Scenes from the pantomime 'Robinson Crusoe', starring Harry Gordon and Will Fyffe.
Andrew Robson, Deputy Head Teacher of Hillhead Primary School in Glasgow, explains how the Scottish education system is based on 'equity' for all pupils rather than 'equality'.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal visits Banff and Macduff. Events include the opening of the new harbour, naming of the steam drifter 'Wheat Stalk' and laying the foundation stone of the Banff W...
General views of the last open hearth furnaces and casting in Scotland at Ravenscraig and the last cast at Glengarnock works, both formerly of Colvilles Ltd but by closure part of British Steel.
A film discussing the various forms of energy used by man.
Documentary examining womens' experience of leisure-time in the Edinburgh area.
Strathclyde Regional Council Department of Education Ayr Division's training video for classroom management and project work. Children speak about the work they plan to do and work in separate small g...
Amateur footage of outings by the Aberdeen branch of the British Deaf and Dumb Association in Aberdeenshire in the 1950s - also includes a comedy short film in which the participants use sign language...
Dokumentarischer Film-Essay, der sich aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven der Frage nähert, wie die Zukunft der Menschheit aussehen könnte. Dabei geht es nicht zuletzt um die Frage, welche Hoffnungen...
Dokumentarfilm über die zeitgenössische Punk-Musik-Szene, die sich in verschiedensten Teilen der Welt noch immer einer großen Lebendigkeit erfreut. Dabei porträtiert der Film Menschen, für d...
Der New Yorker Musiker Robert scheint so etwas wie eine Pechsträhne zu haben: Künstlerisch steckt er in einer Schaffenskrise und materiell sieht es so finster aus, dass er sogar aus seiner Wohnung g...
Nach einer Umweltkatastrophe breitet sich der (fiktive) bolivianische Salzsee Diablo Blanco immer weiter aus und bedroht die Lebensräume von Menschen und Tieren. Im Auftrag der Vereinten Nationen sol...
In 1968 Irmin Schmidt and Holger Czukay founded the band Can in Cologne, which cultivated an avant-garde style somewhere between free jazz and funk, krautrock and psychedelic rock, and also experiment...
Der Dokumentarfilm schildert die 25-jährige Geschichte des Internationalen Strafgerichthofs (ICC) und dessen Ziel, die schwersten Verbrechen an der Menschheit juristisch zu ahnden. Im Mittelpunkt ste...
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy sightseeing in Edinburgh where they visit the castle and make an appearance on stage at the Playhouse Cinema.
A tour of the principal centres in Scotland for road and rail networks - Stirling, Perth, Dundee, Aberdeen and Inverness.
Jeannie and Mattie are accepted for a seaside holiday camp. One of a series of fund-raising films produced in aid of the Necessitous Children's Holiday Camp Fund.
A camping expedition by an uncle and his nephew, showing the do's and don'ts of the countryside code.
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.
Surrealistic view of the "Honeymoon couple", interrupted by salesmen, consumer goods, jealousy, anger and infidelity. [Award winner in the 1957 Scottish Amateur Film Festival.]
A descriptive essay on the city of Edinburgh, and in particular of Edinburgh Castle.
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....