A descriptive essay on the city of Edinburgh, and in particular of Edinburgh Castle.
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.
Study of seals and sea-lions at Calderpark Zoo, Glasgow. Concludes with section showing seals giving display in a circus.
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.
The intimate story of a family from Iraq who left their home and came to live in Scotland five years ago.
Amateur cine film featuring days out around the east coast and borders of Scotland in the 1970s. Includes footage of a canal trip on the 'Queen of the Borders', a day at Edinburgh Zoo, train rides a...
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...
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...
Amateur footage of West Pilton's Gala week including the church parade, a bowling competition, a football match and the Gala Queen crowning ceremony.
A tour through various exhibitions in the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.
Hostels at Loch Ard, Inverbeg and Rowardennan, with footage of hostellers climbing Ben Lomond and the Cobbler, canoeing on Loch Lomond and enjoying a dance.
A documentary, narrated and directed by Sean Connery, on the turbulent industrial relations of the workforce of Fairfield's shipyard on the Clyde during the mid 1960s.
A demonstration on how to use a Seine net for trawling. This film was planned by the Marine Laboratory Aberdeen, as part of their research programme on the efficiency of fishing gear. "Grateful ackn...
One of a series of 20 films made for Babcock and Wilcox (Steam) Ltd. between 1954 and 1961. The 1957 Industrial Fair and Exhibition in Sydney, Australia where Babcock and Wilcox Australion Co. had a ...
One of a series of 20 films made for Babcock and Wilcox between 1954 and 1961, it illustrates the firm's involvement with atomic power and their construction of a reactor pressure vessel at Hinkley Po...
The sculptor Benno Schotz at work in his studio in Glasgow, and demonstrating his technique. The film examines his working methods and the themes running through his work. Much of his work is as a m...
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...