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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

Cultivating Marine Plants Windmills And Paddles

Format: 2 film reels (00:23:59 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Topics are: seaweed research and the Maritime's irish moss industry.

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 876- 877 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-67

Forestry This Is Your Land

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

Note: Peter BROCK looks at the disadvantages of clear cutting land and conducts a tour through a woodlot.

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 880- 881 Duplication no.: Vb 106 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-69

Shubenacadie Canal Canoe Trip

Format: 2 film reels (00:27:52 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: The history behind the 'Shubenacadie Canal Project' is looked at in detail and a group of canoeists retrace the canal's old waterways.

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 848- 849 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-52

Salt Marshes Estuaries

Format: 2 film reels (00:26:04 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: The complex ecosystem of a salt marsh is looked at.

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 861- 862 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-59

Forbes Feener Bluegrass Festival

Format: 2 film reels (00:15:22 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Two features: Interview with Forbes FEENER, a man in prison in the United States, who is attempting to have his sentence commuted and to return to Blue Rocks, Nova Scotia. 2. A profile of the Third Annual Bluegrass and Old Time Music Festival held in Nova Scotia. Seen are Jarvis BENOIT and the Boutilier Brothers.

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 2206- 2207 Supplemental information no.: Mf219-26

North Preston

Format: 2 film reels (00:02:31 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A profile of North Preston, a 250 year old black community in Nova Scotia. Discusses issues of housing, education and religion in the community.

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 1579- 1580 Supplemental information no.: Mf311-1

Kenzie MacNeil

Format: 2 film reels (00:23:14 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Kenzie MACNEIL sings 'Island Threads' and 'Hard Times.'

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 1941- 1942 Supplemental information no.: Mf336-2

Cape Argos Trawlers

Format: 2 film reels (00:26:50 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: This show is about Redfish fishing and procesing. There is footage of the trawler 'Cape Argus' leaving Lunenburg, and the fish plant at Lunenburg. Scenes of life aboard the 'Cape Argus' at sea, contain the men working hauling in the nets, icing and relaxing.

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 872- 873 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-65

Energy In Agriculture

Format: 3 film reels (00:27:50 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Documentary on the high energy consumption and costs in agricultural production and the potential energy recovery from converting livestock waste. Numerous officials and farmers are interviewed about the technology needed and the economic benefits accured from this process including a Nova Scotian poultry producer who devised a way produce methane gas from chicken manure.

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 2355 - 2357 Supplemental information no.: Mf380-11

Military History Collector John Green

Format: 2 film reels (00:12:55 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: John GREEN of Yarmouth, Yarmouth County talks about and shows his collection of military paraphernalia.

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 1547- 1548 Supplemental information no.: Mf301-68

Graham Report

Format: 4 film reels (00:50:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A documentary investigating the proposed changes in municipal government in Nova Scotia recommended in the 'Graham Report'- Royal Commission study of public services and municipal finance.

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.: Fc 1562- 1565 Supplemental information no.: Mf262-44

Musical Instrument Maker tom Dorwood

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

Note: Musical instrument maker Tom DORWOOD demonstrates the steps involved in making a dulcimer.

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 1551- 1552 Supplemental information no.: Mf301-70

Longliners

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

Note: The longline method of fishing is examined.

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 859- 860 Duplication no.: Vb 91 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-58

Feed Grains Whalen Interview

Format: 1 film reel (00:06:57 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Federal Minister of Agriculture Fred WHALEN discusses possible changes to feed grain policy.

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 852 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-54

atlantic Salmon

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

Note: In New Brunswick- How fishermen cope with a salmon ban/ Rehabilitation of the oyster industry.

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 850- 851 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-53