Date: 06-08 1980
Format: 1 film reel (00:23:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Phil Comeau
Note: The first 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 3393
Date: 1982
Format: 4 film reels
Filmmaker: Lulu Keating
Note: Accompanied by a 'classical teethplayer', performing tunes by tapping his teeth with his fingers, this short comic film exposes ordinary, everyday people who can do strange tricks with their bodies. [a roll; b roll, opt tr, mag]
Production Company: Atlantic Filmmakers' Co-operative
Producer: Lulu Keating
Director: KEATING, Lulu
Writer: KEATING, Lulu
Broadcaster: Canadian Filmmakers' Distribution Centre
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 1950- 1953 Supplemental information no.: mf351-4
Date: 1982
Format: 35 film reels
Filmmaker: Lulu Keating
Note: 'City Survival' is a guide for urban migrants. It follows the comic adventures of a young woman, Mary Francis, who moves from a small rural community to live in a large Canadian city. Although the contrast is too great for her home-town friend, Mary francis overcomes homesickness and frustration and stays in the city. [neg]
Production Company: Atlantic Filmmakers' Co-operative
Producer: Lulu Keating
Director: KEATING, Lulu
Writer: KEATING, Lulu/ CHISHOLM, Mary-Colin
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 1987-20 / Location no.: Fn 80- 114 Supplemental information no.: mf351-6
Date: 1982
Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Lulu Keating
Note: 'City Survival' is a guide for urban migrants. It follows the comic adventures of a young woman, Mary Francis, who moves from a small rural community to live in a large Canadian city. Although the contrast is too great for her home-town friend, Mary francis overcomes homesickness and frustration and stays in the city. [opt tr]
Production Company: Atlantic Filmmakers' Co-operative
Producer: Lulu Keating
Director: KEATING, Lulu
Writer: KEATING, Lulu/ CHISHOLM, Mary-Colin
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 1989-37 / Location no.: Fc 1975 Supplemental information no.: mf351-6
Date: 1982
Format: 2 film reels
Filmmaker: Lulu Keating
Note: 'City Survival' is a guide for urban migrants. It follows the comic adventures of a young woman, Mary Francis, who moves from a small rural community to live in a large Canadian city. Although the contrast is too great for her home-town friend, Mary francis overcomes homesickness and frustration and stays in the city. [neg]
Production Company: Atlantic Filmmakers' Co-operative
Producer: Lulu Keating
Director: KEATING, Lulu
Writer: KEATING, Lulu/ CHISHOLM, Mary-Colin
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 1989-37 / Location no.: Fn 115- 116 Supplemental information no.: mf351-6
Date: 1982
Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Lulu Keating
Note: 'City Survival' is a guide for urban migrants. It follows the comic adventures of a young woman, Mary Francis, who moves from a small rural community to live in a large Canadian city. Although the contrast is too great for her home-town friend, Mary francis overcomes homesickness and frustration and stays in the city. [b&w slash pr]
Production Company: Atlantic Filmmakers' Co-operative
Producer: Lulu Keating
Director: KEATING, Lulu
Writer: KEATING, Lulu/ CHISHOLM, Mary-Colin
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 1987-20 / Location no.: Fb 2360 Supplemental information no.: mf351-6
Date: 1982
Format: 1 film reel (00:24:57 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Lulu Keating
Note: 'City Survival' is a guide for urban migrants. It follows the comic adventures of a young woman, Mary Francis, who moves from a small rural community to live in a large Canadian city. Although the contrast is too great for her home-town friend, Mary Francis overcomes homesickness and frustration and stays in the city. [release pr.]
