Everyday life in the crofting community of Acharacle, Lochaber, in the 1950s.
Amateur footage of a journey down the Clyde by steamer to Rothesay.
Australian troops practising bomb (hand grenade) throwing from slit trenches. The explosions are filmed at various angles and distances. The 'cup final' of 7th (Meerut) Division football championships...
The film opens with Oxford Street in London and declares that "luxury shopping" is not helping the war effort. This is contrasted with the ways in which women do help: a mother looking after her two s...
Home movie of a family relaxing in a garden and on a visit to the beach.
Romantic adventure film in which Betty, who dreams about pirates, and her father, a gullible professor, are tricked by a bunch of real pirates. They are rescued by a young man who has a crush on Betty...
A 'Cotter's' coach tour holiday to Austria.
Amateur footage of the Carmunnock May Day celebrations and a display event at a riding school.
A warm-hearted little tale of a boy's determination to get an ice-cream, helped by his pet dog.
In a decayed Scottish fishing village, an outcast boy strikes up a friendship with a fisherman who believes himself to be Zorba.
An experimental film in the form of a riddle by artist Gillian Steel.
A camel train approaches and enters the city. A panorama of the city taken from the sea. Tiffin (compressed camel or horse fodder) being unloaded from ships lying out to sea by surf boats. The men wor...
A camping expedition by an uncle and his nephew, showing the do's and don'ts of the countryside code.
An amateur film compilation around the Borders. Includes footage of a visit to Duns by The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland the Rt. Rev Dr. James A. Simpson, a 250th annive...
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....
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...
München 1974. – Franz Biberkopf (Rainer Werner Fassbinder), arbeitsloser Schausteller, wegen seiner Nummer "Fox, der tönende Kopf" genannt, wird durch den Kunst- und Antiquitätenhä...
Report on the congress organised in 1947 in Brussels for the reinstatement of king Leopold III.
Report on the congress organised in 1947 in Brussels for the reinstatement of king Leopold III.
News report on the World Fair in 1935 in Brussels.
Consisting mainly of intertitles, the images show something of the animal world in one of the worlds earliest Nationalparks (1914)
The dance Halling is probabbly one of the oldest Norwegian dances. This film shows how it is danced by young men from Valdres.
Fishing boat on it's way to the fishing ground gets lots of herring
Shooting competition between Nordic capitals in Helsinki. Choir courses of Sulasol, the Finnish Amateur Musicians’ Association, in Otaniemi. Hanko race: Ruskeasuo Equestrian Hall–Inkoo–Hanko Cas...
Water skiing world record broken at Töölö rowing stadium (Kauko Kolma). Informal Käpylä Games in Helsinki. Crowds at the SS city marathon in Kaisaniemi, Helsinki. Scramble race on Laakso riding f...