New Scotland

This short documentary from 1943 visits various Nova Scotians at home, work and leisure while giving a panoramic view of the province’s coasts, farms and forests.
Directed by Laura Boulton - 1943 | 10 min
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[@franknorwood]

A time and place of infinite beauty.

[@RobertMacpherson-t7m]

I’m a proud Scot from Inverness Cape Breton

[@david-ow3nv]

John D. MacDonald taking part in the milling frolic. He was a park warden for Cape Breton Highlands National Park. They used to live in the warden station located near Warren Lake.

[@octalore761]

My last name is MacDonald and my heritage is from Scotland and Nova Scotia

[@mohammedh7901]

Glorious . A region that is very much filled of heritage and Connection to the old country . God bless 🇨🇦 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@KennethFord-y7c]

Love this film !!!!! Thanks!❤

[@KennethFord-y7c]

My ancestors are in this little film !

[@octalore761]

Same!

[@southbendshovelslam7750]

Lived here all my life, can't think of a better place to be.

[@auroramacc7297]

Real ✊

[@ntcrawford722]

Yes proud to be scotian born and raised quad counties for life Keltic pride 40 years alive salute to the past

[@gustavocarvalho2300]

Bautiful old Canadá

[@BorgonOfTheSnows]

look at all we have lost.

[@auroramacc7297]

Exactly

[@KennethFord-y7c]

Proud to be a descendant of a Bluenoser !

[@capercapelin3719]

Although I can’t be sure and haven’t the means to verify it, I think that’s my mother amongst her siblings in the scene with the children holding hands and swinging their arms around the 5:35 minute mark. MacLeods from North River, Cape Breton.

[@baeMedia]

THIS IS QUALITY! PLEASE WORLD TAKE ATTENTION TO WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE EDUCATED! THANK U NFB CARTS OF DARKNESS IS WHY I MAKE FILMS!

[@adammcintyre2614]

The Gaelic church singers have more of an Irish Sean Nòs singing style than a Scots Gaelic

[@seandonovan8915]

All those people working and now we have a terrible unemployment rate! Great short film

[@industrialadhesive6357]

Yep

[@NaturesInfiniteWELLth-fo6rs]

This is a sugarcoated snippet of a few areas of NS.

[@NaturesInfiniteWELLth-fo6rs]

Purely propagandized, of only parts of NS. So much truth not shared in this…including the Mi'kmaq and Africans that came, as slaves and free; coming as United Empire Loyalists in the 1780’s when my British ancestors and so many others came. Mapannapolis is just one resource I know of, for some history.

[@marcgatto9675]

Can't just enjoy the film, eh?

[@NickolaiPetrovitch]

Very true !

[@yuah2497]

Second

[@nightheron5892]

Lost

[@ememe2624]

First.