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Songs of Nova Scotia

1958 11 min
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Dr. Helen Creighton explores her native Nova Scotia, finding singers and songs in order to document the fast-receding folklore of the early pioneers on her tape recorder.

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Dr. Helen Creighton explores her native Nova Scotia, finding singers and songs in order to document the fast-receding folklore of the early pioneers on her tape recorder.

Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism Music Women - Portraits All subjects
  • director
    Grant Crabtree
  • photography
    Grant Crabtree
  • producer
    Nicholas Balla
  • script
    Tim Wilson
  • sound
    Claude Pelletier
  • editing
    George Kaczender
  • narrator
    Geoffrey Hogwood
  • music
    Eldon Rathburn

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