Format: 1 film reel (00:28:28 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television
Note: Bernard JOHNSON, host of JOURNEY INTO MELODY takes a journey to Cape Breton to find music, song and dance from old Scotland, accompanied by the Armdale Chorus. (Note: this is a studio production- NOT shot on location).
Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Robert Alban
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.
Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1464 Supplemental information no.: Mf246-01
Format: 1 film reel (00:29:25 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television
Note: Christmas message from E.L. BUSHNELL, president of CBC and a drama about Christmas with an outer space theme.
Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Robert Alban
Writer: ALBAN, Robert/ FRASER, Douglas
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.
Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1897 Supplemental information no.: Mf262-17
Format: 1 film reel (00:29:29 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television
Note: Host Bernard JOHNSON takes a journey to the seashore, accompanied by the Armdale Chorus.
Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Robert Alban
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.
Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1465 Supplemental information no.: Mf246-02
Format: 3 film reels (00:27:21 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television
Note: A teleplay featuring Abbie LANE as a lady confined to a wheelchair who solves a murder.
Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Robert Alban
Writer: GRANTMYRE, Barbara
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.
Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1371- 1373 Supplemental information no.: Mf236-2
Format: 2 film reels (00:13:25 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television
Note: A look at mushrooms.
Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Sandy Lumsden
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.
Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 976- 977 Supplemental information no.: Mf221-10
Format: 10 film reels (00:14:22 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television
Note: Scenes of fishermen working in a fishing village. Footage of boats on the fishing grounds returning with their catch and cleaning and tanning nets. Scenic materials set to music by Omar BLONDAHL and Ray CALDER.
Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Sandy Lumsden
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.
Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1858- 1867 Supplemental information no.: Mf262-08
Format: 1 film reel (00:10:15 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: Helen Creighton
Note: This film follows Helen CREIGHTON as she explores the byways of her native Nova Scotia finding singers and songs to capture the fast receding folklore of the early pioneers. Included are: Fred REDDEN, Finvola REDDEN, Isaac DOYLE, Peter CHAISSON, and a 'milling frolic' at Grand Etang.
Production Company: National Film Board of Canada
Producer: Nicholas Ralla
Director: CRABTREE, Grant
Access: Open for consultation...
Reference: Helen Creighton Nova Scotia Archives 1986-43 / Location no.: Fb 2201 Supplemental information no.: Mf289-1239
Format: 1 film reel (00:10:15 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: Helen Creighton
Note: This film follows Helen CREIGHTON as she explores the byways of her native Nova Scotia finding singers and songs to capture the fast receding folklore of the early pioneers. Included are: Fred REDDEN, Finvola REDDEN, Isaac DOYLE, Peter CHAISSON, and a 'milling frolic' at Grand Etang.
Production Company: National Film Board of Canada
Producer: Nicholas Ralla
Director: CRABTREE, Grant
Access: Open for consultation...
Reference: Helen Creighton Nova Scotia Archives 1986-43 / Location no.: Fb 2200 Supplemental information no.: Mf289-1238
Format: 1 film reel (00:10:47 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: N.S. Dept. of Lands and Forests
Note: Film documenting Nova Scotia's box wood (or shook) industry. The processing procedures and the various uses to which shooks may be put are shown.
Production Company: Nova Scotia Film Bureau, N.S. Dept of Trade and Industry for the N.S. Dept. of Lands and Forests
Producer: Margaret Perry
Access: Copyright restrictions apply
Reference: N.S. Dept. of Lands and Forests Nova Scotia Archives 1990-22 / Location no.: Fc 1896 Supplemental information no.: mf331-1
Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services
Note: Opening ceremonies at Fortress Louisbourg including crowd scenes, unveiling of a plaque and costumed soldiers marching.
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.
Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 280 Supplemental information no.: mf115-296
Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services
Note: Apple Blossom Festival
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Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 179 Supplemental information no.: mf115-173
Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services
Note: Bicentennial celebrations including Princess Margaret's departure from Shearwater.
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Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 190 Supplemental information no.: mf115-187
Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services
Note: Festivities surrounding the opening day of Louisbourg fortress.
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Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 280 Supplemental information no.: mf115-297
Format: 1 film reel (00:19:28 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services
Note: Coverage of a televised speech made by H.R.H. Princess Margaret at a banquet in her honour. Introduction by the Premier of Nova Scotia Robert Stanfield.
Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.
Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives 1983-27 / Location no.: Fb 2140 Supplemental information no.: Mf265-5
Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services
Note: Princess Margaret attends a Natal Day parade and an Acadian festival as well as the opening ceremonies for the construction of the Bicentennial Drive which includes speeches by Robert STANFIELD and Robert F. MURPHY. [Shot as special event coverage but given a stock shot number]
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.
Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 265 Supplemental information no.: mf115-279
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