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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

Musquodoboit Railway Museum

Date: 11 May 1976
Format: 1 videocassette (00:26:50 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television
Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Bill Harper
Director: HARPER, Bill
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1985-72 / Location no.: Vc 132 Supplemental information no.: Mf163- 245; 246

Acadians In Nova Scotia

Date: 28 December 1976
Format: 1 videocassette (00:27:50 hrs.) : colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: On this tape, Neil COPELAND speaks to Edith CROFT and Arnold BLACKBURN about early Acadian settlement in Nova Scotia, especially in and around the Masstown area, Colchester county.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Bill Harper
Director: HARPER, Bill
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1985-58 / Location no.: Vc 90 Supplemental information no.: Mf163- 135; 136

Yarmouth Historical Society

Date: 07 December 1976
Format: 1 videocassette (00:27:50 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television
Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Bill Harper
Director: HARPER, Bill
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1985-74 / Location no.: Vc 137 Supplemental information no.: Mf163- 267; 268

Distant Waters a No Man's Land

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

Note: [1800 miles north of her home port of Lunenburg, the high- lining trawler Cape LaHave searches for fish in the distant waters between Iceland and Greenland. Fishing fleets from other nations are destroying one of the last great fisheries outside international control.]

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Bob Hutt
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1987-03 / Location no.: Fc 977- 978 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-103

Silversides And Smelts

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

Note: Silversides are a small sardine-like fish caught in the waters off PEI. An experiment is being conducted to see if they can be processed, canned and exported. There are shots of fishing and processing. Also on this program smelt fishing is shown, along with processing, glazing and packaging smelts.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Bob Hutt And Mike Gillis
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1987-03 / Location no.: Fc 967- 968 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-98

Ian McQuarrie

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

Note: [Ian MCQUARRIE is a botanist and philosopher, and speaks about the wilderness vs. pastoral farming.]

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Eleanor Lindo And Susan Young
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1987-03 / Location no.: Fc 961- 962 Duplication no.: Vb 36 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-95

Life Styles Simple Gifts

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

Note: [Interview with Gene SAMSON who runs the house on the hill, and Mike and Donna SUSNICK who operate the Bear River farmer's museum. Mike SUSNICK also teaches at the Digby High School. Back to the country.]

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: John Hicks
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1987-03 / Location no.: Fc 969- 970 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-99

atlantic Salmon. Part Fight For Survival

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

Note: [Part 2 of a story on the research and methods being used in the waterways of Nova Scotia, and the rest of the Maritimes, to help bring back and restore the depleted salmon population to our rivers and streams, both for the salmon industry and sports angling.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Mike Gillis
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1987-03 / Location no.: Fc 973- 974 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-101

atlantic Salmon. Part Fight For Survival

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

Note: [Part 1 of a 2 part series, deals with the problems salmon have getting from the ocean to the spawning grounds and back to the ocean. Information as to what's been happening that's harmful, and what's being done that's beneficial is contained herein.]

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Mike Gillis
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1987-03 / Location no.: Fc 971- 972 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-100

Sons of The Earth Oysters And Handicrafts

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

Note: [A programme about the Lenox [Lennox] Island indians of PEI.]

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Mike Gillis
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1987-03 / Location no.: Fc 981- 982 Duplication no.: Vb 123 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-105

Protective Research 'nRc

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

Note: No information presently avaliable.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Mike Gillis
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1987-03 / Location no.: Fc 965- 966 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-97

A.D. Pickett Profile

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

Note: No information presently available.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Peter Brock
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1987-03 / Location no.: Fc 949- 950 Duplication no.: Vb 118 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-89

Soil Erosion The Most Important Resource

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

Note: No information presently available.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Peter Brock
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1987-03 / Location no.: Fc 955- 956 Duplication no.: Vb 82 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-92

Longlining a World of Their Own

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

Note: No information presently available.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Peter Brock
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1987-03 / Location no.: Fc 957- 958 Duplication no.: Vb 79, 33 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-93

Organic Farming For The Land's Sake

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

Note: No information presently available.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Peter Brock
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1987-03 / Location no.: Fc 959- 960 Duplication no.: Vc 85 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-94