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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

Summer Escape

Format: 1 film reel (00:12:20 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: A promotional film depicting Nova Scotia's relaxing and scenic countryside as seen via the province's highways.

Production Company: Nova Scotia Film Bureau
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 54 Duplication no.: Vc 187 Supplemental information no.: Mf115-61

Grounds For Fishing

Format: 1 film reel (00:11:54 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: A film which provides views of numerous and intriguing angling spots in Nova Scotia as told from the perspective of a group of American tourists.

Production Company: Nova Scotia Dept. of Trade and Industry, Information Bureau
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 50 Duplication no.: Vc 26 Supplemental information no.: Mf115-59+

Shearwater Vs. St. Francis Xavier

Date: 1955
Format: 1 film reel (00:30:00 hrs.) : silent, b&w
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Sport Heritage Centre

Note: Film is labelled as excerpts from two football games between the Shearwater Flyers and St. Francis Xavier University. (There is some question as to whether the second game, held at the Wanderers Grounds actually involves Shearwater). There is some image reversal in the footage from Game 1.

Access: Open for consultation. Permission required from copyright holder for use or duplication.

Reference: Nova Scotia Sport Heritage Centre Nova Scotia Archives 1997-13 / Location no.: Fb 2860

Greenwood RCAf Vs. Shearwater

Date: 1955
Format: 1 film reel (00:19:00 hrs.) : silent, b&w
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Sport Heritage Centre

Note: Excerpts from two football games between the Greenwood RCAF and Shearwater Flyers. Both teams in dark coloured jerseys in the first game. Shearwater in white uniforms for the second game.

Access: Open for consultation. Permission required from copyright holder for use or duplication.

Reference: Nova Scotia Sport Heritage Centre Nova Scotia Archives 1997-13 / Location no.: Fb 2859

Credit For Profit

Date: 1956
Format: 1 film reel (00:10:42 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture

Note: Film discusses how farmers can use credit agencies, like Federal Farm Credit, to procure loans which will assist in upgrading their farming operations to the point where they will eventually turn a profit.

Production Company: National Film Board of Canada
Producer: Ernest Reid
Director: REID, Ernest
Writer: GOLDMAN, Alvin
Broadcaster: Farm Credit Corporation, Canada Department of Agriculture
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 2248 Supplemental information no.: mf328-24

Chemical Conquest

Date: 1956
Format: 1 film reel (00:23:52 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture

Note: Report on chemical research and its agricultural implications, particularily in the fields of herbicides and pesticides.

Production Company: National Film Board of Canada
Producer: Larry Gosnell
Director: GOSNELL, Larry
Writer: GOSNELL, Larry
Broadcaster: Canada Department of Agriculture
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 2241 Supplemental information no.: mf328-16

Apple Blossom Parade

Date: 1956
Format: 1 film reel (00:00:50 hrs.) : silent, colour
Filmmaker: Carroll Burton Feindel

Note: Shots of large crowd watching the [1956] Apple Blossom Parade. Highland pipe and drum band, majorettes, Mounties, Apple Blossom princesses on floats, and military personnel parade past.

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

Shipyard Material

Format: 1 film reel (00:23:26 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Silent footage showing the floating drydock at the Halifax Shipyards and activity taking place at the dockyard.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1807 Supplemental information no.: Mf261-06

Bastille Day In St. Pierre

Format: 1 film reel (00:19:59 hrs.) : silent, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Footage of Bastille Day celebrations in St. Pierre.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1806 Supplemental information no.: Mf261-05

Moose River Mine Disaster

Format: 1 film reel (00:29:19 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Broadcaster J.Frank WILLIS narrates an anniversary retrospective look at the Moose River Mine Disaster of April 1936. He talks with survivor Alfred [SCANLAN] and rescue worker George MORRELL. Also, newspaperman Gregory CLARK is interviewed and talks of rescue worker Billy BELL.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1989-57 / Location no.: Fb 2398

Messiah

Format: 2 film reels (00:51:36 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A performance of George F. HANDEL's 'The Messiah' by the Halifax Choral Society and the Halifax Symphony Orchestra conducted by Thomas MAYER. Featured are Audrey FARNELL, Eleanor SMITH, Eric STOTT, and Leonard MAYOH.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 2054- 2055 Supplemental information no.: Mf259-18

Address of Anthony Eden

Format: 1 film reel (00:14:28 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Sir Anthony EDEN, Prime Minister of Great Britain, in a television address to the American people to promote peace and unity in the world.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1802 Supplemental information no.: Mf261-01

Four Points East

Format: 4 film reels (00:34:19 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: The inauguration of the CBC Maritime Network hosted by Syd DAVIDSON,Capt. W.E.S. BRIGGS and Mr. BUSHNELL, Vice President of CBC.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1839- 1842 Supplemental information no.: Mf262-03

Atlantic Shipyards

Format: Film reels (00:29:25 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A documentary on shipbuilding in NS from schooners to warships. Includes footage of: schooner models, yachts & schooners in Chester, Chester Seacraft Industries Ltd./ modern ship factory/ Lunenberg ship launching (Smith & Rhuland Shipyards) & blessing/ Halifax shipyard destroyer construction/ launch of destroyer 'The Margaree'.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Bill Harper
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1119 1120 1121 Supplemental information no.: Mf224-1

River of Rock

Format: Film reels (00:29:25 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A documentary on gypsum mining in NS and it's export by ore carriers. Includes footage of land stripping for mining, graders, a quarry, drilling & blasting, loading, rock crushing, train transport to Bedford Basin, ship loading & leaving port. No location given for quarry.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Bill Harper
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1122 Supplemental information no.: Mf224-3