Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy sightseeing in Edinburgh where they visit the castle and make an appearance on stage at the Playhouse Cinema.
An impressionistic account of the attractions that Aberdeen and Deeside offer the summer visitor.
(Reel 1) The arsenal entrance in Beresford Square, with the internal train taking the workers to various departments. Women and boys in the Tailors' Shop make gloves, felt "buttons" for 15-inch shells...
The city of Glasgow in the 1940s - its buildings, parks, museum, university and housing, showing the plans for major re-development of the city. Relates to issues proposed in the Bruce Report 1945 - 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...
In a decayed Scottish fishing village, an outcast boy strikes up a friendship with a fisherman who believes himself to be Zorba.
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.
Television documentary from the mid 1960s about the redevelopment of Dundee: new houses, destruction of slums, the building of the Tay Road Bridge, growth of shops and industry.
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...
A cartoon combining drawings and live footage, in which a drawing comes to life while its author isn't there. The film's director began as a political cartoonist and in 1914 founded Bray Studios, amon...
"The Old Man and the Bird" (2014/15)
Cyclical year in the life of the Taggart family as they take up residence at Marywell Farm. Their first experiences of country life.
A history of the Eastwood area in Glasgow, and footage of new community building developments in the early 1970s.
Compilation of scenes from Glasgow in the sixties including footage of the Gorbals, Paddy's Market, the Broomielaw the Alhambra Theatre and Glasgow Green.
A visit ot the World fair of 1958, seen through the eyes of a child.
Il film inizia parlando di superstizione, con immagini di gatti neri, scale, saliere rovesciate ecc.; poi affronta magia bianca e nera (quest’ultima favorita dal consumo di LSD), sedute spirit...
Un Re ordinò che si facesse un bando per il quale avrebbe dato sua figlia in sposa a colui che avesse raccontato una bugia talmente grossa da non essere creduta. Accorsero tutti, ma nessuno riu...
Un classico del "diva film" con la coppia romantica Francesca Bertini e Gustavo Serena, basato su un romanzo parzialmente autobiografico di Alexandre Dumas figlio pubblicato nel 1866. Questa sto...
Bild: Landkarte mit Überschrift: "Tankschlacht bei Cambrai 1917"; eingezeichnet sind die Stoßrichtungen von deutschen Truppen der Engländer. 1. Zwischentitel: Der englische Durchbruchsversuch bei C...
Inhalt: 1. Zwischentitel: Am 1.9.1917 überschritten deutsche Truppen nach Bekämpfung des Feindes die Düna bei Uexküll. Bild: Deutsche Truppen überqueren auf einer Pontonbrücke am 01.09.1917 die ...
1.Teil Matrose Karl kommt auf Heimaturlaub und erzählt seinen Nachbarn Kriegserlebnisse. Einblendung: Soldat vom Küstenschutz macht Handgranate scharf; Bergung eines Verwundeten in den Dünen. Karl ...
1. Zwischentitel: Am 1.9.1917 überschritten deutsche Truppen nach Bekämpfung des Feindes die Düna bei Uexküll. Bild: Deutsche Truppen überqueren auf einer Pontonbrücke am 01.09.1917 die Düna. 2...