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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

Fur Farming

Format: 2 film reels (00:30:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A look at fur farming in the Maritimes. Discussions with breeders about species, markets, feeding and cost- benefits.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Mike Gillis
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 1639- 1640 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-228

Caught In a Trap

Format: 2 film reels (00:27:53 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Interviews with various fishermen and government fisheries officials around lobster fishing regulations and the methods used in enforcing them.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Mike Gillis
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 1657- 1658 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-237

Fish Duties

Format: 1 film reel (00:16:50 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: [American fishermen want import duties placed on Canadian fish being sold to U.S. buyers. The Americans say Canadians can sell their fish cheaper because they are subsidized by the Canadian government.]

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Roxanna Spicer
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 3230 -3231 Supplemental information no.: Mf 411 -51

Elan

Format: 2 film reels (00:27:28 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: [Joe GLUBE, son of the Chief Justice of Nova Scotia Constance GLUBE was examined by doctors at the Nova Scotia Hospital and was disgnosed as having a 'conduct disorder'. Instead of being sent to Shelburne he was sent to the Elan Treatment Centre in Maine- the most controversial school in North America.]

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Roxanna Spicer
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 3234 -3235 Supplemental information no.: Mf 411 -53

Potato Bribes

Format: 1 film reel (00:09:27 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: [Wholesalers at the Ontario Food Terminal in Toronto are bribing Agriculture Canada inspector to grade the produce lower than what it would actually be the scheme is used to reduce the wholesalers cost of the produce. This practice costs PEI farmers and shippers thousands of dollars.]

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Roxanna Spicer
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 3226 -3227 Supplemental information no.: Mf 411 -49

Olympic athletes

Format: 1 film reel (00:11:04 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: [2 young athletes from Nova Scotia, a swimmer from Dartmouth Marie MOORE and a boxer from Lower Sackville Wayne GORDON. Both training had and hoping for medals at the summer olympics in Los Angeles.]

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Roxanna Spicer
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 3220 -3221 Supplemental information no.: Mf 411 -45

Curtis File

Format: 2 film reels (00:28:21 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: [Bruce CURTIS from Middleton and a school friend Scott FRANZ travel to FRANZ's home in New Jersey. After a trial both were convicted of murde of Al & Rosemary PODGIS, Scott's mother & step father. Scott peaded guilty to murder and CURTIS is found guilty of manslaughter. The events leading up to the murder are documented.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Roxanna Spicer
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 3216 -3217 Supplemental information no.: Mf 411 -42, 43

Child Abuse

Format: 4 film reels (00:17:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: [First part of a 2 part programme- a profie of Frank GRAVES who was abused by his foster mother when he was a child growing up in Donkin, NS. Second part deals more generally with child abuse today in Halifax.]

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Roxanna Spicer
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 3212 -3215 Supplemental information no.: Mf 411 -41

North East Kingdom Church

Format: 2 film reels (00:19:10 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: [A group called the North East Kingdom Community Church moved some of its members from its base in Island Pond, Vermont to Clark's Harbour, Nova Scotia. At issue is the belief in corporal punishment. Stories lead to questions of child abuse. Their move has left the people of Clark's Harbour a little afraid and unsure of what to do.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Roxanna Spicer
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 3232 -3232 Supplemental information no.: Mf 411 -52

Lobster Dispute - Wood's Harbour Yarmouth

Format: 1 film reel (00:16:07 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: [2 years ago the Dept. of Fisheries concerned about lobster stocks decided to enforce a regulation that has been extant since 1968- 375 traps in a season for each fisherman. The enforcement of an unpopular regulation has led to confrontations between officers & fishermen & officers are threatening to arm it's officers.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Roxanna Spicer
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 3224 -3225 Supplemental information no.: Mf 411 -47, 48

Power Brokers

Date: 16 November 1984
Format: 2 film reels (00:20:55 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: [Footage consists of unidentified interviews & reproductions of Prime Minister Brian MULRONEY as a student at St. Francis Xavier University. Also footage of a St. FX football game.]

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Roxanna Spicer
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 3236 -3237 Supplemental information no.: Mf 411 -54

Curtis File Update

Format: 1 film reel (00:06:19 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: [An update on the fight for a new trial for Bruce CURTIS, sentenced to 20 years in a U.S. prison for murder.]

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Roxanna Spicer
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 3228 -3229 Supplemental information no.: Mf 411 -50

Illegal Aliens

Format: 1 film reel (00:12:21 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: [Because of the expansive border area between Canada & USA, the American customs officers are having difficulty keeping people from crossing at various unmanned points into the USA. Aliens are paying big money for assistance in crossing & it is increasingly difficult to patrol all the border with the present staffing & equipment.]

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Sue Calhoune
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 3208 -3209 Supplemental information no.: Mf 411 -39

David Richards

Format: 1 film reel (00:10:40 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: [A profile of a Newcastle, NB writer David RICHARDS, whose work & future is heralded by William FRENCH (a literary critic for the Globe & Mail) and by Nancy BAUER who is a Fredericton, NB writer. They come to the aid of RICHARDS and denounce the negative viewpoints aimed at him.]

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Susan Calhoun
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 3218 -3219 Supplemental information no.: Mf 411 -44

For a Few Dollars More

Format: 2 film reels (00:28:02 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Farmers discuss the necessity of feed freight assistance subsidy for maritime grain farmers enabling them to be more competitive in the Canadian livestock market.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Susan 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 1647- 1648 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-233