A promotional film for George Waterston and Sons of Edinburgh, Wax Chandlers. This film shows interiors and machinery of the firm's old wax making factory at St. John's Hill, just prior to demolition....
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...
I. An out-of-focus sequence of General Sir Edmund Allenby (?) reviewing a marchpast by British or Indian Cavalry of the Desert Mounted Corps, Palestine Front, 1918.II. Arab workers filling bottles and...
A Royal Engineers sergeant shows how to load two carrier pigeons into a small wicker basket for transport. At the Rosyth seaplane base Felixstowe F2A flying boats and Short 184 seaplanes ride at ancho...
The work of the Blood Transfusion Association in the Bathgate area, and an appeal to "become a regular donor".
A comedic tale set in the garden of the Thoms' family house, on a summer's day. A group of boys playing in the garden get into trouble with a pernickety neighbour but later redeem themselves by spott...
Russian war drama about the love between a peasant girl and a Russian prince at the time of the Russian (February) Revolution in 1917. As a young peasant girl, Mary Warren (Geraldine Farrar) is being ...
An exploration of St Peter's Seminary, Cardross on the Firth of Clyde.
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...