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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

MacDonald School Museum Middleton. Part

Date: 11 October 1983
Format: 1 videocassette (00:27:49 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: P.E.I. native, tobacco magnate, Sir William MACDONALD pioneered school consolidation in Canada by building a number of schools, the first of which was in Middleton in 1903. The building served as a school until 1979, when conversion to regional Museum status began. This is the first program in a series of four to look at this museum.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1985-97 / Location no.: Vc 140 Supplemental information no.: Mf163- 277; 278

Past In Focus The. Part

Date: 22 November 1983
Format: 1 videocassette (00:27:49 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television
Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Bill Harper
Director: HARPER, Bill
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1986-01 / Location no.: Vc 142 Supplemental information no.: Mf163- 287; 288

David Coldwell. Part

Date: 06 December 1983
Format: 1 videocassette (00:27:49 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Model builder, David COLDWELL, is interviewed by Neil COPELAND. His works for Parks Canada: Fort Beausejour, L'anse aux meadows, and the Saint John Fire Control Centre are highlighted on this program.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1985-56 / Location no.: Vc 86 Supplemental information no.: Mf163- 117; 118

MacDonald School Museum Middleton. Part

Date: 18 October 1983
Format: 1 videocassette (00:27:49 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: This is the second in a series of four programs to look at the MacDonald School Museum. In this program early Acadian artifacts are examined.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1985-97 / Location no.: Vc 140 Supplemental information no.: Mf163- 279; 280

Past In Focus The. Part

Date: 08 November 1983
Format: 1 videocassette (00:27:49 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television
Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Bill Harper
Director: HARPER, Bill
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1986-01 / Location no.: Vc 142 Supplemental information no.: Mf163- 285; 286

Lewis Parker's Louisbourg. Part

Date: 04 January 1983
Format: 1 videocassette (00:27:49 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Lewis PARKER explains various details in a large mural depicting Louisbourg harbour as seen from the tower of the king's bastion on a day in August, 1744. He stresses absolute historical accuracy in this kind of ilustration, particularly in regard to types of vessels included, building construction and activities & costumes.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1985-43 / Location no.: Vc 71 Supplemental information no.: Mf163- 57; 58

Restigouche River

Date: 29 March 1983
Format: 1 videocassette (00:27:49 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television
Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Bill Harper
Director: HARPER, Bill
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1986-01 / Location no.: Vc 143 Supplemental information no.: Mf163- 291; 292

L'Eglise Ste Marie

Date: 20 December 1983
Format: 1 videocassette (00:27:49 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television
Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Bill Harper
Director: HARPER, Bill
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1985-97 / Location no.: Vc 141 Supplemental information no.: Mf163- 281; 282

MacDonald School Museum Middleton. Part

Date: 01 November 1983
Format: 1 videocassette (00:27:49 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: This is the last of a four part series on the MacDonald School Museum. Furber MARSHALL, former historian with the Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company describes exhibits depicting the early days of the Valley Telephone Company.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1985-97 / Location no.: Vc 169 Supplemental information no.: Mf163- 341; 342

Ross Memorial Museum. Part

Date: 03 15 1983
Format: 1 videocassette (00:27:49 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television
Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Bill Harper
Director: HARPER, Bill
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1986-01 / Location no.: Vc 144 Supplemental information no.: Mf163- 293; 294

MacDonald School Museum Middleton. Part

Date: 25 October 1983
Format: 1 videocassette (00:27:49 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: This is the third in a series of four programs to look at the MacDonald School Museum. In this program the museum's antique clock collection is examined.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1986-11 / Location no.: Vc 169 Supplemental information no.: Mf163- 339; 340

Acadian History. Part

Date: 15 February 1983
Format: 1 videocassette (00:27:45 hrs.) : colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: This tape contains the second of a two-part program. In an interview with Neil COPELAND, Prof. J. Alphonse DEVEAU gives an account of the Acadians of Nova Scotia after the expulsion of 1755.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1985-56 / Location no.: Vc 89 Supplemental information no.: Mf163- 131; 132

Wave Power

Date: 25 January 1983
Format: 1 videocassette (00:27:49 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television
Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Bill Harper
Director: HARPER, Bill
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1986-05 / Location no.: Vc 148 Supplemental information no.: Mf163- 309; 310

Wild Places

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

Note: A discussion about the need for preservation of wilderness areas, and the reintroduction of certain wildlife species to their natural habitat (shot on location in Fundy National Park, NB)

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Bob Hutt
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 1695- 1696 Supplemental information no.: 3M288-254

Sharing La Zone

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

Note: An investigation into the history and current negotiations between the Canada- St. Pierre fisheries officials for a fishing zone. These negotiations are further complicated by French oil exploration in the Canadian zone.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Gerry Whelan
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 1672- 1673 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-243