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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

Navy Week

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Navy week celebrations including contests, plays performed on the waterfront and mock ships in Halifax Harbour.

Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 199 Supplemental information no.: mf115-201

Causeway

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Construction of the Angus L. Macdonald Halifax/Dartmouth bridge

Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 214 Supplemental information no.: mf115-217

Causeway

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Construction of Canso causeway roadbed

Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 213 Supplemental information no.: mf115-216

Bridges

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Early stages of the construction of the Angus L. MacDonald Halifax/Dartmouth bridge.

Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 206 Supplemental information no.: mf115-209

Causeway

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Ferry crossing the Strait in the winter and general construction shots of the causeway.

Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 211 Supplemental information no.: mf115-214

Cape Split

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Views of Cape Split shoreline at various times of the tide's ebb and flow.

Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 279 Supplemental information no.: mf115-295

Gaelic College Televist

Format: 1 film reel (00:02:63 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: A brief account of the activities and role of the Gaelic College at St. Ann's, Cape Breton including a Gaelic Mod.

Production Company: [NS Information Service Film Unit]
Broadcaster: National Film Board
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 47 Supplemental information no.: mf115-395

Cattle

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Cows in fields and pastures.

Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 203 Supplemental information no.: mf115-206

Gaelic Mod

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Various activities of a Gaelic mod, Gaelic College, St. Ann's.

Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 181 Supplemental information no.: mf115-176

Halifax

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Halifax City's dockyards and churches

Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 172 Supplemental information no.: mf115-166

Gaelic Mod

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Dancers, dancing competions and a milling frolic at a Gaelic Mod, Gaelic College, St. Ann's.

Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 182 Supplemental information no.: mf115-177

Causeway

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Canso causeway construction showing building the roadbed. Also includes shot of ferry crossing the Strait in the winter.

Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 208 Supplemental information no.: mf115-211

Swordfishing

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: The process of traditional swordfishing from on board the Arthur F. from St. Andrews. [Cinescope]

Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 244 Supplemental information no.: mf115-257

Apples

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Scenes relating to the apple industry including loading apples onto boxcars.

Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 259 Supplemental information no.: mf115-273

Causeway

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Various shots of the causeway construction as well as general shots of the Strait.

Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 210 Supplemental information no.: mf115-213