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

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Law of The Jungle The


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

Note: The sale of Penhorn Mall, Dartmouth was among a rising number of bankruptcies and receiverships in the region. Item looks at a complex world of real estate developing and mortgage brokering from Kirkland Lake, Ontario to St. John's Newfoundland. Also looks at the process of 'receivership'.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1988-47 / Location no.: Fc 3062- 3063 Supplemental information no.: Mf 387 -15, 16


Land Expropriation. Part


Format: 2 film reels (00:28:50 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: No information presently available.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1988-47 / Location no.: Fc 3072- 3073 Supplemental information no.: Mf 387 -19, 20


Land Expropriation. Part


Format: 2 film reels (00:28:50 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: No information presently available.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1988-47 / Location no.: Fc 3070- 3071


In God We Trust Fisheries


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

Note: Film takes a look at the negotiations going on between Canada and U.S. regarding the Georges Bank fishing grounds and the effect it would have on fishermen if it was taken over by the U.S..

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1988-47 / Location no.: Fc 3044- 3045


Chemical Binge: Pesticides


Format: 3 film reels (00:28:10 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: No information presently available.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1988-47 / Location no.: Fc 3068- 3069


Les Gossipeuses - Reel

Date: 1977 - 1978
Format: 1 film reel (00:30:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Phil Comeau

Note: The first reel of a test print of Phil COMEAU's comedy/drama 'Les Gossipeuses' ('The Gossips'). The film, shot in 1977 and 1978, focuses on a trio of gossips in a small Acadian village as they watch the apparently nefarious activities of the parish's new young priest and a young, unmarried couple with increasing alarm. The film was shot in the Baie Ste-Marie region of Nova Scotia with local Acadian actors and crew, and won praise for its use of the local 'acadjonne' dialect.

Production Company: National Film Board of Canada - Regionilisation/ Acadie
Director: Phil Comeau
Writer: Phil Comeau
Language: French
Access: Open for consulation. All requests for duplication should be referred to the National Film Board. [Moved to Vinegar Syndrome Shelf - September, 1996]

Reference: Phil Comeau Nova Scotia Archives 1991-22 / Location no.: Fc 3403


La Cabane - Reel

Date: 1976
Format: 1 film reel (00:25:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Phil Comeau

Note: This is the first reel of a test print of 'La Cabane', Phil COMEAU's first film. This drama, about a group of young people who 'escape' to a cabin in the woods, and 'find themselves' with the help of a wise Acadian fisherman. Shot in the summer of 1976 in the Baie Ste-Marie region of Nova Scotia, the film was made with local Acadian actors and crew.

Production Company: National Film Board of Canada - Regionalisation Acadie
Director: Phil Comeau
Writer: Phil Comeau
Language: French
Access: Open for consulation. All requests for duplication should be referred to the National Film Board. Moved to Vinegar Syndrome Shelf - September, 1996

Reference: Phil Comeau Nova Scotia Archives 1991-22 / Location no.: Fc 3397


Les Gossipeuses - Reel

Date: 1977 - 1978
Format: 1 film reel (00:30:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Phil Comeau

Note: The second reel of a test print of Phil COMEAU's comedy/drama 'Les Gossipeuses' ('The Gossips'). The film, shot in 1977 and 1978, focuses on a trio of gossips in a small Acadian village as they watch the apparently nefarious activities of the parish's new young priest and a young, unmarried couple with increasing alarm. The film was shot in the Baie Ste-Marie region of Nova Scotia with local Acadian actors and crew, and won praise for its use of the local 'acadjonne' dialect.

Production Company: National Film Board of Canada - Regionilisation/ Acadie
Director: Phil Comeau
Writer: Phil Comeau
Language: French
Access: Open for consulation. All requests for duplication should be referred to the National Film Board. [Moved to Vinegar Syndrome Shelf - September, 1996]

Reference: Phil Comeau Nova Scotia Archives 1991-22 / Location no.: Fc 3404


La Cabane - Reel

Date: 1976
Format: 1 film reel (00:25:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Phil Comeau

Note: This is the second reel of a test print of 'La Cabane', Phil COMEAU's first film. This drama, about a group of young people who 'escape' to a cabin in the woods, and 'find themselves' with the help of a wise Acadian fisherman. Shot in the summer of 1976 in the Baie Ste-Marie region of Nova Scotia, the film was made with local Acadian actors and crew.

