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...
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...
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...
Amateur cine film featuring days out around the east coast and borders of Scotland in the 1970s. Includes footage of a canal trip on the 'Queen of the Borders', a day at Edinburgh Zoo, train rides a...
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 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...
One of a series of 20 films made for Babcock and Wilcox (Steam) Ltd. between 1954 and 1961, it features the Babcock and Wilcox tower crane involved in building the new sports stadium, Crystal Palace, ...
Records a trip to South Africa made by Nat and Nettie McGavin. Includes places such as Port Elizabeth, Cape Town, Sea Point, Pretoria, the Vaal River, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and the Victori...
A tour of the principal centres in Scotland for road and rail networks - Stirling, Perth, Dundee, Aberdeen and Inverness.
Trip from Oban to Staffa and Iona, visiting the tourist sites. [Accompanied by voiceover and classical music]
Amateur footage of the Erskine ferry and slipways after ceasing operation after the opening of the new Erskine Bridge.
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.
Views of Benmore House and Estate, gifted by H.G. Younger as a forestry and botany demonstration area with some of the activities given to forestry trainees.
Krimikomödie nach Motiven der legendären Groschenroman-Reihe: Der New Yorker FBI-Agent Jerry Cotton sieht sich mit schwer wiegenden Vorwürfen konfrontiert. Er soll nicht nur den Gangsterboss Sammy ...
Während Schriftsteller Michael in Paris über das Ende seines Romans sinniert, bekommt er Besuch von seiner Geliebten Anna, die selbst schreibt und sich vom Liebhaber fachkundige Hilfe erhofft, ihm a...
Die junge Mickey ist zunächst gar nicht begeistert, als sie mit ihrer Mutter und ihrem Bruder Danny aus der Metropole New York in ein verschlafenes Dorf in der irischen Provinz zieht. Aber ihre Meinu...
Basierend auf einer wahren Begebenheit erzählt der Film von einer Bäuerin namens Hanni, deren Tochter Magdalena eines Tages über mysteriöse Krankheitssymptome klagt. Allerdings gelingt es keinem A...
La storia dell’architettura e storia della creazione e del possesso dello spazio. Il documentario sviluppa questo concetto prendendo in considerazione soprattutto l'evoluzione dell'arco, della...
Die Familienfrau Maria und die Karrierefrau Jade könnten unterschiedlicher kaum sein, haben aber trotzdem etwas gemeinsam: ihren Ex-Gatten Nick. Zuerst verließ er Maria für Jade, und nun hat er sic...
Einst war Jakob unsterblich in Isabelle verliebt, doch dann verloren die beiden sich aus den Augen. Zehn Jahre sind seither vergangen, inzwischen hat Jakob in Berlin einen Job als aufstrebender Rechts...
Deutschland, 1941: Der kritische Journalist Ludwig Kirsch steht kurz vor der Verhaftung durch die Nazis. Sein zwölfjähriger Sohn Rolf, der seinen treuen Terrier Adi stets zur Seite hat, lenkt sich v...