Mr. Anestis, an old coachman, doesn’t want to change professions, even though cars now rule the road. He lives together with an orphan girl, Annoula, who was the beloved of a boy named Nikos, who ha...
Mary is in love with a young farmer, who goes abroad to earn money. During his absence, Mary's family is assailed by disease and poverty. Since she has not heard from her beloved for a long time, she ...
Amateur footage of the buildings and grounds of Dunfermline College of Physical Education at Cramond, Edinburgh.
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.
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.
TV documentary about Chinese families living and working in Glasgow and Edinburgh, the problems they face in terms of housing, education, work and community relations, and the provisions in place to a...
An exploration of St Peter's Seminary, Cardross on the Firth of Clyde.
Film sponsored by Esso following the Scottish Rally of 1976. The rally begins in Ayrshire and takes in the Highlands. Interviews with various drivers at the roadside and after each stage is completed...
The annual get together of shepherds in Renfrewshire. This film shows work of shepherds and dogs in rounding up the sheep for clipping is shown, as is the correct way to shear, roll and tie the sheeps...
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...
Scenes of the peace pageant in the Borders town of Galashiels.
Life on Marywell Farm during the first years of the Taggart family's occupancy.
Amateur footage of the south side of Glasgow and the city centre during heavy snow.
One of a series of ten animation films made by children in small village primary schools in Scotland, also involving the local community. The series was broadcast on Scottish Television and Grampian ...
Early photographs depict the history of St. Leonards' School for Girls and the film shows the arrival of girls for a new term by steam train, motor coach and horse-drawn cabs.
Amateur film of activities based around Craigie Street Police Office, headquarters of the Southern Division in Glasgow, towards the end of the war.
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...
Cyclical year in the life of the Taggart family as they take up residence at Marywell Farm. Their first experiences of country life.
Compilation of scenes from Glasgow in the sixties including footage of the Gorbals, Paddy's Market, the Broomielaw the Alhambra Theatre and Glasgow Green.
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...
The Forth and Clyde Canal's operations on its last year of use.