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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

Pictou Buildings

Date: 06 September 1977
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 1986-16 / Location no.: Vc 178 Supplemental information no.: Mf163- 379; 380

Seal Hunt -

Date: 29 March 1977
Format: 1 videocassette (00:27:50 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Programme consist of footage of Varick FRISSELL's 1928 film, 'Great Arctic Seal Hunt', which follows the sealing vessel 'Beothic', with her crew of 253 men, on a 7 week voyage in search of seals. Explanatory title describe the aspects of the hunt; musical accompaniment throughout.

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 1985-54 / Location no.: Vc 83 Supplemental information no.: Mf163- 105; 106

Birchbark Canoes And Dugouts

Date: 09 November 1977
Format: 1 videocassette (00:27:50 hrs.) : colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: In this program Neil COPELAND interviews Dr Peter PAUL, a Malecite from Woodstock, NB, about design and construction of various types of birchbark canoes. Also interviewed is Dr Alexander Leighton, who shows footage he shot in 1939 of construction of a Pokomoke log sailing canoe, from the Chesapeake Bay area.

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- 133; 134

Dartmouth. Part

Date: 22 February 1977
Format: 1 videocassette (00:27:50 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: An interview with Sid GOSLEY, director of the Dartmouth Heritage Museum, in which he relates the history of Dartmouth from 1749.

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 1985-33 / Location no.: Vc 54 Supplemental information no.: Mf163- 3; 4

Chebucto Road Airport

Date: 01 February 1977
Format: 1 videocassette (00:27:50 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: In this program Neil COPELAND looks at the 1st airport in the Halifax area and the flying enthusiasts who used the facility.

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 1986-51 / Location no.: Vc 171 Supplemental information no.: Mf163- 351; 352

Titanic. Part

Date: 22 March 1977
Format: 1 videocassette (00:27:50 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Several survivors of the sinking of the Titanic recall their rescue by the 'Carpathia'. Various experts then offer evidence to support their opinions about the mysterious ship which was seen from the 'Titanic' the night she went down, yet which failed to respond to her distress signals.

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 1985-54 / Location no.: Vc 82 Supplemental information no.: Mf163- 103; 104

Dartmouth. Part

Date: 01 March 1977
Format: 1 videocassette (00:27:50 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: An interview with Sid GOSLEY, Director of the Dartmouth Heritage Museum, in which he relates the history of Dartmouth from 1749. Part 2 concentrates on the exhibits and models of early buildings in Dartmouth.

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 1985-33 / Location no.: Vc 54 Supplemental information no.: Mf163- 11; 12

Lunenburg Foundry

Date: 1977
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 1985-68 / Location no.: Vc 133 Supplemental information no.: Mf163- 249; 250

Miramichi River

Date: 1977
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 1985-76 / Location no.: Vc 115 Supplemental information no.: Mf163- 209; 210

Shubenacadie Canal

Date: 1977
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 1986-16 / Location no.: Vc 178 Supplemental information no.: Mf163- 377; 378

Halifax Explosion. Part

Date: 07 December 1977
Format: 1 videocassette (00:27:50 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A continuation of the account of the 1917 Halifax explosion: interviews with Henry BARDSLEY, Annie GRANT, Irene CURRIE, and H.O. TOWNSHEND (on film). Footage shot at the time, and still photos depict the devastation and the subsequent relief efforts.

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 1985-36 / Location no.: Vc 69 Supplemental information no.: Mf163-49; 50

Brunswick Street

Date: 26 October 1977
Format: 1 videocassette (00:27:55 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A history of Brunswick Street, Halifax, including interviews with Lou COLLINS and Sherman HINES, with particular emphasis on the architectural and historical significance of its churches and victorian residences. ** Programme telecast November 2 & 8, 1977 and repeated on April 5 & 11, 1978.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1985-33 / Location no.: Vc 56 Supplemental information no.: Mf163- 7; 8

Wooden Ship Building Port Greville

Date: 02 November 1977
Format: 1 videocassette (00:27:50 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Neil COPELAND interviews retired Captain Bill MCLELLAND and retired ship builder George WAYSTAFF about sailing and shipbuilding on the Parrsboro to Advocate Harbour section of the Bay of Fundy coast in the early 1900's. Several photos of various vessels, being built and under sail, are shown.

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 1985-50 / Location no.: Vc 73 Supplemental information no.: Mf163- 65; 66

Highland Village

Date: 14 September 1977
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 1985-68 / Location no.: Vc 133 Supplemental information no.: Mf163- 251; 252

Home Sweet Home Vanishing Family Farm

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

Note: [About the BARTEAU family of Clarence, Annapolis County.]

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 987- 988 Duplication no.: Vb 58 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-108