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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

Don Messer Show

Format: 2 film reels (00:12:48 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: [Film looks back at the Don Messer Show- at the stars and what made it so popular. Also includes scenes from John GRAY's theatre production of the same show.]

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Eleanor Lindo
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 3138 -3139 Supplemental information no.: Mf 411 -55, 56

Sea Canaries Beluga Whales

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

Note: Investigates the Beluga whale population in the St. Lawrence River- slowly being decimated by overhunting, pollution and loss of habitat.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Joan Melanson
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 1641- 1642 Duplication no.: Vb 28 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-229

Pest Control

Format: 2 film reels (00:27:26 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A look at pesticide use in agriculture and the repercussions involved in choosing to not spray crops.

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 1643- 1644 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-230

Dance Makes Waves

Date: 19 August 1985
Format: 1 videocassette (00:50:53 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Roxanna SPICER narrates highlights of the Dance in Canada Festival's Gala performance and awards night which took place at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium in 1985. A backstage and onstage look at the Gala and dance in Canada. An old Halifax dance troupe of the 1920s - the Dominoes - is briefly profiled.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Ralph Holt
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1989-04 / Location no.: Vc 1136 Supplemental information no.: Mf262-72

Canada's Navy at Sea

Format: 1 videocassette (00:27:50 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A documentary examining the roles of three ships of the Canadian Navy - the destroyers HMCS Algonquin and Iroquois and the supply ship HMCS Protecteur. Numerous officers and crew discuss an exercise these ships are partaking in on their way back from exercises in Bermuda to attend 75th Anniversary celebrations in Halifax, N.S.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Ralph Waugh
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1989-04 / Location no.: Vc 1133 Supplemental information no.: Mf262-69

Ready Aye Ready

Format: 1 videocassette (00:58:32 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A retrospective look at Canada's Navy in commemoration of its 75th Anniversary. A compilation of history, personal memories and the color and ceremony associated with the 75th Anniversary celebrations. Host Don TREMAINE.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Ralph Waugh
Writer: BENNET, Jim
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1989-04 / Location no.: Vc 1134 Supplemental information no.: Mf262-70

Linda Joy

Format: 1 videocassette (00:27:50 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Film titled 'Linda Joy' is shown. It was a film made by Linda Joy BUSBY and Bill MACGILLVRAY and is a personal account of Linda's battle with cancer. The film itself is about 24 minutes. Host Joan MELANSON talks briefly with Bill MACGILLVRAY.

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 1987-01 / Location no.: Vc 1149 Supplemental information no.: Mf376-2

T.U.N.S.

Format: 2 film reels : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Investigates the types of research experiments performed by T.U.N.S. faculty and students and the practical applications of this work in agriculture, fishing and energy creation.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Susan Young
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 1637- 1638 Supplemental information no.: Mf288-227

Who's Policing The Police

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

Note: [A documentary look at a troubled profession. Perhaps more than any other line of work, policemen suffer the most stress. They need to be able to count on each other, but often find themselves left on their own. The system doesn't work. When a policeman slips up and makes a mistake, both police & public are at risk.]

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Terry Fulmer
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 3142 -3143 Supplemental information no.: Mf 411 -58

atlantic Trivia

Format: 1 film reel (00:08:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: [Larry WOODMAN of New Minas has developed a local trivia game called 'Trivial Pursuits'.]

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Terry Fulmer
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 3140 -3141 Supplemental information no.: Mf 411 -57

Hilton Inn - Trusting Souls

Format: 2 film reels (00:26:08 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: [The new hotel and convention centre in Charlottetown is in receivership after only a year of operation.]

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Terry Fulmer
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 3144 -3145 Supplemental information no.: Mf 411 -59

Friends of The Public Gardens. Urban Land Use

Date: 17&25 July 1985
Format: 1 videocassette (2:00:00 hrs.)
Filmmaker: Friends of the Public Gardens

Note: Footage of the Public Hearings held in the Halifax City Council Chambers on 22 July 1985, re: the application for development of United Equities Ltd. to build a high-rise apartment complex on Summer St., next to the Public Gardens, Halifax, N.S., and the controversy over the destruction of Hart House.

Production Company: [Halifax Cablevision]
Broadcaster: [Halifax Cablevision]

Reference: Friends of the Public Gardens Nova Scotia Archives 1986-59 / Location no.: Vb 248

Friends of The Public Gardens. Urban Land Use

Date: 22 July 1985
Format: 1 videocassette (2:00:00 hrs.)
Filmmaker: Friends of the Public Gardens

Note: Footage of the Public Hearings held in the Halifax City Council Chambers on 22 July 1985, re: the application for development of United Equities Ltd. to build a high-rise apartment complex on Summer St., next to the Public Gardens, Halifax, N.S., and the controversy over the destruction of Hart House.

Production Company: [Halifax Cablevision]
Broadcaster: [Halifax Cablevision]

Reference: Friends of the Public Gardens Nova Scotia Archives 1986-59 / Location no.: Vb 247

Friends of The Public Gardens. Urban Land Use

Date: 18 July 1985
Format: 1 videocassette (2:00:00 hrs.)
Filmmaker: Friends of the Public Gardens

Note: Footage of the Public Hearings held in the Halifax City Council Chambers on 18 July 1985, re: the application for development of United Equities Ltd. to build a high-rise apartment complex on Summer St., next to the Public Gardens, Halifax, N.S. Also, a CBC First Edition report by John CHESSEL about the protest by the Friends of the Public Gardens. Heard is Ed LINDGREN.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation / Halifax Cablevision
Broadcaster: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/ [Halifax Cablevision]
Access: Open for consultation; no duplication.

Reference: Friends of the Public Gardens Nova Scotia Archives 1986-59 / Location no.: Vb 246

Charlotte Lindgren Interview

Date: 17 June 1985
Format: 1 videocassette (00:30:00 hrs.)
Filmmaker: Friends of the Public Gardens

Note: Duane LOWE interviews Charlotte LINDGREN, member of the Friends of the Public Gardens, about the efforts to save historic Hart House on Summer St., Halifax, N.S. They discuss generally the plans for redevelopment of the Summer St. area and the protests these plans engendered.

Production Company: [MITV]
Producer: J. Thomson
Director: SMITH, K
Broadcaster: [MITV]

Reference: Friends of the Public Gardens Nova Scotia Archives 1986-59 / Location no.: Vb 250