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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

Halifax

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Bicentenary celebrations including a parade, Princess Margaret's visit and the arrival of the Duchess of Kent.

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

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 188 Supplemental information no.: mf115-185

Royal Visit

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Princess Margaret attends a Natal Day parade and an Acadian festival and tours with Robert STANFIELD. [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 264 Supplemental information no.: mf115-278

Apple Blossom Festival

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Apple Blossom Festival activities including parades, bands and the crowning of Queen Annapolisa.

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

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 178 Supplemental information no.: mf115-172

Roads to Reading

Format: 1 film reel (00:14:21 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Film follows the routes taken by various bookmobiles across Nova Scotia and discusses and discusses how the regional and branch library systems operate.

Production Company: [Nova Scotia Travel Bureau, N.S. Dept. of Trade and Industry] for the Nova Scotia Provincial Library
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 107 Duplication no.: Vc 185 Supplemental information no.: Mf115-98+

Elderberries

Date: 1959
Format: 1 film reel (00:03:27 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture

Note: Film discussing the harvesting and processing of the elderberry.

Production Company: National Film Board of Canada
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 2253 Supplemental information no.: mf328-29

Horse Ranch

Date: 1959
Format: 1 film reel (00:07:32 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture

Note: Film discussing the merits of raising Apaloosa horses.

Production Company: National Film Board of Canada
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 2261 Supplemental information no.: mf328-44

Choose Beef By Grade

Date: 1959
Format: 1 film reel (00:05:07 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture

Note: Film designed to instruct the general public on the various types of beef marketed in Canada and the relations governing their sale.

Production Company: National Film Board of Canada
Broadcaster: Canada Department of Agriculture, Productions and Marketing Branch
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 2242 Supplemental information no.: mf328-18

Grasshopper Forecast

Date: 1959
Format: 1 film reel (00:06:07 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture

Note: Film describing the research involved in foretelling yearly grasshopper infestations and their varing degrees of severity.

Production Company: National Film Board of Canada
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 2256 Supplemental information no.: mf328-36

Grassland Farming

Date: 1959
Format: 1 film reel (00:09:52 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture

Note: Film underlining and explaining the importance of the grass and legume crops to the livestock farmer and to the preservation of good soil/farmland.

Production Company: National Film Board of Canada
Producer: Julian Biggs
Director: WILDER, Donald
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.: Fc 1868 Supplemental information no.: mf328-37

The Back-Breaking Leaf

Date: 1959
Format: 1 film reel (00:29:04 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture

Note: This film documents the process of tobacco farming. It focuses on the town of Delhigh, Ontario (north of Lake Erie) and the workers who migrate there to work.

Production Company: National Film Board of Canada
Producer: Tom Daly
Director: MACARTNEY-FILGATE, Terence
Broadcaster: National Film Board
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 2236 Supplemental information no.: mf328-6

Royal Visit - Visit to Sydney

Format: Film reels (00:06:00 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Royal couple arrive at Sydney airport, shots of motorcade driving in [Sydney] & entering building. Leaving Sydney.

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 2062 2063 2064 2065 2066- 2079 Supplemental information no.: Mf265-03

Interview With a Sealer Captain

Format: 1 film reel : b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: An interview with Captain Frank PETITE of the sealer (vessel) Artic Prowler.

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 263 - 265 Supplemental information no.: Mf 196 - 103

Royal Tour - Garrison Grounds, Prince of Wales Cup

Format: Film reels (00:60:00 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: 2 items: Massed Band Concert with commentary on the arrival of the Queen for the presentation of the Prince of Wales Cup/ Presentation of the trophy & a marching drill.

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 [2062 2063] Supplemental information no.: Mf265-03

Mr. Alfred Fuller

Format: 1 film reel : b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: An interview with Alfred FULLER, native Nova Scotian and founder of the Fuller Brush Company.

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 156 - 160 Supplemental information no.: Mf 196 - 39

Audrey Farnell

Date: 16 July 1959
Format: 1 film reel (00:27:20 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A half hour of music with guest singer Audrey FARNELL. Item also features Francis CHAPLIN, Gordon MACPHERSON and orchestra and host Syd DAVISON.

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 1470 Supplemental information no.: Mf248-2