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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

Victoria Park 97

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Victoria Park, Truro

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

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 2498

Volvo 153

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: 'Canadian', old model only.

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

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 2689 Supplemental information no.: mf115-685

Volvo Official Opening 124

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: First car

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

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 2506 Supplemental information no.: mf115-610

Schools - Education 73C

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Opening of Chapman House, Agricultural College, Truro (Les KIRISAN)

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

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 2449

Yachting 130

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Yacht squadron

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

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 2681

NS Pulp Mill 85C

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Early construction shots

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

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 2494

Yachting 75B

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Off Halifax, Petpeswick, HX - Bluenose II

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

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 2450

Industrial 70

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Manufacturing plants interior - Argus Aircraft

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

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 2441 Supplemental information no.: mf115-590

Schools - Education 73

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Colleges, bookmobiles, Agricultural College

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

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 2436 Supplemental information no.: mf115-586

Scenics - General 44B

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Farm areas - Blomidon, Baxter's Harbour [Kings County], Cape Breton, Digby Neck.

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

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 2609 Supplemental information no.: mf115-632

Pyro Minerals 209

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Sydney, Cape Breton

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

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 2387

Pulp and Paper Making 1A

Format: silent, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Mersey pulp and paper company activities including: sluicing logs; river driving; lumbermen in woods and on river; trucks loading chips; and slasher and back pit.

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

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Supplemental information no.: mf115-706

Pulp and Paper Making 1

Format: silent, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Mersey pulp and paper company activities including: cutting logs; hauling logs to ice; limbing trees; pulpwood piles; and mixed shots of slasher and chipper.

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

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 2720 Supplemental information no.: mf115-705

Portugese Fishing Fleet 60

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Portugese fishing fleet [Portugese White Fleet used to sail into Sydney Harbour, CB]

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

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 2617

Pollack Fishing 47

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Commercial fishery.

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

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 2637