Date: 1981
Format: 1 film reel (00:30:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Phil Comeau
Note: The first reel of a test print of the English sub-titled version 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 village in the Baie Ste-Marie region of Nova Scotia as they watch the apparently nefarious activities of the parish's new young priest and a young, unmarried couple with increasing alarm. In reponse to the film's popularity, the National Film Board released this English sub-titled version in 1981.
Production Company: National Film Board of Canada - Regionilisation/ Acadie
Director: Phil Comeau
Writer: Phil Comeau
Language: Eng
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 3401
Date: 1979
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 first documentary, 'La Musique Nous Explique'. This documentary examined the Acadian music scene in the Baie Ste-Marie region of Nova Scotia. The film records the work of 19 Acadian musicians, each of whom performs a single original composition on a particular theme: daily life, childhood memeories, social change, Acadian identity, etc.. Also featured are discussions with the musicians.
Production Company: Productions Lloyd Leblanc
Producer: Lloyd Leblanc
Director: 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 3400
Date: 1979
Format: 1 film reel (00:30:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Phil Comeau
Note: This is the first reel of a test print of Phil COMEAU's first documentary, 'La Musique Nous Explique'. This documentary examined the Acadian music scene in the Baie Ste-Marie region of Nova Scotia. The film records the work of 19 Acadian musicians, each of whom performs a single original composition on a particular theme: daily life, childhood memeories, social change, Acadian identity, etc.. Also featured are discussions with the musicians.
Production Company: Productions Lloyd Leblanc
Producer: Lloyd Leblanc
Director: 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 3399
Date: 1981
Format: 1 videocassette (00:42:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Fish or Cut Bait Collective
Note: Film about the fight of small private fishing operations in the Atlantic Provinces to form their own trade unions, and about the establishment and subsequent detrimental effects on the inshore fisheries of the large multinational fishing operations. Combines archival footage, stills, interviews with union organizers and fishermen and footage shot at several locations throughout the Atlantic Provinces. This copy dubbed at Education Media Services Jan 1983.
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 1983-2 / Location no.: Vc 884
Date: 1981
Format: 1 videocassette (00:44:00 hrs.) : VHS, sound, colour
Filmmaker: Fish or Cut Bait Collective
Note: Revised film about the fight of small private fishing operations in the Atlantic Provinces to form their own trade unions, and about the establishment and subsequent detrimental effects on the inshore fisheries of the large multinational fishing operations. Combines archival footage, stills, interviews with union organizers and fishermen and footage shot at several locations throughout the Atlantic Provinces.
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 1989-32 / Location no.: Vb 15 Supplemental information no.: Mf325 /1
Date: 1981
Format: 1 film reel (00:03:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Lulu Keating
Note: Based on the Lewis Carroll nonsense poem 'Jabberwocky', this animated film brings to life the fearsome jabberwock, the jub-jub bird and other fanciful creatures. [PIX]
Production Company: Atlantic Filmmaker's Co-operative
Producer: Lulu Keating
Director: KEATING, Lulu
Writer: KEATING, Lulu
Broadcaster: Atlantic Filmmakers' Co-operative
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from Lulu Keating for use or reproduction until 2040.
Reference: Lulu Keating Nova Scotia Archives 1991-01 / Location no.: Fc 1977 Supplemental information no.: mf351-7
Date: 1981
Format: 2 film reels
Filmmaker: Lulu Keating
Note: Based on the Lewis Carroll nonsense poem 'Jabberwocky', this animated film brings to life the fearsome jabberwock, the jub-jub bird and other fanciful creatures. [opt tr]
Production Company: Atlantic Filmmaker's Co-operative
Producer: Lulu Keating
Director: KEATING, Lulu
Writer: KEATING, Lulu
Broadcaster: Atlantic Filmmakers' Co-operative
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from Lulu Keating for use or reproduction until 2040.
