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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

Royal Visit

Format: 3 film reels : silent, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Queen Mother at state dinner.

Production Company: Photographic Division (Film Photography)
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.: Fc 2311- 2313

Royal Visit

Format: 1 film reel : silent, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Queen Mother at the Garrison Grounds for the presentation of the colours.

Production Company: Photographic Division (Film Photography)
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.: Fc 2315

Matacil The Environment

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 91

Cons & Young offenders at Dorchester Penitentiary

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 42

Scampy

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

Reference: Video Theatre Association Nova Scotia Archives 1984-23 / Location no.: Va 133

Lockeport

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

Note: [Video Theatre Catalogue #: 12BW0179004]

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 89

Harold Weir's Cape Breton. Part

Date: 13 March 1979
Format: 1 videocassette (00:30:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Harold Weir

Note: Neil COPELAND and Mrs. Harold WEIR view footage shot by Harold WEIR during a trip around the Cabot Trail in 1938, and on the Gaspe Coast in 1939. The Cape Breton film includes titles inserted by WEIR identifying the various locales; Mrs. WEIR offers occasional explanatory comments.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Bill Harper
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from CBC for use or reproduction.

Reference: Harold Weir Nova Scotia Archives 1994-03 / Location no.: Vc 885 Supplemental information no.: Mf163- 85; 86

Billy Doucette's Hornpipe

Date: 1980
Format: 2 film reels (00:3:35 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Atlantic Filmmakers' Co-operative

Note: Described as 'light tracings of a fiddle bow', this film uses a single light source attached to a fiddle bow to trace the movements that instrument evokes as Bill DOUCETTE and Gordon STOBBE play Billy Doucette's Hornpipe.

Production Company: Atlantic Filmmakers' Co-operative
Producer: Claire E. Henry
Access: No duplication without permission of creator.

Reference: Atlantic Filmmakers' Co-operative Nova Scotia Archives 1991-03 / Location no.: Fc 2077 2078

Rubber Madness

Format: 1 film reel (00:06:17 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Atlantic Filmmakers' Co-operative

Note: A glimpse of the sport of 'tubing' as practised on the Gaspereau River in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley. Set to original music by the Ladies Choice Bluegrass Band, the film follows the 'tubists' from their start in a whirlpool , past rapids and thirsty cows to the end of the scenic course.

Production Company: Atlantic Filmmakers' Co-operative
Producer: Cordell Wynne
Broadcaster: Atlantic Filmmakers' Co-operative
Access: None for viewing. Permission must be received for use or reproduction

Reference: Atlantic Filmmakers' Co-operative Nova Scotia Archives 1989-55 / Location no.: Fc 1994 Duplication no.: Fc 1995 Supplemental information no.: mf357-1

Contact-Nature

Format: 1 film reel (00:12:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Black River Productions

Note: 'A day's ritual of improvisational, performance and contact dance set amongst the forest, mountain and ocean landscapes of Cape Breton Island'.

Production Company: Black River Productions Limited
Producer: Neal Livingston
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 3026 Supplemental information no.: Mf410- 1; 2

Trap Fishery New And Promising

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

Note: Through interviews with fisherman Philip IRWIN and an unidentified Fisheries official, a profile of the new trap fishery in the Liverpool Bay, N.S. This fishery focuses on herring/ sardine and a debate about the viability and size of the stock i highlighted.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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 2536- 2537 Supplemental information no.: Mf 288- 265

Malls

Format: 2 film reels (00:26:50 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: James Lorimer conducts an indepth look at the business practices of shopping malls--their design, the illusion of competition, the role of the developer and tenant and theri impact on independent retailers and small rural business. Heard is Francis MACNEIL of the P.E.I. Commission of Inquiry on shopping centres and retail stores. Focus is on the Halifax Shopping Centre.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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 2566 -2567 Supplemental information no.: Mf 386- 13, 32, 57

Farmer's Markets

Format: 2 film reels (00:05:36 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: James LORIMER gives a brief report on Farmers' Markets in the Maritimes focusing on the problem the Halifax Market has had in finding a permanent location making vendors and the public very unhappy.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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 2570- 2571 Supplemental information no.: Mf386- 15, 29, 38

Penny Kitchen

Date: 29 April 1980
Format: 1 videocassette (00:28:00 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A documentary about Penny Kitchen, a young woman from Truro, N.S., who has cerebral palsey.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1989-04 / Location no.: Vc 1141

Harry Fraser

Format: 1 videocassette : colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: No information presently available.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1990-32 / Duplication no.: Vb 47