Informative overview of horse-drawn carriages as a means of transport in Edinburgh from Victorian times to more recent times (milk delivery). Illustrated with dramatised sequences and information on ...
A holiday film of Italy, including views of Genoa, Alassio, Naples and Filignano.
A comedic tale set in the garden of the Thoms' family house, on a summer's day. A group of boys playing in the garden get into trouble with a pernickety neighbour but later redeem themselves by spott...
The 750th Anniversary of Kirkintilloch and the celebrations and events to mark it, including a football match, swimming competition, and a church parade.
Glasgow scenes including shots of tenements, the Citizens Theatre, Glasgow Green, St. Enoch's Station, Sauchiehall Street, Paddy's Market, the University, Templeton's carpet factory and Kelvingrove Ar...
Laurel and Hardy visit Edinburgh in 1932, arriving at Waverley Station, going to the North British Hotel and finally, visiting the Castle.
Amateur footage of West Pilton's Gala week including the church parade, a bowling competition, a football match and the Gala Queen crowning ceremony.
Amateur footage of the Carmunnock May Day celebrations and a display event at a riding school.
The decorated floats procession and the crowning of Gala Queen at Broxburn, West Lothian on 27th June, 1953.
A film interpretation of the poem 'The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo' by Gerard Manley Hopkins. Margaret Tait reads the poem throughout the film.
A drama / documentary about the Civil Defence services during wartime Edinburgh, this film contains shots of the messenger Corps in action alerting all services during ARP - including the system used ...
The story of the transport of logs from the forest areas of East Pakistan to the Khulna Newsprint Mill eighty miles up river.
Some events in the life of the Provost of Inverness including the Kirkin' of the Council, the Armistice Service of 1955, the 210th anniversary of the Battle of Culloden and the opening of Bellfield P...
Dramatised situations where teenagers discuss problems about communicating with their parents, boyfriends and sex education.
It is an articulated film comprised of three free-standing stories with a common theme: the attitude of the Greeks under the yoke of a foreign power. The Clock, the first story, is a comedy set on the...
A familiy is having a nice time on a summer day in the garden of an elegant villa near Oslo.
The film shows how to make a traditional Sami reindeer sleigh or pulka.
A film about the weaving of wadmal or frieze on a traditonal loom in Bykle in Setesdal, Norway.
The film shows how hay was transported by a basket or net, or by aerial cable down steeps hills in Western Norway.
The film shows how to build a haystack.
A collection of clips, including the transport of a boat by lorry.
A Parliament sports club competition. Fashion show at Restaurant Fennia in Helsinki. Scramble race in Laakso, Helsinki. Nobel laureate Ralph J. Bunche (1904-1971) with family. The Golden Gate Swim in ...
Works by sculptor Wäinö Aaltonen at the Kunsthalle Helsinki. Reindeer race in Rovaniemi, organised by Ounasvaara Ski Club. Parliament on skis in Santahamina, Helsinki. Ski jumping through a ring of ...