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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

Cod Fishery

Date: 1920s
Format: 1 videotape (00:14:56 hrs.) : silent, b&w
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Education Media Services

Note: This film contains documentary footage about an American fishing fleet's activities in the Grand Banks. The 'Columbia', a Grank Bank fishing schooner, is shown as it leaves port (Gloucester, MA), fishes and returns with the catch. Footage also includes processing, mechanization and the packaging of the fish for the consumer. Intertitles (German) are used to inform the viewer. **German title: KABELJAU FISCHFANG

Production Company: [Eastman Teaching Films Inc.]
Broadcaster: [Eastman Schulfilme] [Eastman Classroom Films]
Language: German
Access: Open for consultation; no duplication.

Reference: Nova Scotia Education Media Services Nova Scotia Archives 1985-45 / Location no.: Vc 930

Guysborough

Date: 1931
Format: 1 film reel (00:13:33 hrs.) : silent, b&w
Filmmaker: John B. Porter

Note: Footage shot around Porter's summer home at Long Beach Farm, Guysborough Co. Scenic footage, and shots of family activity and sailing.Detailed content report and creator's notes available in Mf. 425.


Reference: John B. Porter Nova Scotia Archives 1981-43 / Location no.: Fb 2798 Supplemental information no.: Mf. 425

California no. 8

Date: 1931-1932
Format: 1 film reel (00:10:34 hrs.) : silent, b&w
Filmmaker: John B. Porter

Note: Scenic footage of beach, surf, gardens, and sunsets taken in La Jolla, California.Detailed content report and creator's note available in Mf # 425.


Reference: John B. Porter Nova Scotia Archives 1981-43 / Location no.: Fb 2808 Supplemental information no.: Mf 425

California no. 9

Date: 1931-1932
Format: 1 film reel (00:12:34 hrs.) : silent, b&w
Filmmaker: John B. Porter

Note: Footage of coastline, street scenes, and gardens around La Jolla, California. Footage of 'The Bishop's School' for girls. Footage of children's picnic on beach. Family portraits. Footage of horse back riding. Footage of sunset.Detailed content report and creator's notes available in Mf #425.


Reference: John B. Porter Nova Scotia Archives 1981-43 / Location no.: Fb 2806 Supplemental information no.: Mf 425

Hanson's Farm and Golf

Date: 1932
Format: 1 film reel (00:2:40 hrs.) : silent, b&w
Filmmaker: Walter H. Boutilier

Note: This amateur film was at the farm of [Captain Hanson], an acquaintance of Walter H. Boutilier. It features scenic footage of the countryside surrounding the farm, including shots of a lake in which [Boutilier] and a friend are swimming. There are also shots of farm workers hay making, 'helped' by several women and children, and of a kitten playing in front of farm outbuildings. The film closes with shots of Walter H. Boutlier practicing his golf swing by the barn, with a young boy 'caddying'.


Reference: Walter H. Boutilier Nova Scotia Archives 1989-29 / Location no.: Fb 2789

Ns Guides Meet Lake William

Date: 1932
Format: 1 film reel (00:12:17 hrs.) : silent, b&w
Filmmaker: Allen Fraser

Note: Activities and competitions of a Guide's meet held at Lake William, Lunenburg County. Includes shots of bear, deer and moose being fed by [games keeper]; a group fishing and sunset over Lake [William].

Producer: Allen Fraser
Access: Open for consultation; PANS holds copyright.

Reference: Allen Fraser Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 2640

Canadian Authors' Association Excursion to Indian Harbour

Date: 1932
Format: 1 videocassette (00:3:25 hrs.)
Filmmaker: Mary Elizabeth Lynch

Note: Amateur B&W footage shot by Andrew D. MERKEL of an excursion of the Canadian Authors' Association to Indian Harbour on St. Margaret's Bay, N.S. Includes views of James D. GILLIS as piper and fiddler, Harry PIERS, Robert NORWOOD and Kenneth LESLIE.

Producer: Andrew D. Merkel

Reference: Mary Elizabeth Lynch Nova Scotia Archives 1987-64 / Location no.: Vb 255 Supplemental information no.: Mf404-14

Guysborough - Bird

Date: 1932
Format: 1 film reel (00:05:49 hrs.) : silent, b&w & colour
Filmmaker: John B. Porter

Note: Brief colour sequence of trees - film badly faded. Followed b&w scenic shots and footage of man fishing at Larry's River, Guysborough Co. Footage of hay making.Detailed content report and creator's notes available in Mf. 425.


