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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

Rights

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

Note: [Under Canada's Indian Act an aboriginal woman who marries outside of her race is no longer recognized as an aboriginal, yet an aboriginal man can marry whomever he please without being stripped of his birthright. It's a clear cut case of discrimination and contravenes Canada's Charter of Rights.]

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Susan Rogers
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 3132 -3133 Supplemental information no.: Mf 411 -8

Self Defence

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

Note: [Ian PARKER talks to Nila LIPSON, an instructor of a women's self defence course at Dalhousie University. She talks to him about the program and the current law on the assault of women.]

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Susan Rogers
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 3136 -3137 Supplemental information no.: Mf 411 -10

Buttlegging

Format: 2 film reels (00:23:08 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: [Because tobacco taxes vary so much from province to province it has become very profitable to buy cigarettes in Nova Scotia and smuggle them into Newfoundland and resell them at a profit.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Susan Rogers
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 3148 -3149 Supplemental information no.: Mf 411 -16

Musseling In

Format: 2 film reels (00:28:01 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A look at the methods involved in mussel cultivation featuring growers' operations in Nova Scotia and PEI.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Susan Young Mitton
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 1608- 1609 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-199

Uneasy Peace

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

Note: A retrospective look at the issue of Restigouche River salmon fishing rights battle between the Church Point, Quebec native reserve and Campbellton, NB residents.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Susan Young Mitton
Writer: WHELAN, Gerry
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 1670- 1671 Duplication no.: Vb 43 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-241

Women Fish And Farm Resourceful Women

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

Note: Gerry WHALEN looks at the increasing involvement and activism of women in the fisheries and agriculture in the Atlantic Provinces. Moving away from the silent partner role, women are becoming more involved in existing organizations and creating new ones such as 'Women in Support of Fisheries' (WSF) and 'Women in Support of Agriculture' (WSA).

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Susan Young Mitton
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 2530- 2531 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-262

Ports

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

Note: [Sea ports around the world are suffering but Halifax is especially vulnerable. With the loss of two major container lines and yet another rail increase Halifax is fast losing it's status as a major world port. Film looks at the troubled Port of Halifax.]

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 3130 -3131 Supplemental information no.: Mf 411 -7

Fish Loans

Format: 1 film reel (00:12:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: In 1975 the Federal Fisheries Department closed a larger than normal section of Brown's Bank- La Have for a conservation measure. By the time someone realized a mistake had been made the fishermen had lost a season's income. The fishermen's union arranged a loan from Ottawa that was thought to be free. Years later Ottawa tries to collect.

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 3154 -3155 Supplemental information no.: Mf 411 -18

Jane Stafford Trial - A. Ferrier Interview

Format: 1 film reel (00:09:18 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: [Allan FERRIER was the lawyer for Jane STAFFORD who was acquitted of murdering her husband. They discuss the trial.]

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 3164 -3165 Supplemental information no.: Mf 411 -23

Budget - Allan J. MacEachern

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

Note: [With the deepest recession in post- war history Canadians are preoccupied with the state of the economy and the present federal budget. Ian PARKER talks with the honorable Allen J. MACEACHEN, Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of Canada.]

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 3138 -3139 Supplemental information no.: Mf 411 -11

Handicapped Buses - Cassibo

Format: 2 film reels (00:15:06 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Susan MURRAY looks at Cassibo Buses- a system for transporting the handicapped. Some parents feel the buses are unsafe and drivers are not trained to handle the handicapped, locking systems for wheelchairs are inadequate & maintenance on the buses is poor. Susan talks to parents, drivers, Paul CABLE & Morris CASSIBO.

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 3142 -3143 Supplemental information no.: Mf 411 -13

Unemployment Insurance Commission

Format: 2 film reels (00:12:42 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: [When the Devco Mines United Mine Workers Union walked off the job in July 17, all production stopped. Union personnel not directly involved in the strike were told to go home. They were then ineligible to draw unemployment benefits. Ian PARKER looks at the dispute between Devco and the Unemployment Insurance Commission.

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 3140 -3141 Supplemental information no.: Mf 411 -12

CFL In Halifax - atlantic Schooners

Format: 1 film reel (00:05:36 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: [Susan talks about the costs of constructing a new stadium for the proposed new Canadian Football League Franchise, the 'Atlantic Schooners' in Halifax.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Wayne Tomes
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 3160 -3161 Supplemental information no.: Mf 411 -21

Digby School Bus Strike

Format: 1 film reel (00:11:52 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: [Ian looks at the reasons why the Digby school bus driver's strike lasted so long.]

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Wayne Tomes
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 3158 -3159 Supplemental information no.: Mf 411 -20

J'Avions Ans - Reel

Date: 06-08 1980
Format: 1 film reel (00:23:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Phil Comeau

Note: The second reel of the release print of Phil COMEAU's documentary examining the issues facing Nova Scotia's Acadians, made during the celebrations marking the 375th anniversary of the Acadians' arrival in Nova Scotia, held across the province during the summer of 1980. Film was shot at various Acadian celebrations and events throughout Nova Scotia, notably the August 15 Fete National des Acadiens' held at the Habitation in Port Royal. The film also features interviews with a number of Nova Scotia Acadians.

Production Company: National Film Board of Canada - Regionalisation Acadie
Producer: Rheal Drisdelle And Raymond Gauthier
Director: Phil Comeau
Language: French
Access: Open for consultation. All requests for duplication must 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 3394