Recommended Viewing: Remember Africville via the NFB
“Former residents, their descendants and some of the decision-makers speak out and, with the help of archival photographs and films, tell the story of that painful relocation.”
Category Archives: Found Footage
Watch Bawnie Oulton perform “These Days” on Kinda Kountry in St. John’s (1978)
Bawnie Oulton effortlessly croons a smokey rendition of “These Days” by Jackson Browne on an episode of CBC’s Kinda Kountry filmed in St. John’s circa 1978.
Watch: “Shootin’ The Gift” by Hip Club Groove
Recognize one of these rappers? Before being simply known as Cory on the Trailer Park Boys, Cory Bowles was dropping bars as Cheklove Shakil of Truro, Nova Scotia’s Hip Club Groove.
Found Footage: Sloan Live on Rita MacNeil & Friends (1995)
Rita MacNeil introducing Sloan on her show in 1995 should be featured on Canadian Heritage Minutes.
“Best Kind, How Ya Doin’?’: St. John’s Reacts to Rush in 1987
That guy in the weed shirt is somebody’s uncle and we wanna know who.
Watch Wayne Parsons Skate the Streets of St. John’s Circa 1994
“When the pants were big and the wheels were small.”
That Time a Resident of Dildo Petitioned to Change the Town’s Name in 1990
In 1990, a local electrician petitioned to have the Newfoundland town of Dildo change its name because it embarrassed his children.
Found Footage: Stomp Along with 30 Songs of Stompin’ Tom Live in 1973
Across This Land is a 1973 concert film featuring Stompin’ Tom Connors, and it will hit you in your nostalgic Canadian feels like a warm glob of maple syrup.
Some of the Most Viewed Newfoundland Online Videos are Targa Crashes
There are no shortage of crashes and mishaps during the annual 2,200 kilometre tarmac rally race, and internet rubberneckers have been eating up the videos.