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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

Camouflage

Format: 2 film reels (00:13:24 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A look at camouflage- nature's way of protecting birds and animals.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 991- 992 Supplemental information no.: Mf221-16

Lullaby of Broadway

Format: 1 film reel (00:12:31 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Conrad SHECK hosts this programme featuring the music of composer Vincent NEWMAN who wrote songs from 'Hit the Deck.' Songs are sung by Doreen HANRAHAN and Niki VALLEE and music is done by Roy EASTMAN.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1758 Supplemental information no.: Mf395-02

Lullaby of Broadway

Format: 1 film reel (00:12:23 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Host Conrad SHECK introduces the songs by composer Frederick LOWE and Alan J. LEARNER, lyricist who wrote 'Paint Your Wagon'. Broadway songs are sung by Jean MARSHALL and Jim BENNET, with accompaniment by Dave WOODS.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1759 Supplemental information no.: Mf395-01

Dance Party

Format: 1 film reel (00:23:08 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Don WARNER and his band perform Big Band tunes with singer Doreen HANRAHAN.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Glenn Sarty
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1757 Supplemental information no.: Mf259-04

Film Inserts

Format: Film reels (00:00:52 hrs.) : silent, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Film insert of railway tracks & Jim BENNETT trying to catch a train.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Manny Pittson And Glenn Sarty Pittson
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1364 Supplemental information no.: Mf235-1

Curio Hall

Format: 1 film reel (00:13:25 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Audrey FARNELL and Leonard MAYOH sing songs about curios like plum pudding and scarlet ribbons. Curio Hall may be a series title.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Robert Alban
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1760 Supplemental information no.: Mf259-07

The Temptation of Burge

Format: Film reels (00:28:20 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A teleplay about a preacher who fights the temptation to steal, and is subsequently accused of theft by a storekeeper.

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 1188 1189 Supplemental information no.: Mf227-3

Carol Masque

Format: 1 film reel (00:26:24 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: The Armdale Chorale performs traditional and sacred Christmas carols. Featured are Claudette LEBLANC, Philip MAY, and Norma MARRIOT.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Robert Alban
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1756 Supplemental information no.: Mf259-03

Reflections

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

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

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 2135 Supplemental information no.: Mf248-4

Easter Concert Halifax Symphony

Format: 2 film reels (00:57:56 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: The Halifax Symphony Orchestra's Easter concert with guest Audrey FARNELL, hosted by Syd DAVIDSON. Presented from the auditorium of St. Mary's University in Halifax.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Robert Alban
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1776- 1777 Supplemental information no.: Mf259-17

Thorn of Pride

Format: Film reels (00:27:26 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A teleplay about an english maiden accused of making love to a stranger while engaged to be married to another man.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Robert Alban
Writer: PAUL, Melanie
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1190 1191 Supplemental information no.: Mf227-4

The Rocking Horse

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

Note: A teleplay by Doris HALMAN about a mother and son separated for 25 years who are reunited through a rocking horse.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Robert Alban
Writer: HALMAN, Doris
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1185 1186 Supplemental information no.: Mf227-1

Close Up

Format: Film reels (00:27:20 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: 3 items: Report on NFLD Premier Joey SMALLWOOD's protesting a foreign union organizing NFLD pulp & paper industry/ Student Robert FIANDER expelled from Acadia University by president Watson KIRKONNELL for writing a 'blasphemous' article about the Virgin Mary in the student newspaper.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1352 Supplemental information no.: Mf232-2

Halloween Animals

Format: 2 film reels (00:13:21 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A look at Halloween animals (cats, bats and owls).

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 981- 982 Supplemental information no.: Mf221-12

An Old Fashioned Christmas

Format: 2 film reels (00:13:24 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A look at Christmases past from tree decorating to gifts.

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 993- 994 Supplemental information no.: Mf221-17