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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

Keith Major

Date: 02 April 1986
Format: 1 videocassette (00:25:30 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Halifax Cablevision
Production Company: Halifax Cablevision Ltd/ Canadian Book Information Center
Producer: Mary Jo Anderson
Director: BOYD, Mike
Broadcaster: Atlantic Independent Media/ Halifax Cablevision Ltd.
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from Lesley Choyce for use or reproduction until 2014.

Reference: Halifax Cablevision Nova Scotia Archives 1989-36 / Location no.: Vc 209

Harry Thurston

Date: 12 February 1986
Format: 1 videocassette (00:27:30 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Halifax Cablevision
Production Company: Halifax Cablevision Ltd/ Canadian Book Information Center
Producer: Mary Jo Anderson
Director: BOYD, Mike
Broadcaster: Atlantic Independent Media/ Halifax Cablevision Ltd.
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from Lesley Choyce for use or reproduction until 2014.

Reference: Halifax Cablevision Nova Scotia Archives 1989-36 / Location no.: Vc 207

Malcolm Ross

Date: 1986
Format: 1 videocassette (00:27:40 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Halifax Cablevision
Production Company: Halifax Cablevision Ltd/ Canadian Book Information Center
Producer: Mary Jo Anderson
Director: BOYD, Mike
Broadcaster: Atlantic Independent Media/ Halifax Cablevision Ltd.
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from Lesley Choyce for use or reproduction until 2014.

Reference: Halifax Cablevision Nova Scotia Archives 1989-36 / Location no.: Vc 218

Elizabeth Jones

Date: 1986
Format: 1 videocassette (00:28:58 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Halifax Cablevision
Production Company: Halifax Cablevision Ltd/ Canadian Book Information Center
Producer: Mary Jo Anderson
Director: BOYD, Mike
Broadcaster: Atlantic Independent Media/ Halifax Cablevision Ltd.
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from Lesley Choyce for use or reproduction until 2014.

Reference: Halifax Cablevision Nova Scotia Archives 1989-36 / Location no.: Vc 214

Rosemary MacAulay Rhyme Field Recordings - Tape

Date: 1986
Format: 1 videocassette (02:00:00 hrs.) : VHS, sound, colour
Filmmaker: Rosemary MacAulay

Note: This tape contains field recordings of rhymes collected by Sharon MACDONALD at Gold River elementary school in 1986. It was given to Rosemary MACAULAY to assist her with some rhyme comparisions. Transcript of rhymes available.

Producer: Rosemary MacAulay
Access: CLOSED until 2000; no other use or duplication possible.

Reference: Rosemary MacAulay Nova Scotia Archives 1995-10 / Location no.: Vb 419

Three Songs

Date: 1985
Format: 1 film reel (00:12:00 hrs.) : S8mm, sound, colour
Filmmaker: James MacSwain

Note: This video is an experimental documentary written in three sections entitled 'Crotch', 'Celia' and 'Money'. The sections are about sex, death and economics respectively. This documentary was never distributed. [release print]

Production Company: Atlantic Filmmaker's Co-operative
Director: MACSWAIN, James
Writer: MACSWAIN, James
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 3375 Supplemental information no.: Mf423-14

Three Songs

Date: 1985
Format: 1 videocassette (00:12:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: James MacSwain

Note: This video is an experimental documentary written in three sections entitled 'Crotch', 'Celia' and 'Money'. The sections are about sex, death and economics respectively. This documentary was never distributed. [video master]

Production Company: Atlantic Filmmaker's Cooperative
Director: MACSWAIN, James
Writer: MACSWAIN, James
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 1285 Supplemental information no.: Mf423-14

Three Songs

Date: 1985
Format: 1 film reel (00:12:00 hrs.) : S8mm, sound, colour
Filmmaker: James MacSwain

Note: This video is an experimental documentary written in three sections entitled 'Crotch', 'Celia' and 'Money'. The sections are about sex, death and economics respectively. This documentary was never distributed. [work print]

Production Company: Atlantic Filmmaker's Co-operative
Director: MACSWAIN, James
Writer: MACSWAIN, James
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 3377

Three Songs

Date: 1985
Format: 1 film reel (00:12:00 hrs.) : S8mm, sound
Filmmaker: James MacSwain

