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Margaret Perry
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Margaret Perry (1905-1998) was a Canadian filmmaker and projectionist. Perry worked with John Grierson at the newly formed National Film Board in the early 1940s, and after moving to Nova Scotia in 1945, would go on to make more than 50 films for the Nova Scotia Film Bureau between 1945-1969. The films were used to promote Nova Scotia as a tourism destination, as well as a place for industrial development.
Known for
NRAn overview of the lobster fishing industry in Nova Scotia.
Lobsters Unlimited
1959
7.7A short documentary about a small province on the east coast of Canada.
Prince Edward Island
1943
NRA travelogue along the scenic highways of Cape Breton Island—particularily along the Cabot Trail near Keltic Lodge.
Road to the Keltic
1956
NRA day of tuna sport fishing at Wedgeport, NS
Battling "Blue-Fins"
1947
10.0Land for Pioneers is a documentary about economic development in the Canadian North from a 1944 nationalist perspective.
Land for Pioneers
1944
6.5This film presents the lobster fishing industry in Nova Scotia with a brief reference to the cooperative movement and how co-ops are used in the affairs of the people. Pierre, a fisherman, is shown as he sails forth to set his one hundred traps. The film shows both the problems of adverse weather and also the methods used to land the lobster and prepare them for market.
Trappers of the Sea
1945
Film credits
Behind the camera
NRAn overview of the lobster fishing industry in Nova Scotia.
Lobsters Unlimited
1959
NRAn overview of the lobster fishing industry in Nova Scotia.
Lobsters Unlimited
1959
7.7A short documentary about a small province on the east coast of Canada.
Prince Edward Island
1943
NRA travelogue along the scenic highways of Cape Breton Island—particularily along the Cabot Trail near Keltic Lodge.
Road to the Keltic
1956
NRA day of tuna sport fishing at Wedgeport, NS
Battling "Blue-Fins"
1947
10.0Land for Pioneers is a documentary about economic development in the Canadian North from a 1944 nationalist perspective.
Land for Pioneers
1944
6.5This film presents the lobster fishing industry in Nova Scotia with a brief reference to the cooperative movement and how co-ops are used in the affairs of the people. Pierre, a fisherman, is shown as he sails forth to set his one hundred traps. The film shows both the problems of adverse weather and also the methods used to land the lobster and prepare them for market.
Trappers of the Sea
1945
NRA variety of craftspeople display their talent and work courtesy of the Craftsmen Work Committee at the Gaelic College of Crafts run by Mary Black.
Craftsmen at Work
1945
Film follows the routes taken by various bookmobiles across Nova Scotia and discusses how the regional and branch library systems operate.
Roads to Reading
1958
7.0The myths surrounding the Mi'kmaq god, Glooscap, are retold using the Cape Blomidon and Cape Split areas for the setting.
Glooscap Country
1961