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 ...
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.
Documentary revolving around a hypothetical thought: What if no music existed, no CDs, records, iPods, instruments, virtually no musical history at all? Without any knowledge of music, we would have t...
As producer, actor and filmmaker, Richard Massingham managed to combine his passion for film and medical science.
Some events in the life of the Provost of Inverness including the Kirkin' of the Council, the Armistice Service of 1955, the 210th anniversary of the Battle of Culloden and the opening of Bellfield P...
The first flight over Mount Everest on 3rd April 1933, in two modified Westland Wallace bi-planes, piloted by early Scottish aviators, the Marquess of Clydesdale and Donald McIntyre. This daring feat...
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...
Glasgow in the post-war years and the Corporation's futuristic plans for the city's development. [The film was made to tie in with an exhibition of the same title, held at the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow....
Views of Baghdad and Babylon in Mesopotamia and of Baalbec on the Palestine Front, 1918.
Amateur footage of a stage play or musical performed in Paisley by members of the Townswomen's Guild.
Amateur home movie of a family at home - children playing in a garden, on the beach and at a play-park.
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.
Communist propoganda film about the elections of 1946.
Communist propoganda film about the elections of 1946.
Promotional film on the Belgian breed of horses.
Newsreels from the week of November 11, 1944
Newsreels from the week of November 11, 1944
Newsreels from the week of May 8th, 1945
Newsreels from the week of May 8th, 1945
Newsreels from the week of May 30th, 1945
Newsreels from the week of May 30th, 1945
Newsreels from the week of July 29th, 1945
Newsreels from the week of July 29th, 1945
Documentary about the reorganisation of the sewers in Brussels.
News report on the ceremonies concerning the funeral of King Albert I.