Reference: John B. Porter Nova Scotia Archives 1981-43 / Location no.: Fb. 2805 Supplemental information no.: Mf # 425

Picnic at Green Hill Look-off

Date: 1932
Format: 1 film reel (00:2:46 hrs.)
Filmmaker: Carl Purdy

Note: Footage showing a MINGO family outing at Green Hill Look-off, N.S. Panoramic shots of the countryside and picnickers are seen.


Reference: Carl Purdy Nova Scotia Archives 1988-38 / Location no.: Fb 2511 Duplication no.: Vc1225 Supplemental information no.: Mf401-02

Farm

Date: 1932
Format: 1 film reel (00:2:32 hrs.)
Filmmaker: Carl Purdy

Note: Various shots of the T.D. MINGO dairy farm at Onslow, N.S., showing crops in field, haying activities and some farm equipment.

Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction. Fb 2511: CLOSED: conservation

Reference: Carl Purdy Nova Scotia Archives 1988-38 / Location no.: Fb 2511 Duplication no.: Vc1225 Supplemental information no.: Mf401-01

Labrador Pictures

Date: 1933
Format: 1 film reel (00:2:47 hrs.) : silent, b&w
Filmmaker: Walter H. Boutilier

Note: This amateur film opens with footage shot on the deck of a boat [off the coast fo Labrador]. There is spectacular footage off icebergs, with barren coastline in the background. Also remarkable is panoramic footage shot from the top of a cliff, depicting a fishing outport located in a rocky bay. There is also footage of some of the outport's houses and buildings, and the film closes with footage of [Walter H. Boutilier and two other men laughing and smoking together amidst the outport houses.


Reference: Walter H. Boutilier Nova Scotia Archives 1989-29 / Location no.: Fb 2788

Labrador Also Golf at Capt Hanson's

Date: 1933
Format: 1 film reel (00:00:50 hrs.) : silent, b&w
Filmmaker: Walter H. Boutilier

Note: This amateur film opens with footage shot from the deck of a boat at sea [off the coast of Labrador]. A man is shown waving from the bridge of the boat. There also shots of a man, [probably Walter H. BOUTILIER], on the deck of the boat, walking away from the camera, then turning to wave before going down a hatchway. Following is a sequence in which the same man is filmed practicing his golf swing beside a barn, while two men, two women, and a young boy look on and 'clown' for the camera.


Reference: Walter H. Boutilier Nova Scotia Archives 1989-29 / Location no.: Fb 2787

Bermuda, Nassau, Jamaica - no. 21

Date: 1933
Format: 1 film reel (00:12:06 hrs.) : silent, b&w
Filmmaker: John B. Porter

Note: Scenic footage taken during a [1933] holiday trip to Bermuda, Nassau, and Jamaica. Includes footage filmed in [Kingston, Jamaica].Detailed content report may be found in Mf. # 425.


Reference: John B. Porter Nova Scotia Archives 1981-43 / Location no.: Fb 2794 Supplemental information no.: Mf. 425

Europe

Date: 1934
Format: 1 film reel (00:08:23 hrs.) : silent, b&w
Filmmaker: John B. Porter

Note: Footage taken during a trip made to Europe made by John B. Porter in [1934]. Includes footage of English private school [Bryanston], tank manoeuvers at English army camp, Hyde Park, London, and scenic footage of Ireland, Devon and the south of France. Detailed content report and creator's notes available in Mf # 425


Reference: John B. Porter Nova Scotia Archives 1981-43 / Location no.: Fb 2791 Supplemental information no.: Mf #425

France, Italy, Switzerland no. 24

Date: 1934
Format: 1 film reel (00:13:30 hrs.) : silent, b&w
Filmmaker: John B. Porter

Note: Scenic footage taken during a [1934] European holiday.Detailed content report and creator's notes available in Mf. #425.

Access: Moved to Vinegar Syndrome Shelf.

Reference: John B. Porter Nova Scotia Archives 1981-43 / Location no.: Fb 2796 Supplemental information no.: Mf. # 425