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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

Little Flower Institute Sydney

Date: 13 June 1956
Format: 1 film reel (00:13:30 hrs.) : silent, colour
Filmmaker: Sisters of St. Martha

Note: Film records the official opening of the Little Flower Institute by Bishop John R MACDONALD and the associated ceremonies. A typical day in the life of the children is depicted showing prayer, outings, chores and recreational activities.

Production Company: Sisters of St. Martha
Producer: Sister Mary Veronic Gebert
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction until 2015.

Reference: Sisters of St. Martha Nova Scotia Archives 1990-44 / Location no.: Fc 1984 Duplication no.: Vc 1053 Supplemental information no.: mf179-1

Going God's Way: A Weekend Retreat at Villa Madonna

Date: 1956
Format: 1 film reel (00:10:00 hrs.) : silent, colour
Filmmaker: Sisters of St. Martha

Note: Film depicts a typical weekend at Villa Madonna, a religous retreat for Catholic women on the Bras d'Or Lakes.

Production Company: Sisters of St. Martha
Producer: Sister Mary Veronic Gebert
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction until 2015.

Reference: Sisters of St. Martha Nova Scotia Archives 1990-44 / Location no.: Fc 1986 Duplication no.: Vc 1054 Supplemental information no.: mf179-2

Van Luten's Farm

Format: 3 film reels (00:29:25 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A teleplay about a religious farmer, his wife and her boyfriend- 'a triangle for murder!'.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1375- 1377 Supplemental information no.: Mf236-4

Aylesford Maidens

Format: 1 film reel (00:03:44 hrs.) : b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Film inserts for studio programme- shots of a church, farm house, sign 'The Wise Virgins Inn', snow falling etc.

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 Location no.: Fb 1374 Supplemental information no.: Mf236-3

V.E. Day Riots

Format: Film reels (00:29:08 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Host Fred DAVIS and panel try to guess identity of Allen M. BUTLER, mayor of Halifax during the V.E. Day riots (includes footage of riots). Also includes guests- Calgary author Quentin REYNOLDS and W. F. CLIFTON, survivor of sinking of the 'Andrea Doria'.

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 630 Supplemental information no.: mf207-1

RCN Sunset Ceremony

Format: 1 film reel (00:28:18 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Bob CADMAN narrates this presentation of a Royal Canadian Navy Sunset Ceremony at the Garrison Grounds in Halifax, N.S.

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 1786 Supplemental information no.: Mf260-05

Bonaventure - First A/C Trials

Format: 1 film reel (00:9:57 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: The title at head of film reads: 'H.M.C.S. Bonaventure Flying Trials April 1957' -- and includes various shots of aircraft landing and taking off from the deck of the Bonaventure.

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 2395 Supplemental information no.: Mf196-337

Country Mouse, City Mouse

Format: Film reels (00:28:03 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: 3 items featured: short play segment/ 'The Good Child's Picture Gallery'- an animated story about a boy and girl in a picture gallery/ 'The Language of Gestures'- a discussion of the meaning of gestures by different nationalities.

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 Location no.: Fb 655 Supplemental information no.: Mf210-5

Province House

Format: 1 film reel (00:11:11 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A tour around Province House, Halifax.

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 1985-07 / Location no.: Fb 923 Supplemental information no.: Mf218-1

Ten Seconds to Hamlet

Format: 2 film reels (00:29:25 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: The preparation for William SHAKESPEARE's play 'Hamlet' on television. From the book, to producer, through all the people involved in the television production (including the cast of actors and actresses of the play.)

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 1853- 1854 Supplemental information no.: Mf262-05

Springhill Mine Disaster

Format: Film reels (00:25:50 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Mavor MOORE and J. Frank WILLIS explore the causes of the Springhill mine disaster of 1956 and interview experts in the coal industry. Includes footage of: coal byproducts/ blast furnaces, smelters/ Dominion Coal Corp. employee/ coal mining with machinery.

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 Location no.: Fb 653 654 Supplemental information no.: Mf210-4

Dr. Moses Coady

Format: 3 film reels (00:29:25 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Ken HOMER interviews Dr. Moses COADY about his work at St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, and the Antigonish cooperative movement. [Content report states: 'Sound track only. CBHT film library has airprint of this program.]

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction. Fb 632: CLOSED: conservation

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 631- 633 Supplemental information no.: Mf208-1

Springhill Mine Disaster

Format: Film reels (00:29:49 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Mavor MOORE and J. Frank WILLIS explore the causes of the Springhill mine disaster of 1956. Includes shots of: mine layout/ graphics and footage of the disaster/ interviews with surviving miners.

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 Location no.: Fb 653 654 Supplemental information no.: Mf210-3

Nova Scotia Guides Meet

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

Note: Footage of a Guides Meet in Nova Scotia. Includes shots of canoeing, fishing, a log drive, men clearing log jams, log rolling contest, wood sawing contest, greased pole contest, rifle range target contest, fire starting, cooking, tent cleaning

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1141 1142 1143 1144 Supplemental information no.: Mf224-9

Money Grows On Trees

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

Note: A programme tracing the processes in the creation of paper from logging & tree clearing, wood at mill (may be a mill in Dalhousie, NB), paper mill equipment and paper creation (includes some animated sequences), to paper being loaded on trains and ships.

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 1114 1115 1116 1117 1118 Supplemental information no.: Mf224-1