Production Company: National Film Board of Canada - Regionalisation Acadie
Language: French
Access: Open for consulation. All requests for duplication should be referred to the National Film Board. [Moved to Vinegar Syndrome Shelf - September, 1996]

Reference: Phil Comeau Nova Scotia Archives 1991-22 / Location no.: Fc 3398


Singing Miner


Format: 1 videocassette (00:3:58 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CTV

Note: Interview with Maurice Ruddick, who is reknown for keeping the spirits alive of miners trapped in the Springhill mine disaster of 1958 by singing to them.

Production Company: CTV News
Producer: Jeff Fry And Rosemary Vokmanich
Broadcaster: CTV Television Network
Access: Reproduction restricted except with permission of CTV

Reference: CTV Nova Scotia Archives 1986-48 / Location no.: Vc 1061


Charlie Murray

Date: 1978
Format: 1 videocassette (00:32:26 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: Fish or Cut Bait Collective

Note: Bill McKIGGAN interviews Charlie MURRAY about his life as a labour organizer with particular reference to his work with inshore fishermen.

Production Company: [Fish or Cut Bait Collective]
Producer: Bill McKiggan And Tom Burger
Broadcaster: [Fish or Cut Bait Collective]
Access: Open for consultation; written permission must be obtained from copyright owner for use or reproduction.

Reference: Fish or Cut Bait Collective Nova Scotia Archives 1988-23 / Location no.: Vc 332 Supplemental information no.: Mf325 /6


Michelin Bill Protest

Date: 1978
Format: 2 film reels : silent, colour
Filmmaker: Fish or Cut Bait Collective

Note: Footage of Nova Scotia Federation of Labour's protest demonstrations against the Michelin Bill.

Production Company: Fish or Cut Bait Collective
Producer: Bill McKiggan And Tom Burger
Access: Open for consultation; written permission must be obtained from copyright owner for use or reproduction.

Reference: Fish or Cut Bait Collective Nova Scotia Archives 1989-34 / Location no.: Fc 1827- 1828 Supplemental information no.: Mf325 /84-85


Nova Scotia Federation of Labour Convention

Date: 1978
Format: 3 film reels : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: Fish or Cut Bait Collective

Note: Footage of talks by J K BELL about Sydney Steel plant, Jack HALEY about socialism in Canada and interview with Bob ANDSTEIN concerning speakers at the 1978 Nova Scotia Federation of Labour Convention

Production Company: Fish or Cut Bait Collective
Producer: Bill McKiggan And Tom Burger
Broadcaster: Fish or Cut Bait Collective
Access: Open for consultation; written permission must be obtained from copyright owner for use or reproduction.

Reference: Fish or Cut Bait Collective Nova Scotia Archives 1989-34 / Location no.: Fb 2227 -2229 Supplemental information no.: Mf325 /86-88


The Finest Kind The Lockeport Lockout

Date: 1978
Format: 11 videocassettes
Filmmaker: Fish or Cut Bait Collective

Note: Interviews with Erroll WILLIAMS, Parker MELANSON, Bobby WILLIAMS Jr, Les MCKENZIE, Walt WEST, Charles MURRAY and Norman [ANDERSON] about the 1939 lockout of fishermen and fish plant workers in Lockeport, NS. Used for the production of THE FINEST KIND.

Production Company: Fish or Cut Bait Collective
Producer: Bill McKiggan And Tom Burger
Access: Open for consultation; written permission must be obtained from copyright owner for use or reproduction.

Reference: Fish or Cut Bait Collective Nova Scotia Archives 1990-21 / Location no.: Vc 1262 -1272


Work And Wages Halifax Long Version

Date: 1978
Format: 1 videocassette (00:46:06 hrs.)
Filmmaker: Fish or Cut Bait Collective

Note: An on the street look at unemployment in Halifax covering the Halifax Coalition for Full Employment; the situation at the Halifax Shipyards; the Canadian Union of Postal Workers strike and youth employment generally. Heard also is labour organizer Charles MURRAY.

Production Company: Fish or Cut Bait Collective
Producer: Tom Burger And Bill McKiggan
Broadcaster: Fish or Cut Bait Collective
Access: Open for consultation; written permission must be obtained from copyright owner for use or reproduction.

Reference: Fish or Cut Bait Collective Nova Scotia Archives 1992-20 / Location no.: Vc 1204 Duplication no.: Vc 1203 Supplemental information no.: Mf325


               

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