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- What Is A Nova Scotian - 13 Valley Port Royal 1956 - Never SeenAnnapolis Valley 1956. Three never-posted Kodachrome fr...
10/21/2026

- What Is A Nova Scotian - 13 Valley Port Royal 1956 - Never Seen
Annapolis Valley 1956. Three never-posted Kodachrome frames from the Identity film.
Horse team on parade day, Apple Blossom Festival
Queens in the orchard, in bloom
Picnic under the blossoms
Original rare colour film from our archive. Most of Nova Scotia from this time is only black and white. 25 years working on this film.
Do you remember blossom time in 56?

#1956

10/21/2026

What Is A Nova Scotian Pt 15 Peggy's Cove - Picnic On The Rocks - REAL PHOTO
1950s Peggy's Cove — lobster picnic right on the rocks. Beautiful — yes — Peggy's Cove IS special.
But I've been around — Nova Scotia's got 166 coves that look just like this. Liverpool, Lockeport, Blue Rocks — same rocks, same ocean.
Every community has a Peggy's Cove—they just didn't put it on a postcard.
REAL PHOTO - NOT AI


5:30 AM. Low tide. Fundy mud.Bare feet. Rolled up pants. Five-prong fork.You don't buy clams in Nova Scotia. You DIG the...
10/20/2026

5:30 AM. Low tide. Fundy mud.
Bare feet. Rolled up pants. Five-prong fork.
You don't buy clams in Nova Scotia. You DIG them. In mud up to your ankles — cold — brown — stinks like home.
This is Pt 14 — What Is A Nova Scotian Identity — Clam Digging Together — REAL — NOT AI — from real 16mm film — 1956.
My father did this. His father did this. You either know this fork or you don't.

10/19/2026

NAVAL 1 - MORNING - 7:30 AM
"Naval Day - Halifax - 1956 - from the original film. Ships in - harbour full. What is Nova Scotia - Naval Day Pt 1."

NAVAL 2 - MIDDAY -

PICTURE 1 - MORNING - 7:30 AM"Naval Day - Halifax Harbour - 1956 - beautiful morning - ships in - original colour film -...
10/19/2026

PICTURE 1 - MORNING - 7:30 AM
"Naval Day - Halifax Harbour - 1956 - beautiful morning - ships in - original colour film - What is Nova Scotia - Naval Day Pt 1."
#1956

PICTURE 1 - HARBOUR WATERFRONT - MORNING 7:30 AM"Halifax Harbour - 1956 - looking south - waterfront, Georges Island in ...
10/19/2026

PICTURE 1 - HARBOUR WATERFRONT - MORNING 7:30 AM
"Halifax Harbour - 1956 - looking south - waterfront, Georges Island in the middle - red tug in the harbour - from the original film - de-blurred - now you can see it clearly. What is Nova Scotia - Naval Day Pt 1 - this is how it was."

10/18/2026

Trout Fishing On The Rocks — Pt 11 — The Fishmen — What Is A Nova Scotian Identity — REAL - NOT AI

This by itself in the picture — this is it.

I love doing this — this is fun — there are so many brooks to go to — it used to be great fishing — I don't know — I haven't been in over a long time — but it's fun to do it as a kid — and anybody that's older knows — this was a big pastime.

You'd stand on that rock in the whitewater, make a big deal out of one little trout, and that was your whole day.

That's Nova Scotia.

Original frame from the film "What Is A Nova Scotian Identity" — Pt 11 The Fishmen — remade in PaintShop Pro — cropped and brightened so you can see it — real photo, real work, real history — NOT AI.

"Halifax Public Gardens - 1956. Look at this: mother and child, hats on, Sunday afternoon, from the original colour film...
10/18/2026

"Halifax Public Gardens - 1956. Look at this: mother and child, hats on, Sunday afternoon, from the original colour film. This is how it was - 70 years ago. What is Nova Scotia - Public Gardens Pt 1."
#1956

10/17/2026

Pt 10 HMCS Magnificent 1966 - STORY: Our Last Carrier 1966 - Magnificent - big flat deck in Halifax - helicopters, sailors in white, kids waving from the dock. She was the biggest thing Canada ever floated. Built to fight, but in the end she ferried our peacekeepers. Then we got rid of her - and never built another. Why did Canada stop being a carrier nation? Who made that call?

MAGNIFICENT - 1956 - REALHMCS Magnificent (CVL 21) - The Maggie - Crew on Deck - Halifax Harbour, 1956. Original 1956 ne...
10/17/2026

MAGNIFICENT - 1956 - REAL
HMCS Magnificent (CVL 21) - The Maggie - Crew on Deck - Halifax Harbour, 1956. Original 1956 newsreel frame grab, snapped from my own video for the Identity series, What Is A Nova Scotian. Pt 2 video is up. Original film - kept as is.

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