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.
I. RAMC men help refugees in a street in Douai to load both themselves and their belongings into a British Army lorry. As the last one is loaded the tailboard is closed up and the people wave as the l...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...