I am from Halifax and proud to be from this wonderful city,It was a great place to grow up in,I had a good life with my brothers and sistersin Halifax.
Excellent job, Mark! I grew up at the foot of Sackville st., and imagined I was catching glimpses of mom, aunts and uncles on Barrington street! Thank you!!!
Wonderful to see this footage. Thank you for posting. But viewers should know that the bit about Halifax being a hospitable city during WWII is not entirely accurate; while there were many Haligonians and Halifax groups that made a great effort to house and entertain the troops, there was also a good deal of gouging by landlords, and the riot at the end of the European war was largely the result of resentment at the city's failure to provide recreation opportunities.
Halifax used to be a city with a sense of community, proper public areas, activities for its citizens. Seems like we used to be more progressive in the 50's. Halifax has a long way to go to have a population with a quality of life comparable to what it was... during the war days!
The unidentified cameraperson was clearly talented, with very responsive compositions and a geneally steady hand. It is criminal that archives don't put more effort into IDing photos, film. etc. Perhaps the drug store transfer is all there was, but how much richer it would be if they only went to the source and did a proper transfr, not to mention basic color correction.
wow back in the days huh, well I just remember the 60 s and I still remember getting fitted for my Tarten wish I still had it!!!!!! went to visit family every summer the last 2 weeks in July.,miss those days., as for the 40-50 my parents wld remember if they were still alive and the 50 s well my older siblings wld remember better!!! This is why I am Proud to be a downhomer Live Halifax with all my heart !
I think a lot of this footage is from during the war, so you are seeing a lot of servicemen & women, plus a lot of civilian workers, & families, that would have augmented the population. After the war, the population would seem much more diminished with people, both civilian & enlisted, returning to "home" provinces, etc Also the Navy was much larger back then, and there was a Army & Air force base in Nova Scotia, so you would get a lot of people "in for the day" doing their shopping. JAT
Wow my cousin sent me this in an email. I was born in 57. It's so weird when you look at these films, it's so long ago. I love Nova Scotia. I am so glad my parents raised me in Halifax.
i want to move or migrate to nova scotia with my family i live now in calgary but i do not know how to start and which part of nova scotia is suited with my family. is there any organization who will assist or help us to start??? ??? pls.
I am from Halifax and proud to be from this wonderful city,It was a great place to grow up in,I had a good life with my brothers and sistersin Halifax.
Excellent job, Mark! I grew up at the foot of Sackville st., and imagined I was catching glimpses of mom, aunts and uncles on Barrington street! Thank you!!!
I thought the same of my Father who served in WWII in the Navy our of Halifax.
Pam Collins, There were more people downtown. But then the suburbs were built and following them malls and then big box store "parks". It's sad
Wow...I recognized a LOT of the locations on this video. Thanks for posting a walk down memory lane.
Wonderful to see this footage. Thank you for posting. But viewers should know that the bit about Halifax being a hospitable city during WWII is not entirely accurate; while there were many Haligonians and Halifax groups that made a great effort to house and entertain the troops, there was also a good deal of gouging by landlords, and the riot at the end of the European war was largely the result of resentment at the city's failure to provide recreation opportunities.
Recommend any reading or web pages regarding that? Would like to know more.
Halifax used to be a city with a sense of community, proper public areas, activities for its citizens. Seems like we used to be more progressive in the 50's. Halifax has a long way to go to have a population with a quality of life comparable to what it was... during the war days!
Halifax is charming to those who visit there once and fall in love with it,but not to those who lived there.
Very nice to see this rare film and the music goes with it wonderfully .. thank you for the posting :)
So glad we're moving back there. So homesick.
I knew I remembered there being a pool at the Commons. I'm not crazy.
very cool,love to have a few of those cars now
Notice there were street cars back in those days. Car and oil companies wanted you to drive, so the street cars were torn out.
No, I think the population was just more concentrated. Halifax has expanded so much that the population is very much dispersed.
The unidentified cameraperson was clearly talented, with very responsive compositions and a geneally steady hand.
It is criminal that archives don't put more effort into IDing photos, film. etc. Perhaps the drug store transfer is all there was, but how much richer it would be if they only went to the source and did a proper transfr, not to mention basic color correction.
wow back in the days huh, well I just remember the 60 s and I still remember getting fitted for my Tarten wish I still had it!!!!!! went to visit family every summer the last 2 weeks in July.,miss those days., as for the 40-50 my parents wld remember if they were still alive and the 50 s well my older siblings wld remember better!!!
This is why I am Proud to be a downhomer Live Halifax with all my heart !
I think a lot of this footage is from during the war, so you are seeing a lot of servicemen & women, plus a lot of civilian workers, & families, that would have augmented the population. After the war, the population would seem much more diminished with people, both civilian & enlisted, returning to "home" provinces, etc Also the Navy was much larger back then, and there was a Army & Air force base in Nova Scotia, so you would get a lot of people "in for the day" doing their shopping. JAT
At 0.37 you can see the building that now houses Taz Records, beside St. Mary's basilica
Wonderful - thank you so much for sharing such wonderful footage. :-)
Cool stuff
this is a great find
They just weren't inside on the internet. ;-)
5:42 is that an aircraft carrier in Halifax Harbour? Not too often you see that
Wow my cousin sent me this in an email. I was born in 57. It's so weird when you look at these films, it's so long ago. I love Nova Scotia. I am so glad my parents raised me in Halifax.
i want to move or migrate to nova scotia with my family i live now in calgary but i do not know how to start and which part of nova scotia is suited with my family. is there any organization who will assist or help us to start??? ??? pls.
Is it just me, or was there a lot more people in Halifax back in the 40's and 50's?
fewer people with cars means more people on the streets
There are still army and air force bases in NS
Sad to see the decline as statues and heritage buildings are destroyed to appease the few.
Some more really great footage of Halifax from a family on vacation in the 50s!
scrapes - All the Houses
Scrapes Music Great!!
Hey and the kids aren't wearing helmets and the parents aren't stalking them watching every move they make.....ahh the good old days....
6 unlikes EH? Just goes to show...you cannot please everyone:?
RIP AFRICVILLE!!!! :(
ALOT OF FUR BACK THEN LOL
Baby boom
Nova Scotia Archives footage
Nah. There was just less to do inside back in the 40's-60's ;-)
hellol
Used to be such a great city. Now...not so much
I used to love halifax, but now its a city of drunks... i guess the behaviour from the soldiers on the citadel finally rubbed off on the people!