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.
News item on the visit of Grand Duchess Joséphine Charlotte of Luxemburg to Brussels.
Promotional film for the Xaveriuskring Koninklijke Harmonie at Carloo-sint-Job.
Publicity film for the Reynolds wrap.
News report on the World Fair in 1935 in Brussels.
Bishop Ordination in St. Gallen on 16.10.1938, all sequences show different people from the church, i.e. Cardinal Pacelli / later Pius XII, walking down a forecourt, that is bordered by other guests.
01 – Iniziativa (Gorizia, 1/10/1971) Gruppi di giovani scendono dagli autobus all'aeroporto di Gorizia e vanno a raggiungere in pista un velivolo per iniziare le lezioni di cultura aeronautica...
Un'inchiesta sul mondo del fotoromanzo: dopo alcuni esempi di romanzo illustrato d’appendice ottocentesco, individuato come origine del fotoromanzo, vengono mostrate copertine di varie testate...
“Gamba di Legno” è il nome con cui vengono chiamati i tram su rotaie a vapore di Milano. Tale nome deriva da un incidente verificatosi nei primi anni di utilizzo del mezzo, quando un tranvi...