I'm going to answer my own question here and point to the Memorial University DELTS Video Collection, pre-1994 (
http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/landingpage/collection/extensi...) which seems to have a great collection of old MUN videos of historical and potentially genealogical value.
I think that maybe the Coady video I was looking for is this one called "I can mind the time ... : with Tom and William Coady (blacksmiths): (
http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/singleitem/collection/extensio...)
Good luck to others who may want to look for anything related to their surnames.
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