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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

Halifax Defence Complex. Part

Date: 28 February 1984
Format: 1 videocassette (00:27:49 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A description of restoration work being done at Halifax Citadel with reference to weaponry, accomodations and defence systems stypical of of those used c. 1870. A broad overview of the other ports which were constructed to defend Halifax Harbour from 1749 until World War II.

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 1985-38 / Location no.: Vc 64 Supplemental information no.: Mf163- 29; 30

Corvette Trust

Date: 20 March 1984
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 1985-64 / Location no.: Vc 99 Supplemental information no.: Mf163- 171; 172

Halifax Defence Complex. Part

Date: 21 February 1984
Format: 1 videocassette (00:27:49 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: An interview with Carol WHITMAN, Operations Manager, Halifax Defence Complex, about Halifax's Citadel Hill, and a history of the various fortifications that have stood on the site since 1749.

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 1985-38 / Location no.: Vc 64 Supplemental information no.: Mf163- 27; 28

Dalhousie Law School

Date: 14 February 1984
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 1985-96 / Location no.: Vc 117 Supplemental information no.: Mf163- 217; 218

Felix Thibodeau

Date: 27 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 1986-05 / Location no.: Vc 149 Supplemental information no.: Mf163- 315; 316

MacDonald Farm Historic Park

Date: 24 January 1984
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 125 Supplemental information no.: Mf163- 237; 238

atlantic Filmmakers. Part Dramatic Productions

Date: 21 September 1984
Format: 1 videocassette (00:60:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Program theme is dramatic productions of less than an hour's duration. 'Clockworks', an excerpt from 'Undertow', and 'Extraordinary Visitor' are screened. Lulu KEATING and Bob JOY discuss aspects of the films with guests Luciano LISI, Francine FLEMMING, Paul POPE and John DOYLE.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Charlotte Harper
Director: KELLUM, Jack
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1985-63 / Location no.: Vc 114 Supplemental information no.: Mf203-6

atlantic Filmmakers. Part Independent Filmmakers

Date: 20 September 1984
Format: 1 videocassette (00:60:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Bob JOY and Lulu KEATING define 'independent' film making and interview film makers Michael JONES, Arthur MAKOSINSKI and actor Andy JONES about films such as 'Sisters of the Silver Scalpel', 'The Adventures of Faustus Bidgood', 'Codco School of Acting' and more.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Charlotte Harper
Director: KELLUM, Jack
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1985-63 / Location no.: Vc 109 Supplemental information no.: Mf203-1

atlantic Filmmakers. Part atlantic Filmmakers

Date: 20 September 1984
Format: 1 videocassette (00:60:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Deals with film making cooperatives in the Atlantic Provinces. Guests David CLARKE of NB and Derek NORMAN of NFLD coops show their films 'You Laugh Like a Duck', 'Fiddlehead', 'Boss Gibson','On Roof Tops', 'Stones Cove', 'Bullbird', 'The Old Hag', 'St. John's Day', 'The Spectre of [Rexton]', and 'Jump Run'.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Charlotte Harper
Director: KELLUM, Jack
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1985-63 / Location no.: Vc 112 Supplemental information no.: Mf203-4

atlantic Filmmakers. Part Documentary Filmmakers

Date: 22 September 1984
Format: 1 videocassette (00:60:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Interview with documentary film makers John BRETT and Les KRIZAN. Excerpts from BRETT's films 'Two Brothers', 'Island Memories', and 'Diary of a Place in Time', and KRIZANS's Theatre New Brunswick promo, his films 'Horseheads' and 'Where the Ocean Meets the Sky', a film by Charles MCLELLAN and Eric BAGNALL are shown (among others).

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Charlotte Harper
Director: KELLUM, Jack
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1985-63 / Location no.: Vc 110 Supplemental information no.: Mf203-2

atlantic Filmmakers. Part Fun Films

Date: 21 September 1984
Format: 1 videocassette (00:60:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Topics of program are 'fun' films, fantasy, nature and commercial films. Walter DELOREY's nature films 'Cold August Wind', 'River of Light' discussed and excerpts viewed. Fun films 'Squeeze Play' by Mac HOLYOKE, Art MAKOSINSKI's 'Have You Seen My Little Sue' shown. Commercial films by Bill SKERRITT shown, Charlie DOUCET interviewed.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Charlotte Harper
Director: KELLUM, Jack
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1985-63 / Location no.: Vc 111 Supplemental information no.: Mf203-3

atlantic Filmmakers. Part Experimental Filmmakers

Date: 22 September 1984
Format: 1 videocassette (00:60:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Interview with Barbara STERNBERG, Bill MACGILLIVRAY and Paul DONOVAN. Excerpts of the films 'Aerial View', 'Stations', 'Perspectives', 'Transitions', 'Trudeau Unifies the Country', 'South Pacific 1942', 'Seige', and 'Watercolor' are shown, and the Sprocketology section is about optical printing.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Charlotte Harper
Director: KELLUM, Jack
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1985-63 / Location no.: Vc 113 Supplemental information no.: Mf203-5

Reaching a Balance

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

Note: An investigation into the problems with and need for control of the maritime grey seal population. Various opinions are debated.

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 1655- 1656 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-236

Wilderness Preservation Vs Urban Growth

Format: 2 film reels (00:28:03 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A look into the efforts of the Halifax Wildlife Association to preserve the natural environment around the Myra Road (Near West Porter's Lake) from road construction and to clean up the Little Salmon River (near Cole Harbour).

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 1651- 1652 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-234

Donald Marshall Case

Format: 2 film reels (00:15:36 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: [Donald MARSHALL was wrongly convicted of murder 12 years ago. Finally he is released from prison when the real killer is found. Film deals with the witnesses and evidence that convicted MARSHALL at the time of his trial. Also an interview with MARSHALL's current lawyer Phil [CACCIONE]].

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Ian Parker
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 3210 -3211 Supplemental information no.: Mf 411 -40