A camel train approaches and enters the city. A panorama of the city taken from the sea. Tiffin (compressed camel or horse fodder) being unloaded from ships lying out to sea by surf boats. The men wor...
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 descriptive essay on the city of Edinburgh, and in particular of Edinburgh Castle.
The wedding of Jock Lyon and Lorna Duncan at Greyfriars Church, Dumfries, February 23rd 1928.
Teenagers voice their opinions on stereotypes and the issue of equality.
An experimental film in the form of a riddle by artist Gillian Steel.
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...
Amateur footage of a stage play or musical performed in Paisley by members of the Townswomen's Guild.
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...
News item on the visit of Grand Duchess Joséphine Charlotte of Luxemburg to Brussels.
Court film de promotion pour le "Xaveriuskring Koninklijke Harmonie" de Carloo-St.Job (Uccle St. Job)" . Le film comporte plusieurs cartons publicitaires, retranscrits tels quels (voir remarques cherc...
Film sur les activits du port d'Anvers, ainsi que sur les atouts touristiques de la ville. Un navire venant de la mer entre dans l'estuaire de l'Escaut. A Vlissingen, le service de navigation fluvial...
News report on the World Fair in 1935 in Brussels.
Bishop Ordination in St. Gallen on 16.10.1938, all sequences show different people from the church, i.e. Cardinal Pacelli / later Pius XII, walking down a forecourt, that is bordered by other guests.
01 – Iniziativa (Gorizia, 1/10/1971) Gruppi di giovani scendono dagli autobus all'aeroporto di Gorizia e vanno a raggiungere in pista un velivolo per iniziare le lezioni di cultura aeronautica...
An investigation of the world of photo illustrated comics.
A surprising tesimonial of Milanese transport in early Fifties, when the legendary old Peg Leg was put in storage, to be replaced by modern trains. Film restored in collaboration with Guido Guer...