Reference: Lulu Keating Nova Scotia Archives 1984-22 / Location no.: Fn 78- 79 Supplemental information no.: mf351-7
Date: 1981
Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Lulu Keating
Note: Based on the Lewis Carroll nonsense poem 'Jabberwocky', this animated film brings to life the fearsome jabberwock, the jub-jub bird and other fanciful creatures. [opt tr]
Production Company: Atlantic Filmmaker's Co-operative
Producer: Lulu Keating
Director: KEATING, Lulu
Writer: KEATING, Lulu
Broadcaster: Atlantic Filmmakers' Co-operative
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from Lulu Keating for use or reproduction until 2040.
Reference: Lulu Keating Nova Scotia Archives 1984-22 / Location no.: Fc 1967 Supplemental information no.: mf351-7
Date: 1981
Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Lulu Keating
Note: Based on the Lewis Carroll nonsense poem 'Jabberwocky', this animated film brings to life the fearsome jabberwock, the jub-jub bird and other fanciful creatures. [mag master]
Production Company: Atlantic Filmmaker's Co-operative
Producer: Lulu Keating
Director: KEATING, Lulu
Writer: KEATING, Lulu
Broadcaster: Atlantic Filmmakers' Co-operative
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from Lulu Keating for use or reproduction until 2040.
Reference: Lulu Keating Nova Scotia Archives 1984-22 / Location no.: Fc 1968 Supplemental information no.: mf351-7
Date: 1981
Format: 1 videocassette (00:60:00 hrs.)
Filmmaker: The Bill Maden
Note: Host Bill Maden interviews Dr. Colin DUERDEN about the problems of hazardous waste disposal in the Maritime Provinces. They discuss a recent federal government survey of Maritime industry designed to determine the extent of the problem.
Production Company: Halifax Cablevision Ltd.
Producer: Bill Maden
Broadcaster: Halifax Cablevision Ltd.
Reference: The Bill Maden Nova Scotia Archives 1992-44 / Location no.: Vb 177 Supplemental information no.: Mf391-01
Date: December 1981
Format: 1 videocassette (00:60:00 hrs.)
Filmmaker: The Bill Maden
Note: Host Bill MADEN interviews actor and singer Noel HARRISON about his work in the Stage East Theatre production of 'Scrooge.' They discuss the play, the touring and performing required and the audiences. They also discuss Harrison's memories of childhood Christmases and what his future plans are.
Production Company: Halifax Cablevision Ltd.
Producer: Bill Maden
Broadcaster: Halifax Cablevision Ltd.
Reference: The Bill Maden Nova Scotia Archives 1992-44 / Location no.: Vb 177 Supplemental information no.: Mf391-02
Date: 1981-1982
Format: 26 film reels
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services
Note: [Original footage shot for this production funded by DREE and eventually cancelled.]
Producer: Les Krizsan
Broadcaster: NS Department of Devlopment
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.
Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives 1985-71 /
Format: 4 videoreels (04:00:00 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: Video Theatre Association
Note: [Va 21 : Presentations by N.S. applicants. Findlay Pt.1; Va 22 : Findlay Pt.2; Va 23 : Q Channel Pt.1; Va 24 : Q Channel Pt.2]
Access: Open reel videotape: CLOSED for conservation.
Reference: Video Theatre Association Nova Scotia Archives 1984-23 / Location no.: Va 21, Va 22, Va 23, Va 24
Date: 1982-1984
Format: 1 videocassette : sound, colour
Filmmaker: John M. Buchanan
Note: This tape contains a speech by Premier John BUCHANAN to the International Roundtable on Petroleum, held at Brown University, Rhode Island, ca. 1982-1984. His main topic is the energy situation in Nova Scotia.
Access: Restricted: pending decision to be made in 1995.
Reference: John M. Buchanan Nova Scotia Archives 1995-08 / Location no.: Vc 1274
Format: 4 film reels (00:60:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television
Note: A discussion of the environmental and health ramificaitons of uranium exploration and mining. Focuses on the current situation in NS as well as experiences and problems faced by uranium mines in other provinces.
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 1987-50 / Location no.: Fc 1662- 1665 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-239
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