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

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Sails On The Sea


Format: 1 film reel (00:10:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Film highlights various Nova Scotian yacht races and sailing activities. Includes footage of Marblehead races and the Prince of Wales Cup. [working title: 'Yacht Film']

Production Company: Nova Scotia Bureau of Information
Producer: Margaret Perry
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 112 Duplication no.: Vc165 Supplemental information no.: Mf115-103+


Out In The Open

Date: 1950
Format: 1 videocassette : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Events surrounding a guide's meet (competitors, spectators, etc). [working title: 'Guides Meet Film']

Production Company: [Nova Scotia Bureau of Information]
Producer: Margaret Perry
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Vc 1209


The Lahave


Format: 1 film reel (00:10:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: An overview of the development of salmon fishing for sport and profit on Nova Scotia's LaHave River. [Working title: 'Lahave River Salmon']

Production Company: Bureau of Information, N.S. Dept. of Trade and Industry for the Fisheries Division
Producer: Margaret Perry
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 65 Duplication no.: Vc 153 Supplemental information no.: Mf115-70+


Dairy Industry

Date: 1952
Format: 1 film reel (00:10:28 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture

Note: Film documenting various aspects of the dairy industry from producing and processing to marketing the final product.

Production Company: Vocational Guidance Films Inc.
Access: Open for consultation; written permission must be obtained from copyright owner for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture Nova Scotia Archives 1985-05 / Location no.: Fb 2251 Supplemental information no.: mf328-27


Traveller's Cheque


Format: 1 film reel (00:12:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: A teacher explains to her class how the use of travellers cheques are of economic benefit to the tourist industry.

Production Company: National Film Board of Canada and Crawley Films
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 354 Supplemental information no.: Mf115-47


Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

Date: 1953
Format: 1 film reel (00:2:09 hrs.) : silent, b&w
Filmmaker: Carroll Burton Feindel

Note: Short documentary depicting the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Panaromic shots of Westminster. Shots of Royal Carriage leaving Buckingham Palace. Shots of crowd on parade route, - close up of child waving. Carriage arrives at Cathedral. Shots inside the Cathedral. Shots of Prince Charles watching as his mother is crowned. Procession back to the Palace, with Queen waving to crowds from Carriage. Shots of Royal Family waving from Palace balcony. Shots of crowd surging happily past police lines, waving.

Production Company: Castle Films
Access: Open for consultation; [PANS holds copyright].; Moved to Vinegar Syndrome Shelf.

Reference: Carroll Burton Feindel Nova Scotia Archives 1987-25 / Location no.: Fb 2848 Duplication no.: Vc 1080


Lunenburg Bicentenniel Parade

Date: 1953
Format: 1 film reel (00:1:05 hrs.) : silent, colour
Filmmaker: Carroll Burton Feindel

Note: Shots of parade, with people lining the roadside. Elaborately decorated floats drive past, including one shaped like an open book, with pages reading; 'Some pages from Lunenburg's history ... 1753 - 1953 .... founded June 7, 1753, Incorporated October 31st, 1888'.

Access: Open for consultation; [PANS holds copyright]. Severe shrinkage, some sprocket damage. Access to video only.

Reference: Carroll Burton Feindel Nova Scotia Archives 1987-25 / Location no.: Fc 3367 Duplication no.: Vc 1081 Supplemental information no.: Mf 424


Construction of Simpsons Sears Store

Date: November 1953
Format: 1 film reel (00:02:26 hrs.) : silent, colour
Filmmaker: C.A.E. Fowler

Note: This footage was shot during the early stages of construction of the Halifax Simpsons Sears store located on Mumford Rd. around November, [1953]. Interesting shots of labourers, construction equipment and background shots of surrounding area (including a glimpse of the St. Patrick's Boys Home).

Access: Open for consultation; Written permission required from donor for use

Reference: C.A.E. Fowler Nova Scotia Archives 1994-02 / Location no.: Fc 3022


Visit to England For Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

Date: 1953
Format: 1 film reel (00:10:00 hrs.) : silent, b&w
Filmmaker: Malcolm and Marial Mosher

Note: Records various events in Marial M. MOSHER'S trip to participate in the ceremonies surrounding the coronation of QUEEN ELIZABETH II. Shots of Mounties and military personnel parading for inspection by Prince PHILLIP [in Quebec City]. Shots of Quebec City as delegation sail for England. Shots of an English country house, followed by shots of London, with Trafalgar Square and Piccadilly decorated for the coronation. Shots of Mounties riding and Canadian military personnel marching in coronation parade.

Access: MOVED TO VINEGAR SYNDROME SHELF

Reference: Malcolm and Marial Mosher Nova Scotia Archives 1986-39 / Location no.: Fb 1953 Supplemental information no.: Mf 402 - 3


Halifax


Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Coronation day - shots of crowds and ceremony at Citadel Hill

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

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 189 Supplemental information no.: mf115-186


Salt Water Angling


Format: 1 film reel (00:12:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: A film about salt water sport fishing. [working title: 'Fishing: Light Tackle Angling']

Production Company: Nova Scotia Bureau of Information
Producer: Margaret Perry
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 113 Duplication no.: Vc 186 Supplemental information no.: Mf115-105+


Sea For Yourself


Format: 1 film reel (00:12:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Footage of a variety of recreational activities along Nova Scotia's ocean coastline, as well as an overview of the flora, fauna, minerals and sealife of that province. [working title: 'Coastal Nova Scotia'; 'Coastwise Nova Scotia']

Production Company: Nova Scotia Bureau of Information
Producer: Margaret Perry
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 114 Duplication no.: Vc 184 Supplemental information no.: Mf115-106+


Corral

Date: 1954
Format: 1 film reel (00:11:23 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture

Note: An award-winning film with original score depicting, thorough visual poetry. 'the roping and riding of a high-spirited, half-broken horse'.

Production Company: National Film Board of Canada [Ottawa]
Producer: Tom Daly
Director: LOW, Colin
Access: Open for consultation; written permission must be obtained from copyright owner for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture Nova Scotia Archives 1985-05 / Location no.: Fb 2244 Supplemental information no.: mf328-20


Rescue Helicopter Greenwood Airport

Date: 1954
Format: 1 film reel (00:1:23 hrs.) : silent, colour
Filmmaker: Carroll Burton Feindel

Note: Shot of a Boeing Vertol, one the world's first production twin rotor helicopters, in RCAF 'Rescue' markings, landing on the tarmac at [Greenwood, N.S]. Shots of airplanes overhead, then of a large twin-engine black airplane on the tarmac, propellers spinning. A large crowd watches in front of hanger.

Access: Open for consultation; [PANS holds copyright]. Moved to Vinegar Syndrome Shelf.

Reference: Carroll Burton Feindel Nova Scotia Archives 1987-25 / Location no.: Fc 3367 Duplication no.: Vc 1081 Supplemental information no.: Mf 424


Causeway


Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: General crowd shots taken during the official opening celebrations 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 212 Supplemental information no.: mf115-215


               

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