Note: This video is an experimental documentary written in three sections entitled 'Crotch', 'Celia' and 'Money'. The sections are about sex, death and economics respectively. This documentary was never distributed. [mag track]

Production Company: Atlantic Filmmaker's Co-operative
Director: MACSWAIN, James
Writer: MACSWAIN, James
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 3378 Supplemental information no.: Mf423-14

Three Songs

Date: 1985
Format: 1 film reel (00:12:00 hrs.) : S8mm, sound, colour
Filmmaker: James MacSwain

Note: This video is an experimental documentary written in three sections entitled 'Crotch', 'Celia' and 'Money'. The sections are about sex, death and economics respectively. This documentary was never distributed. [answer print]

Production Company: Atlantic Filmmaker's Co-operative
Director: MACSWAIN, James
Writer: MACSWAIN, James
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 3376

Summer In Nova Scotia

Date: 1986
Format: 2 videocassettes (5:00:00 hrs.)
Filmmaker: Metro Festivals Association

Note: Don TREMAINE narrates this promotional video of the Metro Festivals Association explaining the need to develop tourism in the Halifax-Dartmouth metro area and the role of the Metro Festivals Association as an umbrella organization coordinating the many festivals which occur in the area every year.

Production Company: Halifax Cablevision Ltd./ Shaw Cable/ Sight and Sound Productions/ N.S. Dept. of Tourism
Producer: Metro Festivals Association

Reference: Metro Festivals Association Nova Scotia Archives 1989-24 / Location no.: Vc 1237 Duplication no.: Vb258

Halifax Likes Company Summer Fest '8

Date: 27/28 June 1986
Format: 2 videocassettes (3:00:00 hrs.)
Filmmaker: Metro Festivals Association

Note: Live recording of opening ceremonies and festivities of the Metro Festivals Association 'Halifax Likes Company' Summer Fest '86. Includes main stage performances by McGinty and coverage of the Joe Howe Rambling Raft Race; presentations of awards and acknowledgements and ecumenical church service held on the Waterfront; as well as a Scotish dance troupe.

Producer: Metro Festivals Association

Reference: Metro Festivals Association Nova Scotia Archives 1989-24 / Location no.: Vb 256 257

Free Trade The Arts Is Cultural Sovereignty at Stake

Date: 1986
Format: 1 videocassette (00:59:35 hrs.)
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Coalition on Arts and Culture

Note: A panel composed of Mary SPARLING, Leon DUBINSKY, James LORIMER, Bill MACGILLIVRAY, Brian SEGAL, Donna SMYTH, and Louis STEPHEN discuss Free Trade with the United States and how it will affect arts and culture in Nova Scotia and Canada as a whole.

Production Company: Medical Media Production, Dalhousie University
Broadcaster: Medical Media Production, Dalhousie University
Access: Copyright restrictions apply

Reference: Nova Scotia Coalition on Arts and Culture Nova Scotia Archives 1993-15 / Location no.: Vb 277

The Arts & Cultural Assembly

Date: 1986
Format: 1 videocassette (00:12:49 hrs.)
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Coalition on Arts and Culture

Note: A public assembly sponsored by the Nova Scotia Coalition on Arts & Culture held at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium at which various speakers including Mary SPARLING, Marjorie WHITELAW, Silver Donald CAMERON, et. al., express concerns about Canadian cultural policy and the status of funding to the arts in Canada.

Production Company: Halifax Cablevision Ltd.
Broadcaster: Halifax Cablevision Ltd.
Access: Copyright restrictions apply

Reference: Nova Scotia Coalition on Arts and Culture Nova Scotia Archives 1993-15 / Location no.: Vb 279

Ireland

Format: 2 videocassettes (00:49:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Public Archives of Nova Scotia. Film and Sound division

Note: A profile of Ireland with emphasis on history, especially the Potato Famine and its impact on Immigration to Canada. Discussions of religion, social life, politics, economics and traditions are highlighted. Attention is paid mostly to Dublin, Western Ireland and the Aran Islands. John MacCarthy, an athlete/policeman is profiled.

Broadcaster: CTV Television Network
Access: Reproduction restricted except with permission of CTV

Reference: Public Archives of Nova Scotia. Film and Sound division Nova Scotia Archives 1986-48 / Location no.: Vc 1063 1064