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...
Aberdeen High School for Girls - from the first day of infant class to prize-giving for senior pupils leaving school. All aspects of learning are recorded, with emphasis on drama, music and dance.
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
Natasja Juul in "Near and Elsewhere" (2018)
Natasja Juul in "Near and Elsewhere" (2018)
Enrique Fiss in "Near and Elsewhere" (2018)
Andy Goldsworthy in "Rivers and Tides" (1998-2001)
German movie poster of "Salt and Fire" (2015/16)
Irmin Schmidt in "Can and Me" (2022)
"Above and Below" (2012-14)
"The Farmer and I" (2013-16)
I. German language version of a newsreel item on Irish fishermen rescued after a U-Boat attack, July 1918. II. German language version of a newsreel item on soda-water production for British troops in...
I. Spanish language version of a newsreel item on a children's May Day parade through Kent, 1st May 1918. II. Spanish language version of a newsreel item on the break-up of a pacifist meeting in Finsb...
A cartographic problem that arose when the German-German border was to be erased. "The Border" provides an interesting explanation of an ancient German problem; which, although it has long since been ...
Klaus is a recent holder of a driving licence for forklift trucks. His first day at work, however, is a real test for him. Horrible but instructive accidents happen. Only a few survive the bloodbath. ...
The Higher Invention Committee watches a Renault tank, armed with a 75mm gun, navigate rough terrain. Jules-Louis Breton gets to sit in the tank beside a soldier in charge of handling the gun;
A rapport from the struggle in April 1977 to stop the blow-out on the rig Bravo 14 in the North Sea by representatives of the Red Adair Company.
Company newsreel (Phillips Petroleum Company Norway) : Dyvi Beta jack-up rig : safety campaign : falling oil prices : interview with John Whitmire, employed since 1964 : Phillips receives television c...
The film shows the traditional roofing av a house with wooden tiles. Nabours come together in a "dugnad" to do the roofing together.