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....
The wedding of Jock Lyon and Lorna Duncan at Greyfriars Church, Dumfries, February 23rd 1928.
Family home life.
A family holiday around Firth of Clyde and beyond on various boats. Includes a trip to Belfast and a trip 'Doon The Watter' on the Waverley.
Trip from Oban to Staffa and Iona, visiting the tourist sites. [Accompanied by voiceover and classical music]
Family home movies including footage of daily life around Glasgow city centre, the Barras market, the West End and the new Clyde Tunnel.
Amateur cine film featuring days out around the east coast and borders of Scotland in the 1970s. Includes footage of a canal trip on the 'Queen of the Borders', a day at Edinburgh Zoo, train rides a...
An amateur film compilation around the Borders. Includes footage of a visit to Duns by The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland the Rt. Rev Dr. James A. Simpson, a 250th annive...
I. Medium shot as V/W Class destroyer crosses the screen, and pan right to long shot of line of four Iron Duke Class (?) battleships. Medium shot off port beam of HMS Renown underway. Royal Sovereign ...
I. Battleships exercise at sea: elements of Second Battle Squadron run abreast for a shoot (cf IWM 1143); long shots of Orion and Iron Duke Class battleships; medium shot directly astern of Queen Eliz...
I. Destroyers in anchorage. Medium shot of HMS Parker (G.75). Pan to neighbouring line of moored destroyers and depot ship (Aquarius ?). II. Sixth Battle Squadron passes beneath Forth Bridge. III. Med...
I. Medium close-up of cameraship's wake, and pan up to four battleships in line astern, an Orion Class vessel leading. Kite balloon overhead. II. Two sequences showing elements of Second Battle Squadr...
I. Medium shot forward along portside of W Class destroyer to HMS Renown - a small boat spins past between the two ships. Medium long shot across fleet anchorage - Iron Duke Class battleships at frame...
A young girl works cleaning the kitchen floor of a house. When she has finished she tosses the soap and cloth into the sink, which is full of water. The cook tells her, gently, that the soap will wast...
Overview of twenty one ante and post natal exercises through the combination of detailed intertitles and physical demonstration. Filming takes place at Rottenrow Maternity and Women's Hospital as wel...
The film opens with Oxford Street in London and declares that "luxury shopping" is not helping the war effort. This is contrasted with the ways in which women do help: a mother looking after her two s...
The work of the Blood Transfusion Association in the Bathgate area, and an appeal to "become a regular donor".
The story of a group of people trying to survive after an atomic war, by sacrificing to their Gods.
Three Australian officers stand with a Belgian officer as escort on the balcony of the prison where Nurse Cavell was held. Next, they stand by the plaque in the prison yard marking the place where she...
It is Christmas Eve and Martha, Eleni's grandaughter, is sent out to beg in the streets, is hit by a car and seriously injured. Martha’s grandmother, Eleni, is Mrs. Olga’s maid from Southern Epir...
James Kottak, Katja von Garnier, Rudolf Schenker, Klaus Meine, Matthias Jabs, Pawel Maciwoda (front first to sixth on the left) on the set of "Scorpions - Forever and a Day" (2010-15)
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 ...