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.
The Forth and Clyde Canal's operations on its last year of use.
Hostels at Loch Ard, Inverbeg and Rowardennan, with footage of hostellers climbing Ben Lomond and the Cobbler, canoeing on Loch Lomond and enjoying a dance.
A history of the Forth and Clyde Canal.
Sponsored by Glasgow Corporation Education Committee, this educational film introduces the chief tools used by the carpenter.
Tour of the Highlands and Islands in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Scenes include farming, fishing, mountain climbing, ships, and a brief shot of the 'talkies' being installed at Balmoral.
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...
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...