Amateur footage of the south side of Glasgow and the city centre during heavy snow.
35 mm - NB
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.
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.
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.
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.
"The Old Man and the Bird" (2014/15)
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 ...