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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

Work And Wages Halifax

Date: 1978
Format: 1 videocassette (00:27:30 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 1203 Duplication no.: Vc 1204 Supplemental information no.: Mf325

Christmas Tree Farming In Nova Scotia Ns

Date: 1975
Format: 1 film reel (00:25:19 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Documentary about the christmas tree industry in NS focusing specifically on the balsaam fir. Aspects covered include: ship routes, fertilization, shearing methods, growers support groups, insect infestations, grafting techniques to improve the trees grown and grading. [Working title was CHRISTMAS TREES]

Production Company: NS Department of Lands and Forests by the NS Communications and Information Center
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives 1991-26 / Location no.: Fc 2508

Royal Visit

Format: 2 film reels : silent, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Queen Mother at the Metro Centre Tattoo

Production Company: Media Services - Film Section
Broadcaster: NS Communications and Information Centre
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives 1991-27 / Location no.: Fn 140- 141

Archery: For The Disabled

Format: 1 film reel : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Sport Heritage Centre
Production Company: Federation of Canadian Archers
Director: WEST, Sandra
Access: Open for consultation. Permission required from copyright holder for use or duplication.

Reference: Nova Scotia Sport Heritage Centre Nova Scotia Archives 1997-13 / Location no.: Fc 3417

Great Canadian Canoe The

Date: 1978
Format: 1 film reel (00:10:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Public Archives of Nova Scotia. Sound and Moving Image division

Note: This film looks at war canoe racing. It was filmed at Lake Banook, Dartmouth, for the Dept. of Recreation prior to Dartmouth's hosting of the 1978 World Canoe Championships. It consists mainly of footage of amateur races.

Production Company: Nova Scotia Communications and Information Center [for the N.S. Dept. of Recreation]
Producer: Les Krizsan
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from N.S. Dept of Supply and Services. Visual Communications for use or reproduction.

Reference: Public Archives of Nova Scotia. Sound and Moving Image division Nova Scotia Archives 1980-13 / Location no.: Fc 2

Daycare - Who Needs It

Format: 1 videoreel (00:35:00 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: Video Theatre Association

Note: Format - broken into 7 sections each 3-6 mins. long. Designed to be used in group setting for conversation stimulus. This is a national issue.[Video Theatre Catalogue #: 12BW0178004m]

Access: Open reel videotape: CLOSED for conservation.

Reference: Video Theatre Association Nova Scotia Archives 1984-23 / Location no.: Va 39 Supplemental information no.: Mf 132-8

Festival Acadien

Format: 1 videoreel (00:30:00 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 66

N.S.D.C. '7 Juried Exhibit Nova Scotia Designer Craftsmen

Format: 1 videoreel (00:30:00 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 101

Rosemary Brown On Rape

Format: 2 videoreels (00:25:07 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: Video Theatre Association

Note: [Va 5: dub; Va 6: master][Video Theatre Catalogue #: 12BW0178002d/m]

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

Reference: Video Theatre Association Nova Scotia Archives 1984-23 / Location no.: Va 5; Va 6

Lorraine Clark On Rape

Format: 2 videoreels (00:30:00 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: Video Theatre Association

Note: [Va 32: master; Va 33: dub][Video Theatre Catalogue #: 12BW0178003d/m]

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

Reference: Video Theatre Association Nova Scotia Archives 1984-23 / Location no.: Va 32, Va 33

Government of Articulture - Inaugural Address at Eye Level Gallery

Format: 1 videoreel (00:30:00 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: Video Theatre Association
Producer: Garry Conway
Access: Open reel videotape: CLOSED for conservation.

Reference: Video Theatre Association Nova Scotia Archives 1984-23 / Location no.: Va 78 Supplemental information no.: Mf 132-12

Good Breaks And Bad

Format: 2 videoreels (00:60:00 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: Video Theatre Association

Note: [Va 69 : Good Breaks and Bad; Va 70 : The Making of Good Breaks and Bad]

Producer: P. Douglas
Access: Open reel videotape: CLOSED for conservation.

Reference: Video Theatre Association Nova Scotia Archives 1984-23 / Location no.: Va 69, Va 70

Blind athletes

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

Note: [Video Theatre Catalogue #: 12BW0178001m]

Producer: Tom Berger
Access: Open reel videotape: CLOSED for conservation.

Reference: Video Theatre Association Nova Scotia Archives 1984-23 / Location no.: Va 12

Charlie Murray Fisherman's Line

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

Note: Complete, from the Fish or Cut Bait Collective

Producer: Tom Berger And Bill MacKeggan
Access: Open reel videotape: CLOSED for conservation.

Reference: Video Theatre Association Nova Scotia Archives 1984-23 / Location no.: Va 37

Change of Partners Waltz - Halifax Shipyards

Format: 1 videoreel (00:30:00 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: Video Theatre Association
Producer: Tom Berger And Bill MacKeggan
Access: Open reel videotape: CLOSED for conservation.

Reference: Video Theatre Association Nova Scotia Archives 1984-23 / Location no.: Va 38