Views of Baghdad and Babylon in Mesopotamia and of Baalbec on the Palestine Front, 1918.
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.
Everyday life in the crofting community of Acharacle, Lochaber, in the 1950s.
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...
Family home movies including footage of daily life around Glasgow city centre, the Barras market, the West End and the new Clyde Tunnel.
A camping expedition by an uncle and his nephew, showing the do's and don'ts of the countryside code.
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...
The intimate story of a family from Iraq who left their home and came to live in Scotland five years ago.
One of a series of 20 films made for Babcock and Wilcox (Steam) Ltd between 1954 and 1961, it includes a tea party for members of staff held at Turnberry Hotel where they also play golf for the inter-...
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....
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...
Amateur footage of a home theatre performance of Cinderella.
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.
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.
Présentation de Bruxelles par Toone et sa marionnette Woltje. Le film veut montrer la perennité des traditions, en mêlant les images actuelles aux peintures, sculptures, tapisseries du passé. Il i...
The 19th century Po Valley fairy tale about the ogre who kidnaps children.
"Montage de morceaux d'actualités "Gaumont" concernant l'aviation du début des années '10"
Biographical film about Belgian politician Camille Huysmans.
Biographical film about Belgian politician Camille Huysmans.
Promotiefilm voor de consumptie van meer brood. Aan de hand van 2 verhaallijnen over een journaliste die een reportage maakt over het brood en kinderen die les krijgen over hetzelfde thema, waartussen...
Promotiefilm voor de consumptie van meer brood. Aan de hand van 2 verhaallijnen over een journaliste die een reportage maakt over het brood en kinderen die les krijgen over hetzelfde thema, waartussen...
The film shows traditional farm life i the 1950s in a rural village in Western Norway before the land reallocation.
Images of Tübingen: images of the 30th Liederfest of a Swabian choral society in Tübingen. Another pageant on 30 July 1910. Elephants of Circus Charles bathing in the river Neckar. Another pageant. ...
Film about the history of Belgium, made to be shown in the Belgian pavillion during the 1937 World Fair in Paris.