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.
Surrealistic view of the "Honeymoon couple", interrupted by salesmen, consumer goods, jealousy, anger and infidelity. [Award winner in the 1957 Scottish Amateur Film Festival.]
A descriptive essay on the city of Edinburgh, and in particular of Edinburgh Castle.
Glasgow in the post-war years and the Corporation's futuristic plans for the city's development. [The film was made to tie in with an exhibition of the same title, held at the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow....
A family holiday around Firth of Clyde and beyond on various boats. Includes a trip to Belfast and a trip 'Doon The Watter' on the Waverley.
The Gathering at Glenfinnan in the Highlands to mark the 200th anniversary of raising the standard of James VIII of Scotland and III of England.
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.
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.
A young girl works cleaning the kitchen floor of a house. When she has finished she tosses the soap and cloth into the sink, which is full of water. The cook tells her, gently, that the soap will wast...
I. RAMC men help refugees in a street in Douai to load both themselves and their belongings into a British Army lorry. As the last one is loaded the tailboard is closed up and the people wave as the l...
Film dedicated to the presentation fo the Atomium to an American audience.
Propagandafilm about the 'Royal Question', that led to the king's abdication.
Propagandafilm about the 'Royal Question', that led to the king's abdication.
A nostalgic documentary that records the arrival of modernity in Bologna. A series of photos are shown from the beginnings of the 1900’s demonstrating how the urban space was constructed around the ...
Following a few references to geometry in painting prior to the Renaissance, the film focuses on the discovery of perspective, a fundamental chapter in the history of figurative art. With the ne...
I. Rally in Berlin. Dr. Otto Nuschke, Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the GDR, speaks.– II. Sofia. Welcoming delegates for the World Federation of Democratic Youth session. Chairman B...
Laya Films news report produced during the Spanish Civil War. Images of smiling children in overalls in the playground of La Farigola, a municipal primary school in Barcelona. As part of the New Year...
Wanda Ruczyńska jest właścicielką sklepu z zabawkami w Warszawie. Jej stryj chce wydać ją za mąż za Juliana Dalewicza, dyrektora fabryki zabawek we Lwowie, jednak ona nie zamierza wychodzić z...
Advertising film for the conservative party Høyre to the municipal election in Oslo in 1928.