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Songs of Nova Scotia

Name: Songs of Nova Scotia
Duration: 11 min

Grant Crabtree

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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Credits

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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