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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

Sharon Pollock

Date: 28 January 1987
Format: 1 videocassette (00:27:43 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Halifax Cablevision

Note: Lesley CHOYCE interviews Sharon POLLOCK about her plays, her writing methods and central themes which run throughout her work.

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 222 Supplemental information no.: mf314-114

Joann Latremouille

Date: 1987
Format: 1 videocassette (00:26:26 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 228

Stephen Kimber

Date: 23 September 1987
Format: 1 videocassette (00:28:55 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Halifax Cablevision

Note: Lesley CHOYCE interviews the editor and publisher of Cities Magazine about the pros and cons of the magazine business.

Production Company: Halifax Cablevision Ltd/ Canadian Book Information Center
Producer: Mary Jo Anderson
Director: BOYD, Mike
Broadcaster: Atlantic Independent Media/ Halifax Cablevision
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 230 Supplemental information no.: mf314-116

Deidre Dwyer Kathy Mac Joe Blades

Date: 1987
Format: 1 videocassette (00:27:27 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 221

Canadian Book Information Centre Bookfair: 1987 Part 2

Date: 1987
Format: 1 videocassette (00:25:36 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 229

Joanne Light

Date: 1987
Format: 1 videocassette (00:27:25 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 226

Gambia - Roll

Date: June 1987
Format: 1 videocassette (01:57:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Halifax West High School Gambia Project

Note: Unedited footage of the first leg of the journey to Gambia including: interviews conducted on the plane with group members; landing in Gambia; July 1st departure to soap factory and fishing village; and a bird sanctuary.

Production Company: Halifax West High School Gambia Project
Producer: Burris Devanney And John Versteege
Writer: DEVANNEY, Burris
Broadcaster: Impact Video Graphic Services Ltd.
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from John Versteege and Burris Devanney for use or reproduction until 2020.

Reference: Halifax West High School Gambia Project Nova Scotia Archives 1991-38 / Location no.: Vb 129

Gambia Project The Viewing Copy

Date: 1987
Format: 1 videocassette (01:43:59 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Halifax West High School Gambia Project

Note: Documentary of a two-week working visit to Gambia and Senegal by 22 Canadians, including 22 Nova Scotians, who went to learn the problems of the Third World first-hand. The group was composed mainly of staff and students from various schools throughout Nova Scotia and was led by Burris Devanney, Principal of Halifax West High School.

Production Company: Halifax West High School Gambia Project
Producer: Burris Devanney And John Versteege
Writer: DEVANNEY, Burris
Broadcaster: Impact Video Graphic Services Ltd.
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from John Versteege and Burris Devanney for use or reproduction until 2020.

Reference: Halifax West High School Gambia Project Nova Scotia Archives 1991-38 / Location no.: Vb 127

Eastern Passage

Date: 13 June 1987
Format: 1 videocassette (00:17:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Halifax West High School Gambia Project

Note: Eastern Passage fishermen describe the types of supplies (ie nets, line, hooks, etc) they are donating to the Gambia Project. This donation will be given to Gambian fishermen as gifts from DEVANNEY and his group with the hope that the Gambians will start a fishing co-op and share the equipment equally between five villages.

Production Company: Halifax West High School Gambia Project
Producer: Burris Devanney And John Versteege
Writer: DEVANNEY, Burris
Broadcaster: Impact Video Graphic Services Ltd.
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from John Versteege and Burris Devanney for use or reproduction until 2020.

Reference: Halifax West High School Gambia Project Nova Scotia Archives 1991-38 / Location no.: Vb 137

African Dinner

Date: May 1987
Format: 1 videocassette (01:24:01 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Halifax West High School Gambia Project

Note: Members of the group travelling to Gambia serve an authentic African meal in order to raise money for their trip. Louanne Devanney is responsible for co-ordinating and organizing the preparation and serving of the meal. Guest speakers discuss the Gambia and the Halifax West effort.