Production Company: Atlantic Filmmakers' Co-operative
Producer: Lulu Keating
Director: KEATING, Lulu
Writer: KEATING, Lulu/ CHISHOLM, Mary-Colin
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 1994-29 / Location no.: Fc 3337 Supplemental information no.: mf351-6
Date: 1982
Format: 1 film reel (00:04:45 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: Lulu Keating
Note: Accompanied by a 'classical teethplayer', performing tunes by tapping his teeth with his fingers, this short comic film exposes ordinary, everyday people who can do strange tricks with their bodies. [wk.pr]
Production Company: Atlantic Filmmakers' Co-operative
Producer: Lulu Keating
Director: KEATING, Lulu
Writer: KEATING, Lulu
Broadcaster: Canadian Filmmakers' Distribution Centre
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.: Fb 2344 Supplemental information no.: mf351-4
Date: 1982
Format: 3 film reels
Filmmaker: Lulu Keating
Note: 'City Survival' is a guide for urban migrants. It follows the comic adventures of a young woman, Mary Francis, who moves from a small rural community to live in a large Canadian city. Although the contrast is too great for her home-town friend, Mary francis overcomes homesickness and frustration and stays in the city. [neg: a roll; b roll; e roll]
Production Company: Atlantic Filmmakers' Co-operative
Producer: Lulu Keating
Director: KEATING, Lulu
Writer: KEATING, Lulu/ CHISHOLM, Mary-Colin
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 1983-19 / Location no.: Fn 117- 119 Supplemental information no.: mf351-6
Date: 1982
Format: 2 sound tapes
Filmmaker: Lulu Keating
Note: 'City Survival' is a guide for urban migrants. It follows the comic adventures of a young woman, Mary Francis, who moves from a small rural community to live in a large Canadian city. Although the contrast is too great for her home-town friend, Mary francis overcomes homesickness and frustration and stays in the city. [orig music]
Production Company: Atlantic Filmmakers' Co-operative
Producer: Lulu Keating
Director: KEATING, Lulu
Writer: KEATING, Lulu/ CHISHOLM, Mary-Colin
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 1983-10 / Location no.: Ar 7978- 7979 Supplemental information no.: mf351-6
Date: 1982
Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Lulu Keating
Note: 'City Survival' is a guide for urban migrants. It follows the comic adventures of a young woman, Mary Francis, who moves from a small rural community to live in a large Canadian city. Although the contrast is too great for her home-town friend, Mary francis overcomes homesickness and frustration and stays in the city. [eng mix mag]
Production Company: Atlantic Filmmakers' Co-operative
Producer: Lulu Keating
Director: KEATING, Lulu
Writer: KEATING, Lulu/ CHISHOLM, Mary-Colin
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 1989-37 / Location no.: Fc 1976 Supplemental information no.: mf351-6
Date: 1982
Format: 1 film reel (00:24:57 hrs.) : colour
Filmmaker: Lulu Keating
Note: 'City Survival' is a guide for urban migrants. It follows the comic adventures of a young woman, Mary Francis, who moves from a small rural community to live in a large Canadian city. Although the contrast is too great for her home-town friend, Mary francis overcomes homesickness and frustration and stays in the city. [PIX]
Production Company: Atlantic Filmmakers' Co-operative
Producer: Lulu Keating
Director: KEATING, Lulu
Writer: KEATING, Lulu/ CHISHOLM, Mary-Colin
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 1984-05 / Location no.: Fc 1970 Supplemental information no.: mf351-6
Format: 1 film reel (00:16:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: James MacSwain
Note: A film that takes as its starting point a documentary on the monuments that exist in the downtown core of Halifax. Using double exposures to give voice to the monuments, the film leads the viewer through a poetic surrealistic 'ride' among these statues which reveals their distaste for the human race. [CFDA catalogue] [optical track]
Production Company: Atlantic Filmmakers' Cooperative
Director: MACSWAIN, James
Writer: MACSWAIN, James
Broadcaster: Canadian Filmmaker's Distribution Atlantic
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction until 2016
Reference: James MacSwain Nova Scotia Archives 1996-12 / Location no.: Fc 3361 Supplemental information no.: Mf423-10-13
Format: 1 film reel (00:16:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: James MacSwain
Note: A film that takes as its starting point a documentary on the monuments that exist in the downtown core of Halifax. Using double exposures to give voice to the monuments, the film leads the viewer through a poetic surrealistic 'ride' among these statues which reveals their distaste for the human race. [CFDA catalogue] [work print]
Production Company: Atlantic Filmmakers' Cooperative
Director: MACSWAIN, James
Writer: MACSWAIN, James
Broadcaster: Canadian Filmmaker's Distribution Atlantic
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction until 2016
Reference: James MacSwain Nova Scotia Archives 1996-12 / Location no.: Fc 3360 Supplemental information no.: Mf423-10-13
Format: 1 film reel (00:16:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: James MacSwain
Note: A film that takes as its starting point a documentary on the monuments that exist in the downtown core of Halifax. Using double exposures to give voice to the monuments, the film leads the viewer through a poetic surrealistic 'ride' among these statues which reveals their distaste for the human race. [CFDA catalogue] [answer print]
Production Company: Atlantic Filmmakers' Cooperative
Director: MACSWAIN, James
Writer: MACSWAIN, James
Broadcaster: Canadian Filmmaker's Distribution Atlantic
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction until 2016
Reference: James MacSwain Nova Scotia Archives 1996-12 / Location no.: Fc 3359 Supplemental information no.: Mf423-10-13
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