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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

Ecology Action

Format: 1 film reel (00:06:26 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Footage of the Quinpool Rd. area of Halifax and protesters at Province House.

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 865 Duplication no.: Vb 64 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-61

Jonathon Edwards

Format: 1 film reel (00:10:02 hrs.) : silent, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A series of shots of people (unidentified) performing various activities in a country setting (appears to have been set to music).

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 1576

Requiem For a Work Ethic. Part

Format: 2 film reels (00:28:43 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Neil COPELAND hosts this documentary about the changing attitudes toward work in the world. Concepts and trends such as communal living, automation and the abolition of work are examined and commented upon by a variety of experts such as Buckminster FULLER, B.F. SKINNER, Drs. John MACLEOD and John [SAWATSKY], etc.

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 2226- 2227 Supplemental information no.: Mf262-83

Kenzie MacNeil

Format: 2 film reels (00:26:51 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Kenzie MACNEIL sings 'Hard Times' and 'Looking at this Harbour.'

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 1943- 1944 Supplemental information no.: Mf336-3

Wood Carver Bob Langille

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

Note: A profile of Pictou NS woodcarver Bob LANGILLE.

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 1529- 1530 Supplemental information no.: Mf301-59

Wood Carver Clement Belliveau

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

Note: Woodcarver Clement BELLIVEAU of Belliveau Cove, Digby County, shows and describles his wood carvings of birds.

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 1543- 1544 Supplemental information no.: Mf301-66

Bee Keeper Gerry Smeltzer

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

Note: A profile of Kentville bee keeper 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 1539- 1540 Supplemental information no.: Mf301-64

Gaspereau

Format: 7 film reels (00:27:50 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Documentary on the gaspereau fishery in Nova Scotia focusing on its importance in the local economies of areas such as Tusket and the Gaspereau Valley. Gaspereau offer a profitable sideline to farmers and augments yearly income. Methods of processing gaspereau are also highlighted. Interviewed are farmer/fishermen Lawrence DUKESHIRE, Don KENNY and Fred NICKERSON.

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 2348 - 2354 Supplemental information no.: Mf380-10

Kenzie MacNeil

Format: 1 film reel (00:21:09 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Kenzie MACNEIL sings 'Katerina', 'Loch Bras D'Or', 'Island Threads', 'Hard Times','Looking at this Harbour' and 'John Archie's Song.'

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 1947 Supplemental information no.: Mf336-5

Kenzie MacNeil

Format: 2 film reels (00:21:36 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Kenzie MACNEIL sings 'Beggarman', 'Rocky Road to Dublin' and 'Katerina.'

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 1945- 1946 Supplemental information no.: Mf336-4

Rubber Boots

Format: 2 film reels (00:24:59 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Item deals with the 'rubber boot' image that fishermen have been saddled with over the years. Shown here are Gary and Pat POTHIER of Wedgeport as they go about their daily business, Gary with his fishing, and Pat with her housework, shopping etc. Dick STEWART, spokesman for the Fishermen's Assn. also interviewed.

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 878- 879 Duplication no.: Vb 49 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-68

Radio Noon Promo

Format: 3 film reels (00:1:00 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: [no annotation]

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 2254- 2256

Halifax Commons Past And Present

Format: 2 film reels (00:13:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Program looks at the past and present day use of the Halifax Commons, Public Gardens and Wanderers Grounds, 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.: Fc 1549- 1550 Supplemental information no.: Mf301-69

Halifax Container Pier

Format: 1 film reel (00:6:42 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Silent footage of activity in and around the Container Pier in south end Halifax, N.S. It is uncertain what this material was used for but perhaps it was part of a Land and Sea programme.

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 2257 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-255

Bluefin Tuna. Part

Format: 2 film reels (00:26:51 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A look at the International Tuna Cup Matches held in Nova Scotia- past and present.

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 866- 869 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-62