Romantic adventure film in which Betty, who dreams about pirates, and her father, a gullible professor, are tricked by a bunch of real pirates. They are rescued by a young man who has a crush on Betty...
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...
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.
The Forth and Clyde Canal's operations on its last year of use.
A history of the Forth and Clyde Canal.
Sponsored by Glasgow Corporation Education Committee, this educational film introduces the chief tools used by the carpenter.
Amateur family footage of various locations, including Ayr, Rothesay, the Dunoon area and Gare Loch.
Glasgow in the post-war years and the Corporation's futuristic plans for the city's development. [The film was made to tie in with an exhibition of the same title, held at the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow....
In a decayed Scottish fishing village, an outcast boy strikes up a friendship with a fisherman who believes himself to be Zorba.
Amateur footage of the paddle steamer 'Maid of the Loch' on summer cruises around Loch Lomond.
A Bensen B-8B gyro-boat being tested on Loch Lomond.
Amateur footage of women working in an office in Glasgow city centre, and general views at Faslane on Gare Loch, including the liner Aquitania.
Shots of the "Empress of Britain" leaving Greenock for Canada and of the interior of the Parkhead steel works.
Craigbank Gardens, Edinburgh. The film has extensive footage of allotments, vegetable gardens and people tending the crops. Portree Horticultural Show also features towards the end of the film.
Little Baby has had good results with her chemistry experiment wherein tiny and innocent cotton balls are transformed into gigantic monsters. She uses her poor baby-sitter Nanni as a guinea pig. Seein...
Den stilfærdige Lars Lindstrom bor ved siden af hans bror Gus og hans kone, Emily. Lars passer helst sig selv, og Gus og Emily er derfor glade den dag Lars erklærer, at han har mødt den eneste ene....
Om Amerikas svar på Den afskyelige Snemand, et 2 1/2 meter højt væsen ved navn Bigfoot. Familien Henderson er så uheldige at påkøre Bigfoot og tager ham med hjem i parcelhuset som bliver sat på...
Som en rose, der blomstrer i sneen - så smuk, så livskraftig, så ren - sådan er Snehvide. Efter syv års indespærring i et tårnværelse, blomstrer hendes skønhed, og hun er klar til at indgå i...
Filmen tager os tilbage til en tid længe inden Dorothy besøgte den fantastiske verden, selv inden den gule murstensvej og de små dværge. Vi er helt tilbage til den tid, hvor den senere store og ma...