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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

Exhibitions

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Footage of county fair events.

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

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 169 Supplemental information no.: mf115-163

Farming

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Farm footage showing grain crops being harvested by hose and wagon and by hand.

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

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 202 Supplemental information no.: mf115-204

Yarmouth

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: A variety of transportation including the ferry Bluenose, buses, trains and airplanes.

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

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 274 Supplemental information no.: mf115-289

Cape Breton

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Scenic views of Cape Breton's coastal landscape.

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

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 272 Supplemental information no.: mf115-287

Fishing

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Flytying at Birchdale - techniques of fly fishing and tying flys.

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

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 161 Supplemental information no.: mf115-153

Fishing

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Sport fishing in Nova Scotia's lakes and streams.

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

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 160 Supplemental information no.: mf115-152

Farming

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Farming

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

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 141 Supplemental information no.: mf115-127

Highland Games

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Highland games, Antigonish. Footage of the dancing competitions.

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

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 153 Supplemental information no.: mf115-142

Nova Scotia Woodcock

Format: 1 film reel (00:07:56 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: [Part of the 'Sportscape' series] American sportsmen come to Yarmouth County to hunt the Nova Scotia woodcock.

Production Company: BONAFIELD, Jay
Director: DEEKE, William
Broadcaster: RKO Pathe Inc.
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 36 Supplemental information no.: mf115-87

Atmosphere

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Picturesque shots of beaches, waterfalls, ponds and moonlit skies.

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

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 174 Supplemental information no.: mf115-168

Cities

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Various scenes of Dartmouth including Portland Street, City Hall, library, parks and the Dartmouth Shopping Centre.

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

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 239 Supplemental information no.: mf115-251

Historic Buildings

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Interiors and exteriors of the Public Archives of NS [Dal campus] and Haliburton House.

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

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 216 Supplemental information no.: mf115-220

Pulp and Paper

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Logging (ie. preparing trees for cutting, cutting and floating logs to the mills)

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

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 141 Supplemental information no.: mf115-126

Poultry

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Shots of general activity at a poulrty farm, including the hatchery.

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

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 186 Supplemental information no.: mf115-183

Our White Mountain

Format: 1 film reel (00:10:25 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Amateur footage about gypsum mining including the use of dynamite, steam engines and pit equipment.

Production Company: N.S. Dept. of Mines and the Province of Nova Scotia in co-operation with the National Gypsum Company Ltd.
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives 1983-27 / Location no.: Fb 91 Supplemental information no.: Mf115-92