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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

Picnic

Date: 03 September 1984
Format: 1 videocassette (00:11:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: James MacSwain

Note: This film was shot during the summer of 1984, in Halifax. It focuses on a journey that four gay men take to escape - from a world they cannot control to a world they can. [catalogue][video master]

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.: Vc 1276

Picnic

Format: 1 film reel (00:11:00 hrs.) : S8mm, sound, colour
Filmmaker: James MacSwain

Note: This film was shot during the summer of 1984, in Halifax. It focuses on a journey that four gay men take to escape - from a world they cannot control to a world they can. [catalogue][original pix; answer print][faint VINEGAR odour]

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 3362

Tall Ships

Format: 1 film reel : silent, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Tall ships leaving Halifax Harbour during Parade of Sail.

Production Company: Information Services Division - Film Unit
Broadcaster: NS Department of Government Services
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives 1991-27 / Location no.: Fc 2320

Square Dance Convention

Format: 1 videoreel (00:30:00 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: Video Theatre Association
Access: Open reel videotape: CLOSED for conservation.

Reference: Video Theatre Association Nova Scotia Archives 1984-23 / Location no.: Va 117

Cornflakes

Format: 1 videoreel (00:30:00 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: Video Theatre Association

Note: partial edit

Access: Open reel videotape: CLOSED for conservation.

Reference: Video Theatre Association Nova Scotia Archives 1984-23 / Location no.: Va 31

Project: Michelin

Format: 1 videoreel : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: Video Theatre Association

Note: [C.B.C.'s Michelin]

Access: Open reel videotape: CLOSED for conservation.

Reference: Video Theatre Association Nova Scotia Archives 1984-23 / Location no.: Va 95

Test Tape of 'Geoff' for 'Aerial View' Film

Format: 1 videoreel (00:30:00 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: Video Theatre Association
Access: Open reel videotape: CLOSED for conservation.

Reference: Video Theatre Association Nova Scotia Archives 1984-23 / Location no.: Va 161

Suzanne Guite at The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia

Format: 1 videoreel (00:21:40 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: Video Theatre Association

Note: [dubb]

Access: Open reel videotape: CLOSED for conservation.

Reference: Video Theatre Association Nova Scotia Archives 1984-23 / Location no.: Va 125

Failure to Communicate

Format: 1 videoreel (00:30:00 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: Video Theatre Association
Access: Open reel videotape: CLOSED for conservation.

Reference: Video Theatre Association Nova Scotia Archives 1984-23 / Location no.: Va 65

Brian MacNevin's Student

Format: 1 videoreel (00:30:00 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: Video Theatre Association
Access: Open reel videotape: CLOSED for conservation.

Reference: Video Theatre Association Nova Scotia Archives 1984-23 / Location no.: Va 94

James Bond 007 - to Halifax With Love

Format: 1 videoreel (00:30:00 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: Video Theatre Association
Producer: Andrew Gillis
Access: Open reel videotape: CLOSED for conservation.

Reference: Video Theatre Association Nova Scotia Archives 1984-23 / Location no.: Va 9

Bums And Balls

Format: 1 videoreel (00:30:00 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: Video Theatre Association
Producer: Janet White
Access: Open reel videotape: CLOSED for conservation.

Reference: Video Theatre Association Nova Scotia Archives 1984-23 / Location no.: Va 10 (dub)

Ted Haley And The Nagra

Format: 1 videoreel (00:30:00 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: Video Theatre Association
Producer: M. Mahoney
Access: Open reel videotape: CLOSED for conservation.

Reference: Video Theatre Association Nova Scotia Archives 1984-23 / Location no.: Va 77

Everybody Dreams [P.E.I. Summer Project]

Format: 1 videoreel (00:60:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Video Theatre Association

Note: Small PEI farmer decides to take Canadian Gov't to court.1/2' color copy from 3/4' color

Producer: Mario Carota
Access: Open reel videotape: CLOSED for conservation.

Reference: Video Theatre Association Nova Scotia Archives 1984-23 / Location no.: Va 58 Supplemental information no.: Mf 132-11

World from Wheels

Format: 1 videoreel (00:60:00 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: Video Theatre Association
Producer: N.S.T.C. School Of Architecture
Director: VINCENT, Lloyd
Access: Open reel videotape: CLOSED for conservation.

Reference: Video Theatre Association Nova Scotia Archives 1984-23 / Location no.: Va 158