The Public Health Department was created to put reception and counseling facilities into place--with the American Committee's help-- for parents in difficulty. An American Committee nurse, assisted b...
A tour of the Mavor and Coulson Bridgeton works, Glasgow,
The processes involved in the manufacturing of wire rope at Brunton's Wire and Rope Works, Musselburgh.
An advert for Guthrie's mutton showing that only the best sheep are selected.
The city of Glasgow in the 1940s - its buildings, parks, museum, university and housing, showing the plans for major re-development of the city. Relates to issues proposed in the Bruce Report 1945 - a...
From sheep shearing in Australia to wool being spun and woven into cloth in Scottish tweed mills.
Plans for building new housing in Glasgow and encouraging skilled tradesmen to return to working at their old trades on building sites.
Bird life on St. Kilda, including shots of islanders snaring young fulmars, the St. Kildans' staple food.
Views of Benmore House and Estate, gifted by H.G. Younger as a forestry and botany demonstration area with some of the activities given to forestry trainees.
Study of seals and sea-lions at Calderpark Zoo, Glasgow. Concludes with section showing seals giving display in a circus.
Records a trip to South Africa made by Nat and Nettie McGavin. Includes places such as Port Elizabeth, Cape Town, Sea Point, Pretoria, the Vaal River, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and the Victori...
Teenagers voice their opinions on stereotypes and the issue of equality.
In a decayed Scottish fishing village, an outcast boy strikes up a friendship with a fisherman who believes himself to be Zorba.
The intimate story of a family from Iraq who left their home and came to live in Scotland five years ago.
The children of Rosehearty Primary School join with older members of the village to record memories of the village in the early half of the century, illustrated by a varied montage of photographs. Inc...
An experimental film in the form of a riddle by artist Gillian Steel.
Manufacture of components for Black and Decker tools. [Incomplete]
Shots of the "Empress of Britain" leaving Greenock for Canada and of the interior of the Parkhead steel works.
Craigbank Gardens, Edinburgh. The film has extensive footage of allotments, vegetable gardens and people tending the crops. Portree Horticultural Show also features towards the end of the film.
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy sightseeing in Edinburgh where they visit the castle and make an appearance on stage at the Playhouse Cinema.
A tour of the principal centres in Scotland for road and rail networks - Stirling, Perth, Dundee, Aberdeen and Inverness.
Jeannie and Mattie are accepted for a seaside holiday camp. One of a series of fund-raising films produced in aid of the Necessitous Children's Holiday Camp Fund.
A camping expedition by an uncle and his nephew, showing the do's and don'ts of the countryside code.
A film tracing the introduction of movement as a factor in 20th century art. It records various ways in which artists have tackled this development such as Gabo, Calder and Soto.