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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

Towns 6A

Format: 1 film reel : silent, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Sydney, Antigonish, etc.

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

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives 1991-26 / Location no.: Fc 2597 Supplemental information no.: mf115-627

Towns 6

Format: 1 film reel : silent, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Cheticamp, Baddeck, et al [CB]

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

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives 1991-26 / Location no.: Fc 2596 Supplemental information no.: mf115-626

Tolling Dogs

Format: 2 film reels : silent, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: [Edited workprint. The Film Unit procured an off-season duck license to shoot this film; however, poachers interferred with the shoot and the film was never produced.] Duck hunting scenes featuring the capabilities of Duck Tolling Retrievers.

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

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives 1991-26 / Location no.: Fc 2710- 2711 Supplemental information no.: mf115-701

Silver Drums 37

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Ceremonial military presentation of silver drums

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

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives 1991-26 / Location no.: Fc 2600

Pulp and Paper Making 1B

Format: 1 film reel : silent, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Logging film - cutting logs

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

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives 1991-26 / Location no.: Fc 2509 Supplemental information no.: mf115-611

Shearwater Halifax 23

Format: 1 film reel : colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Shearwater, HX - general shots.

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

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives 1991-26 / Location no.: Fc 2628 Supplemental information no.: mf115-645

Perkins House 25

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: House and diary

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

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives 1991-26 / Location no.: Fc 2629 Supplemental information no.: mf115-646

Sable Island

Format: 2 film reels (00:20:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: This is the first documentary ever produced about Sable Island, and tells the story of Sable Island's seals, horses, birds and other wildlife. It also shows man hunting for oil and gas beneath the delicate sand dunes of the Island and the ocean around it.

Production Company: Nova Scotia Communications and Information Centre and the Audio-Visual Department of Dalhousie University
Director: KRIZSAN, Les
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives 1991-27 / Location no.: Fc 2121- 2122 Supplemental information no.: Mf115-712

Premier Regan at Point Tupper Generating Plant

Format: 1 film reel : silent, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Premier Gerald REGAN holds press conference at the POint Tupper generating plant. Also includes aerial scenes of the area.

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

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives 1991-27 / Location no.: Fc 2316 Supplemental information no.: mf115-606

Pulp and Paper Making 1H

Format: 1 film reel : silent, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Pulp and paper making

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

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives 1991-26 / Location no.: Fc 2515

Pulp and Paper Making 1G

Format: 1 film reel : silent, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Pulp and paper making

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

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives 1991-26 / Location no.: Fc 2514 Supplemental information no.: mf115-616

Pulp and Paper Making 1F

Format: 1 film reel : silent, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Forest land scenes.

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

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives 1991-26 / Location no.: Fc 2513 Supplemental information no.: mf115-615

Pulp and Paper Making 1E

Format: 1 film reel : silent, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Mersey paper plant - paper machines.

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

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives 1991-26 / Location no.: Fc 2512 Supplemental information no.: mf115-614

Pulp and Paper Making 1C

Format: 1 film reel : silent, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: River driving.

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

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives 1991-26 / Location no.: Fc 2510 Supplemental information no.: mf115-612

Paper Age And Ancient Flight The

Format: 1 videocassette (00:22:00 hrs.) : VHS
Filmmaker: Black River Productions

Note: This film is a portrait of William DEICHES, a British Egyptologist, who holds the belief that the ancients had an elaborate system of aircraft and hand gliders.

Production Company: Black River Productions Limited
Producer: Neal Livingston
Director: LIVINGSTON, Neal
Writer: LIVINGSTON, Neal
Broadcaster: Black River Productions Limited
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use until 2029.

Reference: Black River Productions Nova Scotia Archives 1994-14 / Location no.: Vb 325 Supplemental information no.: Mf410- 10