Saint Francis Xavier University for the Dept. of Lands and Forests
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 79 Duplication no.: Vc 33 Supplemental information no.: Mf115-79

New Forest

Format: 1 film reel (00:27:45 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: An intensive look at forest management and restoration in Nova Scotia.

Production Company: Saint Francis Xavier University for the Dept. of Lands and Forests
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 78 Duplication no.: Vc 33 Supplemental information no.: Mf115-79

tournament of Roses

Format: 1 film reel (00:11:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Promotional film about Nova Scotia's float in the Rose Bowl Parade. Anne Murray is on float singing 'Snowbird'.

Production Company: Nova Scotia Department of Tourism
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 111 Duplication no.: Vc 45 Supplemental information no.: Mf115-102

Rose Bowl '7

Format: 1 film reel (00:11:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: A film on the making of the award winning float from Nova Scotia. Also includes shots on the making of 'Mother's Day' in Lunenburg, starring Ron HOWARD and Cloris LEACHMAN.

Production Company: Nova Scotia Dept. of Tourism
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 109 Duplication no.: Vc 44 Supplemental information no.: Mf115-101

tournament of Roses

Format: 1 film reel (00:11:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Promotional film about Nova Scotia's float in the Rose Bowl Parade. Anne Murray is on float singing 'Snowbird'.

Production Company: Nova Scotia Department of Tourism
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 110 Duplication no.: Vc 45 Supplemental information no.: Mf115-102

First Ringette In Nova Scotia

Date: March 1973
Format: 1 film reel (00:2:00 hrs.) : silent, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Sport Heritage Centre

Note: Excerpts from a girl's ringette game in Bedford, Nova Scotia. (The first ringette in the province).

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 3409

M.A.P.C. Cablevision And Community Programming

Format: 2 videoreels (00:120:00 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: Video Theatre Association

Note: [Va 94 : IV; Va 94 : V (dub)]

Access: Open reel videotape: CLOSED for conservation.

Reference: Video Theatre Association Nova Scotia Archives 1984-23 / Location no.: Va 96, Va 97

Kenzie MacNeil

Format: 2 film reels (00:28:40 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Kenzie MACNEIL sings 'Katerina' and 'Loch Bras D'Or.'

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 1939- 1940 Supplemental information no.: Mf336-1

Interview Ann Terry

Format: 2 film reels (00:7:28 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: This edition from Cape Breton has an interview by host Ken BAGNEL with Ann TERRY, former radio and television commentator now Director of Tourist Development for the Cape Breton Development Corporation. They discuss the characteristics and benefits of Cape Breton and the need to develop tourism.

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 2210- 2211 Supplemental information no.: Mf219-28

Mooseland

Format: 2 film reels (00:26:55 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: The film shows Mooseland as it is today, and compares it to Moose River of the past and present. In the past Moose River was a thriving mining community, but today it is depleted. At the present Mooseland is a thriving forestry community, but there is a fear that it's forests may be destroyed by excessive cutting.

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 870- 871 Duplication no.: Vb 44 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-64

Blind Fisherman

Format: 2 film reels (00:27:57 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A profile of blind oyster fisherman, Roy.

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 853- 854 Duplication no.: Vb 100 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-55

Nova Scotia Institute of Technology

Format: 1 film reel (00:08:38 hrs.) : silent, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A silent film depicting various activities performed in the Nova Scotia Institute of Technology laboratories.

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 2215 Supplemental information no.: Mf312-1

Rug Maker Gerry Smeltzer

Format: 2 film reels (00:12:52 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A profile of Kentville rug maker (rug hooking) Gerry SMELTZER.

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 1541- 1542 Supplemental information no.: Mf301-65