Production Company: Halifax West High School Gambia Project
Producer: Burris Devanney And John Versteege
Writer: DEVANNEY, Burris
Broadcaster: Impact Video Graphic Services Ltd.
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from John Versteege and Burris Devanney for use or reproduction until 2020.

Reference: Halifax West High School Gambia Project Nova Scotia Archives 1991-38 / Location no.: Vb 144

Teachers Inservice

Date: 21 February 1987
Format: 1 videocassette (01:09:41 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Halifax West High School Gambia Project

Note: The first in a series of inservices given to educate the travellers about Gambia and Third World problems in general. Jim MORRISON and Joseph -- (an African PhD student from St. Mary's University) open the floor to questions. Then the group is split up and given fact sheets about a Third World nation. Each group is asked to solve problems relating to the economy, agriculture, transportation, urbanization, etc.

Production Company: Halifax West High School Gambia Project
Producer: Burris Devanney And John Versteege
Writer: DEVANNEY, Burris
Broadcaster: Impact Video Graphic Services Ltd.
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from John Versteege and Burris Devanney for use or reproduction until 2020.

Reference: Halifax West High School Gambia Project Nova Scotia Archives 1991-38 / Location no.: Vb 139

Student Interviews

Date: 1987
Format: 1 videocassette (00:33:17 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Halifax West High School Gambia Project

Note: Students who visited the Gambia in 1986 are interviewed about their impressions of Africa and how the trip cahnged their attitudes towrds Third World countries. Topics covered include: media coverage of Africa vs the realities of life there; North American attitudes toward poverty; self-help vs charity; and a comparision of North American and African values/culture.

Production Company: Halifax West High School Gambia Project
Producer: Burris Devanney And John Versteege
Writer: DEVANNEY, Burris
Broadcaster: Impact Video Graphic Services Ltd.
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from John Versteege and Burris Devanney for use or reproduction until 2020.

Reference: Halifax West High School Gambia Project Nova Scotia Archives 1991-38 / Location no.: Vb 138

Gambia - Roll

Date: July 1987
Format: 1 videocassette (02:00:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Halifax West High School Gambia Project

Note: Unedited footage of group members planting trees and village women pounding millet and preparing food. At the Amadia High School in Basse, students and teachers exchange information and establish connections in preparation for permanent exchange relationships.

Production Company: Halifax West High School Gambia Project
Producer: Burris Devanney And John Versteege
Writer: DEVANNEY, Burris
Broadcaster: Impact Video Graphic Services Ltd.
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from John Versteege and Burris Devanney for use or reproduction until 2020.

Reference: Halifax West High School Gambia Project Nova Scotia Archives 1991-38 / Location no.: Vb 130

Robert Norwood - Rector Poet And Humanitarian

Format: 1 videocassette (00:9:45 hrs.)
Filmmaker: Mary Elizabeth Lynch

Note: Amateur B&W footage with intertitles shot by Andrew D. MERKEL of Robert NORWOOD and friends, family, at Norwood's Cottage, 'Tedholm' on the south shore of N.S. at Hubbards. Scenes of parishioners leaving Anglican Church at Peggy's Cove after Norwood's guest sermon. Scenes of exterior of St. Bartholmew's Church in New York City where Norwood was rector. Scenes of the launching of the Escadil.

Producer: Andrew D. Merkel

Reference: Mary Elizabeth Lynch Nova Scotia Archives 1987-64 / Location no.: Vb 255 Supplemental information no.: Mf404-15

Gay Generations

Date: 1986
Format: 1 videocassette (00:43:10 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: James MacSwain

Note: This video contains a dialogue between an older gay man, Jim MACSWAIN, and a younger gay man, Neil MACINNIS about generational differences and similarities relating to their sexuality. [video master]

Production Company: Centre for Art Tapes
Producer: James MacSwain And Neil MacInnis
Director: MACSWAIN, James and MACINNIS, Neil
Writer: MACSWAIN, James
Broadcaster: Atlantic Independent Media
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 1278