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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

Home Movies. Naval Maneuvers. - 16-4

Format: 1 film reel (00:2:50 hrs.) : silent, b&w
Filmmaker: Sam Short

Note: Shots of a track meet and soldiers receiving awards after the meet. Shots of military instruction and soldiers playing soccer.

Access: Reproduction restricted except with permission of donor

Reference: Sam Short Nova Scotia Archives 1986-33 / Location no.: Fb 2380 Duplication no.: Vc 1076 Supplemental information no.: Mf364

Home Movies. Bayonet Fighting Mil And Family no. 31

Format: 1 videocassette (00:.4:00 hrs.) : silent, colour
Filmmaker: Sam Short

Note: Shots of soldiers conducting bayonet drills. Family footage.

Access: Reproduction restricted except with permission of donor

Reference: Sam Short Nova Scotia Archives 1986-50 / Location no.: Vc 1075 Supplemental information no.: Mf364

Home Movies. Bayonet Fighting And Football no. 32

Format: 1 videocassette (00:.4:00 hrs.) : silent, b&w
Filmmaker: Sam Short

Note: Shots of a track meet and soldiers receiving awards after the meet. Shots of military instruction and soldiers playing soccer.

Access: Reproduction restricted except with permission of donor

Reference: Sam Short Nova Scotia Archives 1986-50 / Location no.: Vc 1075 Supplemental information no.: Mf364

Home Movies. Cornwallis no. 18

Format: 1 videocassette (00:.4:20 hrs.) : silent, colour
Filmmaker: Sam Short

Note: Shots of children playing on a road, a first communion procession, a parade, and a military ceremony at CFB Cornwallis.

Access: Reproduction restricted except with permission of donor

Reference: Sam Short Nova Scotia Archives 1986-50 / Location no.: Vc 1075 Supplemental information no.: Mf364

Home Movies. Convoy St. Francis no. 19

Format: 1 videocassette (00:.4:10 hrs.) : silent, colour
Filmmaker: Sam Short

Note: Shots of shipyard and harbourfront. Shots of a naval vessel, sailors, parts of the ship and sailors performing military exercises.

Access: Reproduction restricted except with permission of donor

Reference: Sam Short Nova Scotia Archives 1986-50 / Location no.: Vc 1075 Supplemental information no.: Mf364

Home Movies. Citadel Little Girls no. 13

Format: 1 videocassette (00:.4:00 hrs.) : silent, colour
Filmmaker: Sam Short

Note: Shots of outdoor X-mas decorations. Shots of Halifax from the Citadel and people at the Citadel. Shots of ships at the waterfront. Shots of small girls in front of a house.

Access: Reproduction restricted except with permission of donor

Reference: Sam Short Nova Scotia Archives 1986-50 / Location no.: Vc 1075 Supplemental information no.: Mf364

Short Reel #1 Scenics

Format: 1 film reel (00:00:44 hrs.) : silent, colour & b&w
Filmmaker: Harold Weir

Note: This film contains scenic shots [shot in Cape Breton].

Producer: Harold Weir
Access: Open for consultation; PANS holds copyright.

Reference: Harold Weir Nova Scotia Archives 1986-17 / Location no.: Fc 498 Duplication no.: Vc 191 Supplemental information no.: Mf 287-7

8 MM no. 1

Format: 1 film reel (00:2:55 hrs.) : silent, b&w
Filmmaker: Harold Weir

Note: This film contains family shots.

Producer: Harold Weir
Access: Open for consultation; PANS holds copyright. Fb 2172: CLOSED: conservation

Reference: Harold Weir Nova Scotia Archives 1986-17 / Location no.: Fb 2172 Duplication no.: Vc 193 Supplemental information no.: Mf 287-1

Short Reel #2

Format: 1 film reel (00:00:52 hrs.) : silent, colour
Filmmaker: Harold Weir

Note: This film contains scenics shot from a moving car.

Producer: Harold Weir
Access: Open for consultation; PANS holds copyright.

Reference: Harold Weir Nova Scotia Archives 1986-17 / Location no.: Fc 499 Duplication no.: Vc 191 Supplemental information no.: Mf 287-8

Porters Lake no. 2

Format: 1 film reel (00:5:12 hrs.) : silent, colour
Filmmaker: Harold Weir

Note: This film contains family shots.

Producer: Harold Weir
Access: Open for consultation; PANS holds copyright.

Reference: Harold Weir Nova Scotia Archives 1986-17 / Location no.: Fc 507 Duplication no.: Vc 192 Supplemental information no.: Mf 287-16

Porters Lake no. 1

Format: 1 film reel (00:10:35 hrs.) : silent, colour
Filmmaker: Harold Weir

Note: This film contains family footage, shot in summer and fall.

Producer: Harold Weir
Access: Open for consultation; PANS holds copyright.

Reference: Harold Weir Nova Scotia Archives 1986-17 / Location no.: Fc 505 Duplication no.: Vc 192 Supplemental information no.: Mf 287-14

Thomas Raddall

Format: 1 videocassette (00:.24:30 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Acadia University

Note: Alan Young, Raddall's biographer, discusses the life and writing of Thomas Raddall.

Production Company: Acadia University
Producer: Margaret Conrad
Director: ROBLIN, Wayne
Broadcaster: Kable 5 Productions
Access: Reproduction restricted except with permission of donor

Reference: Acadia University Nova Scotia Archives 1988-02 / Location no.: Vc 1073

John Nesbitt - Sculptor

Format: 1 film reel (00:27:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Black River Productions

Note: This film profiles John NESBITT, an artist who had achieved a prominent reputation for his abstract metal sculptures, who in the mid-1970s moved with his wife Ann RICHARDSON from New York City to Cape Breton Island. The repercussions of this move on NESBITT's career and his artistic endeavours are explored.

Production Company: Black River Productions Limited
Producer: Neal Livingston
Director: LIVINGSTON, Neal
Broadcaster: Black River Productions Limited
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use until 2029.

Reference: Black River Productions Nova Scotia Archives 1994-14 / Location no.: Fc 3029 Supplemental information no.: Mf410- 8

Island Memories

Format: 11 film reels (00:29:51 hrs.) : colour
Filmmaker: John Brett

Note: A film which explores the past and present in a small Acadian community in Nova Scotia where, supposedly, the last survivor of the Deportation of 1755 is buried. Interweaving old footage with modern scenes, individual memories with the claims of history, the filmmaker creates a subtle but enduring document.

Producer: John Brett
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from Brett for use or reproduction.

Reference: John Brett Nova Scotia Archives 1987-21 / Location no.: Fc 2750- 2754; Fn 196- 201 Supplemental information no.: Mf20

Island Memories Nd Version

Format: 1 film reel (00:29:51 hrs.) : colour
Filmmaker: John Brett

Note: A film which explores the past and present in a small Acadian community in Nova Scotia where, supposedly, the last survivor of the Deportation of 1755 is buried. Interweaving old footage with modern scenes, individual memories with the claims of history, the filmmaker creates a subtle but enduring document.

Producer: John Brett
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from Brett for use or reproduction.

Reference: John Brett Nova Scotia Archives 1987-21 / Location no.: Fc 2749 Supplemental information no.: Mf20