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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

Tatamagouche - a Snapshot The People The Music The Beauty

Date: ca. 1995
Format: 1 videocassette : VHS
Filmmaker: Ralph Waugh

Note: This video provides information on the village of Tatamagouche. Consisting primarily of testimonials and stories from local residents and footage of the local area, the video serves as a promotional tool for the village. The featured residents include Betty MURRAY, Lloyd BAILLIE, George CLARK and Dr. A.M. CREIGHTON. (A complete list can be found in the Mf file).

Producer: Ralph Waugh
Access: Open for consultation. Written permission from donor required for use or reproduction. (Additional copies may be ordered from Ralph Waugh).

Reference: Ralph Waugh Nova Scotia Archives 1996-29 / Location no.: Vb 460

All About Pans How to Use Pans

Date: 1995
Format: (00:28:00 hrs.) : S-VHS

Note: This tape is a compilation of two videos produced by the Learning Resources and Technology Division of the N.S. Department of Education. These videos are intended to serve as an introduction to the Public Archives and are aimed at those people who are not familiar with its operation.

Production Company: Learning Resources and Tecchnology - N.S. Department of Education
Producer: Ray Whitley
Director: WHITLEY, Ray
Writer: WHITLEY, Ray
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Shuttle Launch Wrap

Date: 20 June 1996
Format: 1 video cassette (00:01:43 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Cable News Network

Note: News story on launch of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Space Shuttle 'Columbia' on it's twentieth mission. Footage of shuttle launching, footage of Mission Manager [Loren Schriver] at news conference, and footage of astronauts on their way to shuttle and in shuttle cockpit.

Production Company: Cable News Network, Inc.
Writer: John Holliman
Broadcaster: Cable News Network, Inc.
Language: English
Access: Open for consultation; no use or reproduction without written permission from the donor.

Reference: Cable News Network Nova Scotia Archives 1996-81 / Location no.: Vc 1060 Supplemental information no.: Mf 426

President Clinton Addresses '9 Democratic Convention

Date: 29 August 1996
Format: 1 video cassette (00:03:40 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Cable News Network

Note: News report on U.S. President Clinton's speech to the 1996 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Clinton addresses domestic issues, such as crime and education, and his world peace initiatives. Footage of Clinton on campaign train. Footage of Presidential advisor Dick Morris in a vehicle amidst a crowd of reporters. Reporter Mark WATTS explains that Morris has recently become embroiled in a sex scandal and has quit the Clinton election campaign. Item ends with footage of WATTS' analysis of Clinton's speech.speech and presidential election campiagn.

Production Company: Cable News Network, Inc.
Broadcaster: Cable News Network, Inc.
Language: English
Access: Open for consultation; no use or reproduction without written permission from the donor.

Reference: Cable News Network Nova Scotia Archives 1996-81 / Location no.: Vc 1060 Supplemental information no.: Mf 425

Nova Scotia Vignettes '9 -

Date: January & 04 1996
Format: 1 videocassette (00:11:05 hrs.) : VHS, sound, colour
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: This videocassette contains a series of 10 vignettes focussing on the history of the black community in Nova Scotia. Among those featured as subjects or speakers are Portia WHITE, Lorne WHITE, Yvonne WHITE, Aubrey WHILEY (Whiley's Saw Mill in Upper Hammonds Plains), Nelson SYMONDS, and the No. 2 Construction Battalion from World War I. The series was shown at the Atlantic Film Festival in September, 1996.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation / Maroon Communications
Broadcaster: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Access: Open for consultation. Permission from donor required for use or duplication.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1997-08 / Location no.: Vb 466

Conversation With Dr. G.W.I. Creighton

Date: 08 September 1996
Format: 1 videocassette (01:35:00 hrs.) : VHS, sound, colour
Filmmaker: Robert Creighton

Note: This videocassette contains a conversation with Dr. G.W.I. (Wilfrid) CREIGHTON (conducted by Robert CREIGHTON). During the conversation Dr. Creighton speaks about his ancestors and family origins, his career in forestry (including many of the colourful characters that he knew) and his days a Deputy Minister of the provincial Department of Lands and Forests.

Access: Open for consultation. PANS holds copyright.

Reference: Robert Creighton Nova Scotia Archives 1997-02 / Location no.: Vb 462 Supplemental information no.: Mf 422-3

Burn Your Wood Efficiently And Cleanly…

Date: 1996
Format: 1 videocassette (00:28:00 hrs.) : VHS, sound, colour

Note: This tape contains two programs: 1) 'Wood Stoves: Burn Hot Burn Clean' and 2) 'Burn It Clean, Burn It Right'.

Production Company: Nova Scotia. Dept. of the Environment/ The Atlantic Wood Energy Technicians Association.
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required for use or reproduction.

Alfred Silver

Date: 31 May 1996
Format: 1 videocassette (00:22:56 hrs.) : betacam SP, sound, colour
Filmmaker: Halifax Cablevision

Note: Lesley Choyce interviews Alfred Silver about his book Acadia.Bad Audio.


Reference: Halifax Cablevision Nova Scotia Archives 1998128 / Location no.: Vh 53

Lance Secretan

Date: 06 May 1996
Format: 1 videocassette (00:23:31 hrs.) : betacam SP, sound, colour
Filmmaker: Halifax Cablevision

Note: Lesley Choyce interviews Lance Secretan about his book Reclaiming Higher Ground.


Reference: Halifax Cablevision Nova Scotia Archives 1998128 / Location no.: Vh 51

Anne-Marie MacDonald

Date: 31 May 1996
Format: 1 videocassette (00:23:38 hrs.) : betacam SP, sound, colour
Filmmaker: Halifax Cablevision

Note: Lesley Choyce interviews Anne-Marie MacDonald about her book Fall on Your Knees.


Reference: Halifax Cablevision Nova Scotia Archives 1998128 / Location no.: Vh 54

David Burchuson

Date: 27 November 1996
Format: 1 videocassette (00:23:43 hrs.) : betacam SP, sound, colour
Filmmaker: Halifax Cablevision

Note: Lesley Choyce interviews David Burchuson about his book Significant Incident.


Reference: Halifax Cablevision Nova Scotia Archives 1998128 / Location no.: Vh 59

Scott Taylor

Date: 31 October 1996
Format: 1 videocassette (00:22:32 hrs.) : betacam SP, sound, colour
Filmmaker: Halifax Cablevision

Note: Lesley Choyce interviews Scott Taylor about his book Tarnished.


Reference: Halifax Cablevision Nova Scotia Archives 1998128 / Location no.: Vh 57

Kim Campbell

Date: 13 May 1996
Format: 1 videocassette (00:23:56 hrs.) : betacam SP, sound, colour
Filmmaker: Halifax Cablevision

Note: Lesley Choyce interviews Kim Campbell about her book Time & Chance.


Reference: Halifax Cablevision Nova Scotia Archives 1998128 / Location no.: Vh 52

Wayne Rostad

Date: 13 November 1996
Format: 1 videocassette (00:23:36 hrs.) : betacam SP, sound, colour
Filmmaker: Halifax Cablevision

Note: Lesley Choyce interviews Wayne Rostad about his TV program On The Road Again.


Reference: Halifax Cablevision Nova Scotia Archives 1998128 / Location no.: Vh 58

Terry Poulton

Date: 25 October 1996
Format: 1 videocassette (00:22:56 hrs.) : betacam SP, sound, colour
Filmmaker: Halifax Cablevision

Note: Lesley Choyce interviews Terry Poulton about his book No Fat Chicks.


Reference: Halifax Cablevision Nova Scotia Archives 1998128 / Location no.: Vh 56