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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

Fisheries Unions

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

Note: [This film is about the struggle that is on, to try and get the fishermen of Nova Scotia to form a union. Hal ANDREWS talks with various fishermen, members of government and union leaders of PEI and NFLD. Cover footage for film sequences is from various stock footage.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Hal Andrews
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 1040- 1041 Duplication no.: Vb 93 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-135

Fisheries Series. Part Vessel Construction

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

Note: [A look at vessel construction for replacement of the aging east coast fishing fleet...the type of replacement, i.e. inshore or middle distance...and the materials used; i.e. wood, steel and fibreglass...]

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Hal Andrews
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 1058- 1059 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-145

Aquaculture

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

Note: [A look at sea farming in the Maritimes...a visit to oyster and trout farms in Cape Breton...also the culture of Irish Moss. The high cost of certain fish products has created a favorable situation for the increase in aquaculture.]

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Hal Andrews
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 1066- 1067 Duplication no.: Vb 40 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-149

Second Nova Scotia Fisheries Conference

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

Note: [Report on the second annual Nova Scotia Fisheries Conference held in Halifax.]

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Hal Andrews 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 1056- 1057 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-144

New Year Show 'yEar End Show

Format: 2 film reels (00:28:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: No information presently available.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: 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 1024- 1025 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-127

Coastal Shellfish Promo

Format: 2 film reels (00:28:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: [Interviews with Murray BAXTER, Elaine LOCKE, Bruce LEWIS, Gerrard GALLANT, Ginette ROBERT and Ray COTE about the problems confronting our coastal shellfish (clams, oysters, mussels, etc.) caused by the growing communities and buildings along the coastline bringing sewage and contamination problems. Also footage of clam harvesting.]

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: 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 1028- 1029 Duplication no.: Vb 68 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-129

Skidder And The Horse The Logging Bill Mosher

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

Note: [The Bill MOSHER family of St. Stephen, NB, make their living by logging and trapping. Here is a fascinating winter visit to NB.]

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 1042- 1043 Duplication no.: Vb 61 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-136

Old And The New The Kentville Research Station

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

Note: [Various shots of the Kentville research station; crops, experiments, grounds and interviews with people working there.]

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 1046- 1047 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-139

People We Meet

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

Note: [Jeddore fisherman, Jean-Murray VESTEEGE talks about his happier and more fulfilling life as a fisherman. A former photographer from Europe who owned his own company in Ottawa talks of his occupational change, and an American professor who now produces natural yogurt on his farm in Lunenburg.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: John Hicks And Mike Gillis And Hal Andrews
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 1072- 1073 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-152

Small Fruit Farming Two of a Kind

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

Note: [A look at the methods of harvesting cranberries and strawberries. Don BEZANSON and Cecil CHASE of Aylesford NS talk about cranberries while Ray GIFFIN is interviewed about strawberries in Melvyn Square Nova Scotia.]

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 1064- 1065 Duplication no.: Vb 74 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-148

Fibre Woodlot Management

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

Note: [This program takes a look at the farmer and his woodlot, the benefits that are derived from the woodlot and the necessity of caring for the woodlot, so that the future of it is assured.]

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 1044- 1045 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-138

Yuletide Harvest

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

Note: [Christmas tree export...a multi-million dollar industry in Nova Scotia. The United States, Bermuda, the West Indies and Europe are some of the major importers of this resource...]

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 1070- 1071 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-151

Wildlife Management

Format: 2 film reels : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: [Various shots of moose and deer and their relationship to man, on location in Nova Scotia. Wildlife management creates an awareness of the economic and aesthetic value of the white tailed deer and the majestic moose; as seen in their natural habitat...]

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 1048- 1049 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-140

Arctic Research Promo

Format: 2 film reels (00:28:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: [Ships from the Bedford Institute conducting scientific research in arctic waters. Film shows B.I.O. ships in Dartmouth loading the Hudson, lab work at B.I.O. and at sea. Ships going through ice. Interviews with Dr. Peter JONES.]

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 1026- 1027 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-128

Hook And Line Old Ways Are Good Ways

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

Note: The ancient process of catching cod on the Grand Banks- various methods of fishing used, mechanical and by hand, also, unloading and weighing fish...]

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 1052- 1053 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-142