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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

National Film Board Producers Workshop

Format: 1 videoreel (00:60:00 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: Video Theatre Association
Access: Open reel videotape: CLOSED for conservation.

Reference: Video Theatre Association Nova Scotia Archives 1984-23 / Location no.: Va 102 Supplemental information no.: Mf 132-14

Mental Health a Community Concern

Format: 1 videoreel (00:60:00 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: Video Theatre Association

Note: [Video Theatre Catalogue #: 12BW0177011]

Director: HAMBLIN, Mary
Writer: HAMBLIN, Mary
Access: Open reel videotape: CLOSED for conservation.

Reference: Video Theatre Association Nova Scotia Archives 1984-23 / Location no.: Va 90

Cape Breton Alateen Project

Format: 1 videoreel (00:30:00 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: Video Theatre Association

Note: [Video Theatre Catalogue #: 12BW0177003d]

Access: Open reel videotape: CLOSED for conservation.

Reference: Video Theatre Association Nova Scotia Archives 1984-23 / Location no.: Va 34

We Can't All Be Doctors And Artists

Format: 1 videoreel (00:30:00 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: Video Theatre Association

Note: [Video Theatre Catalogue #: 12BW0177004]

Producer: A. Ramsdan
Access: Open reel videotape: CLOSED for conservation.

Reference: Video Theatre Association Nova Scotia Archives 1984-23 / Location no.: Va 151

Wages And Prices

Format: 4 videoreels (18:00:00 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: Video Theatre Association

Note: [Va 152: 1 copy; Va 153: dub; Va 154: 'odds and ends'; Va 155: raw][Video Theatre Catalogue #: 12BW0177012]

Producer: Chris Reardon
Access: Open reel videotape: CLOSED for conservation.

Reference: Video Theatre Association Nova Scotia Archives 1984-23 / Location no.: Va 152, Va 153, Va 154, Va 155

Quilts a Stitch In Time

Format: 1 videoreel (00:30:00 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: Video Theatre Association

Note: [Video Theatre Catalogue # 12BW0177013]

Producer: J. Crawford
Access: Open reel videotape: CLOSED for conservation.

Reference: Video Theatre Association Nova Scotia Archives 1984-23 / Location no.: Va 115

In Transition

Format: 3 videoreels (00:90:00 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: Video Theatre Association

Note: [Video Theatre Catalogue #: 12BW0177005d]

Producer: Michael Connely And Pauline Vaughn
Access: Open reel videotape: CLOSED for conservation.

Reference: Video Theatre Association Nova Scotia Archives 1984-23 / Location no.: Va 81, Va 82, Va 83

Spruce Budworm Symposium

Format: 1 videoreel (00:30:00 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: Video Theatre Association

Note: [Video Theatre Catalogue #: 12BW0177014]

Producer: Neal Livingston
Access: Open reel videotape: CLOSED for conservation.

Reference: Video Theatre Association Nova Scotia Archives 1984-23 / Location no.: Va 126

Springhill Composite

Format: 1 videoreel (00:30:00 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: Video Theatre Association

Note: [Video Theatre Catalogue #: 12BW0177009]

Producer: R. Doiron
Access: Open reel videotape: CLOSED for conservation.

Reference: Video Theatre Association Nova Scotia Archives 1984-23 / Location no.: Va 130

Sandswitch

Date: 1978
Format: 2 film reels (00:5:00 hrs.) : colour
Filmmaker: Atlantic Filmmakers' Co-operative

Note: This animated film uses iron filings to evoke 'the idea of transformation and constant movement - growing, shrinking and pulsating in a constantly changing dance of life'.

Production Company: Atlantic Filmmakers' Co-operative
Producer: Elaine MacKie
Broadcaster: Atlantic Filmmakers' Co-operative
Access: No duplication without permission of creator.

Reference: Atlantic Filmmakers' Co-operative Nova Scotia Archives 1991-03 / Location no.: Fc 2056 2057

Budworks English Version

Format: 1 videocassette (00:35:00 hrs.) : betacam SP
Filmmaker: Black River Productions

Note: 'This film, which is an earlier companion piece to 'Herbicide Trials', is about the politics and the environmental decision-making surrounding the aerial spraying controversy. It explores the sprayers, the anti-sprayers, the role of government, the economics and the health issues, as well as how this all impacted on Nova Scotia's decision not to begin spraying'.

Production Company: Black River Productions Limited
Producer: Neal Livingston
Director: LIVINGSTON, Neal
Writer: LIVINGSTON, Neal
Broadcaster: Black River Productions Limited
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use until 2029.

Reference: Black River Productions Nova Scotia Archives 1994-14 / Location no.: Vh 6 Supplemental information no.: Mf410- 3

Budworks French Version

Format: 1 film reel (00:33:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Black River Productions

Note: 'This film, which is an earlier companion piece to 'Herbicide Trials', is about the politics and the environmental decision-making surrounding the aerial spraying controversy. It explores the sprayers, the anti-sprayers, the role of government, the economics and the health issues, as well as how this all impacted on Nova Scotia's decision not to begin spraying' (by the filmmaker's admission this is an interesting attempt at a french version...)

Production Company: Black River Productions Limited
Producer: Neal Livingston
Director: LIVINGSTON, Neal
Writer: LIVINGSTON, Neal
Broadcaster: Black River Productions Limited
Language: French
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use until 2029.

Reference: Black River Productions Nova Scotia Archives 1994-14 / Location no.: Fc 3025 Supplemental information no.: Mf410- 3

Budworks English Version

Format: 1 film reel (00:33:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Black River Productions

Note: 'This film, which is an earlier companion piece to 'Herbicide Trials', is about the politics and the environmental decision-making surrounding the aerial spraying controversy. It explores the sprayers, the anti-sprayers, the role of government, the economics and the health issues, as well as how this all impacted on Nova Scotia's decision not to begin spraying'.

Production Company: Black River Productions Limited
Producer: Neal Livingston
Director: LIVINGSTON, Neal
Writer: LIVINGSTON, Neal
Broadcaster: Black River Productions Limited
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use until 2029.

Reference: Black River Productions Nova Scotia Archives 1994-14 / Location no.: Fc 3024 Supplemental information no.: Mf410- 3

Island Memories St Version

Format: 1 film reel (00:29:51 hrs.) : colour
Filmmaker: John Brett

Note: A film which explores the past and present in a small Acadian community in Nova Scotia where, supposedly, the last survivor of the Deportation of 1755 is buried. Interweaving old footage with modern scenes, individual memories with the claims of history, the filmmaker creates a subtle but enduring document.

Producer: John Brett
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from Brett for use or reproduction.

Reference: John Brett Nova Scotia Archives 1987-21 / Location no.: Fc 2748 Supplemental information no.: Mf20

Compilation Tape: 1978 Election

Format: 1 videocassette : VHS, sound, colour
Filmmaker: John M. Buchanan

Note: This tape contains three separate segments from the 1978 Election Campaign: (1) Profile of John BUCHANAN; (2) Miscellaneous items, (3) CBC Election Night Results.

Access: Restricted: pending decision to be made in 1995.

Reference: John M. Buchanan Nova Scotia Archives 1995-08 / Location no.: Vb 422