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...
Katja Cheraneva in "Achsen des Guten" (2021)
"Achsen des Guten" (2021)
Katja Cheraneva in "Achsen des Guten" (2021)
Maika Troscheit in "Achsen des Guten" (2021)
Nina Tratz in "Achsen des Guten" (2021)
"Das Verhalten des Tiers" (2021)
"Das Verhalten des Tiers" (2021)
"Das Verhalten des Tiers" (2021)
A woman botanist collects wild flowers and local women make baskets on the island of Unalaska.
A Pathescope travelogue film featuring scenes of the Lake District and Scottish lochs.
A look at life in Harris including its fishing industry and the making of Harris tweed.
A steamer trip from Wemyss Bay through the Kyles of Bute to Inveraray.
A holiday film of Italy, including views of Genoa, Alassio, Naples and Filignano.
The divisional commander, Brigadier-General F S Meighan, shows the journalists around the training area. (Very broken film, extremely hard to follow.) The men are engaged in various kinds of training:...
General views of a youth parade which includes the Boys' Brigade, Boy Scouts, and Girl Guides at the Inverkeithing Lammas Fair and Games.
A film interpretation of the poem 'The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo' by Gerard Manley Hopkins. Margaret Tait reads the poem throughout the film.