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...
Amateur footage of people in Glasgow's Botanic Gardens, traffic on Great Western Road and street scenes in the city.
Amateur footage of women working in an office in Glasgow city centre, and general views at Faslane on Gare Loch, including the liner Aquitania.
Australian soldiers, probably of 5th Division, at the south end of the Saint Quentin tunnel at Bellicourt. A temporary bridge has been built just below the tunnel entrance. A view, from on top of the ...
(Reel 1) The film's only caption, "Indian troops marching through Baghdad". They are wearing winter clothing. A British horse-drawn fire-engine leaves for a (staged ?) emergency. On the river there ar...
Shots of the "Empress of Britain" leaving Greenock for Canada and of the interior of the Parkhead steel works.
Craigbank Gardens, Edinburgh. The film has extensive footage of allotments, vegetable gardens and people tending the crops. Portree Horticultural Show also features towards the end of the film.
Everyday life in the crofting community of Acharacle, Lochaber, in the 1950s.
The children of Rosehearty Primary School join with older members of the village to record memories of the village in the early half of the century, illustrated by a varied montage of photographs. Inc...
Compilation of short News reports concerning: - a shouting contest - a man jumping from a driving car onto a flying plane. - thousands of Hindus travelling to the Ganges River. - Geese flocks on a far...
Documentario sul corpo dei bersaglieri. Nel cortile davanti a una camerata, un trombettiere dà il segnale, dalle finestre i bersaglieri si calano con funi e si assembrano nel cortile. Viene dis...
A filmmaker (Vasilis Langos) follows a girl (Katia Gerou) around the Peloponnese, trying to find an agent for his latest movie, for which he had borrowed money he cannot pay back.
A couple in crisis comes closer when the woman (who suspecting her husband of adultery) decides to work as a dancer in a nightclub. When he sees her dancing, he desires her again.
Frammento di uno dei diversi documentari che Comerio girò durante la guerra Italo-Turca (1911-1912). Si tratta dell'unico combattimento di un certa rilevanza nella zona di Bengasi avvenuto nell'oasi ...
Three hours before leaving for his holiday, Björn discovers that his passport has expired. He races to the authorities where an odyssey begins that turns his life completely upside down.
Company newsreel (Phillips Petroleum Company Norway) : senior vice president Bill Thompson on investment : Ekofisk tank wall : testing the Chinook helicopter
Company newsreel (Phillips Petroleum Company Norway) : interview with chief executive Knut Åm : safety exercise : artworks in the Tananger office buildings : golf tournament etc.