Australian soldiers, probably of 5th Division, at the south end of the Saint Quentin tunnel at Bellicourt. A temporary bridge has been built just below the tunnel entrance. A view, from on top of the ...
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...
Views of Baghdad and Babylon in Mesopotamia and of Baalbec on the Palestine Front, 1918.
SPCA inspects farm and transport of livestock, and shows the care of both working animals and pets. Also outlines SPCA's role in rehoming animals, and in educating children about pet care.
Holidaymakers setting out from Glasgow, and travelling by train and steamer down the coast to Rothesay and Ettrick Bay. Includes tracking shots from tram in Sauchiehall Street.
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...
A look at the social and economic changes in Scotland during the 1950s, after the upheaval of the war. From the restoration of Iona Abbey to the development of new industries.
An investigation of the problem of backstreet abortion in Italy.
01 – Politica Roma. Al Palazzo dei Congressi dell’EUR si tiene l’XI congresso nazionale della Democrazia Cristiana. Tra gli oratori, Amintore Fanfani e Flaminio Piccoli, confermato alla gu...
The Bohemian fairy tale that inspired the work of the troubadour Wolfram Von Eschenbach tells the story of a prince in love with a beautiful girl magically transformed from an apple.
Le varie fasi della preparazione e stampa di un giornale, seguendo l'iter dal momento in cui la notizia di cronaca viene comunicata in redazione per telescrivente sino all'uscita del giornale ne...
Robinet corteggia una fanciulla che sta tirando le reti a riva. Il padre della fanciulla pretende però che la figlia si metta con un pescatore, quindi Robinet si traveste e intraprende la profe...
"Difficoltà d'ogni genere si opponevano alla riproduzione cinematografica della vita degli animali marini, dovute anche alla piccolezza di questi esseri, altre alla loro straordinaria trasparen...
Recoaro sorge ai piedi delle Piccole Dolomiti, in una valle detta “conca di smeraldo” per il verde delle selve e dei pascoli che la circondano. Il paese, famoso per le sue acque, è sede di ...
Un resoconto degli aiuti giunti con il Piano Marshall dagli Stati Uniti d'America per la rinascita dello stato italiano, devastato dall'ultimo conflitto. Dopo immagini su una metropoli statunite...
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...
Sponsored by Glasgow Corporation Education Committee, this educational film introduces the chief tools used by the carpenter.
Tour of the Highlands and Islands in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Scenes include farming, fishing, mountain climbing, ships, and a brief shot of the 'talkies' being installed at Balmoral.
Overview of twenty one ante and post natal exercises through the combination of detailed intertitles and physical demonstration. Filming takes place at Rottenrow Maternity and Women's Hospital as wel...
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.
Television documentary from the mid 1960s about the redevelopment of Dundee: new houses, destruction of slums, the building of the Tay Road Bridge, growth of shops and industry.
Japan Desk Scotland’s third documentary about the Fukushima nuclear accident in 2011, looking at the aftermath in the area around Okuma Town, the remaining effects of radioactive contamination, and ...
Japan Desk Scotland’s eighth documentary about the Fukushima nuclear accident in 2011, looking back at the work to create a radiation map of the surrounding area and the establishment of the Institu...