An amateur film made about amateur film-makers. A new member is introduced to the work of the Aberdeen and District Cine Club.
The workforce is mainly women working at benches or on production lines. They test rubber mouthpieces for leaks with a probe. They test the expiratory valves in the same manner. The corrugated tubes a...
Broxburn Gala Day and crowning of the Queen, 26th June 1954. Includes footage of the procession, children's fancy dress competition and the Gala Queen crowning ceremony.
Procession of the Gala Queen and "The Champion" through the streets of Kirkliston, West Lothian. 3rd July 1954.
The first annual inter-house school sports day at Broxburn High School, West Lothian. 5th July 1954.
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 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...
Romantic adventure film in which Betty, who dreams about pirates, and her father, a gullible professor, are tricked by a bunch of real pirates. They are rescued by a young man who has a crush on Betty...
Close-up of a sergeant holding a football marked 2Y&L. Pan over the men of the battalion, lying, sitting or standing informally, with two Lewis machine guns in the front row. Two lance-corporals sitti...
Holidaymakers setting out from Glasgow, and travelling by train and steamer down the coast to Rothesay and Ettrick Bay. Includes tracking shots from tram in Sauchiehall Street.
A demonstration on how to use a Seine net for trawling. This film was planned by the Marine Laboratory Aberdeen, as part of their research programme on the efficiency of fishing gear. "Grateful ackn...
A look at the social and economic changes in Scotland during the 1950s, after the upheaval of the war. From the restoration of Iona Abbey to the development of new industries.
Inauguration by Sabena of the first international flights for transport by helicopter
Report about the death of King Albert I, first in Marche-les-Dames, then in Brussels.
IIW. URSS. German landing in the russian island Oesel.
Scenes of different cadets in the Valladolid's cavalry academy in 1918.
Daily live of a high mountain farmer during the year.
Il film affronta il problema degli aborti clandestini in Italia attraverso testimonianze drammatiche di donne che, con il volto nascosto, raccontano le loro esperienze. Vengono lette notizie di ...
Analisi del testo di Pinocchio, che compare per la prima volta con il titolo “La storia di un burattino” sulle pagine del “Giornale per i bambini”. La voce di commento, accompagnata da t...
Una breve storia del giornale umoristico a fumetti in Italia, con intervista a Guglielmo Guasta (uno dei principali protagonisti dell’editoria umoristica italiana). Tra le iniziative e i prota...