The film shows a study of work practices in manufacturing tin boxes in a press shop. There are shots before a new work regime is introduced and the difference afterwards.
The Scottish Aviation 'Prestwick Pioneer G-ANRG' aeroplane flying at Prestwick Airport. [Same footage is repeated five times]. See also record 2 for unedited rushes.
Footage of the demolition of old gasworks buildings in Dunoon and the construction of a new liquid nitrogen storage plant on the same site.
The progress of the building of the Ravenscraig Steelworks in Lanarkshire over three years from 1954, from site clearance until the first steel is produced. Copyright: Corus Group Ltd.
An amateur documentary about the production of the Motherwell Times newspaper, showing details of the hot metal press printing method.
Various departments of the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh are illustrated and the film extols the hospital's motto which is "the ever open door".
Film discusses and illustrates the work of Scottish botanist Robert Brown.
General scenes of the Empire Exhibition in Glasgow's Bellahouston Park, 1938. Includes some sweeping aerial views over the Exhibition site.
Arved Birnbaum
Arved Birnbaum, Jan Henrik Stahlberg (v.l.n.r.)
Nicole Marischka, Jan Henrik Stahlberg
DVD-Cover (2008)
"Science Fiction" (2003)
Review of a conference on the many practical applications of film in arts, industry, science, trade and war