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.
A record of the renovation work on the Bellhaven cafe, Wishaw, Lanarkshire, between 1948 to 1955; shows the work of masons, joiners, glaziers and the Cocozza family on the new Cafe, and the interest o...
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...
Australian troops practising bomb (hand grenade) throwing from slit trenches. The explosions are filmed at various angles and distances. The 'cup final' of 7th (Meerut) Division football championships...
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...
Colonel Samson is not clearly visible in the film. The DH4, fitted with floats and no wheels, taxies through the water behind a Felixstowe flying boat, which takes off ahead of it. The DH4 then thrott...
The American Committee's health department brings the medical authorities' and parliamentary circles' attention to the state of children's public health in the disaster-stricken Aisne region. Seventee...
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 ...
Episode: Gene Ratio
Episode: Das Ritual
Episode: Ein kurzer Moment
Szene aus "Lost and found"
Szene aus "Lost and found"
Szene aus "Losers and Winners"
Szene aus "Losers and Winners"
Szene aus "Losers and Winners"
Report on the arplane 'Princesse Astrid', with which Thieffry flew to Congo.
Several news from all over the world: - horse race - Tarbes: american legion - Strasbourg: swimming contest - Marseille: Le Maréchal L'Autey. - Kopenhagen: cycle race - England: Shakleton expedition...
The supernatural world is the topic of this documentary: parapsychology breaks down certain phenomena (telepathy, telekinesis) which appear to come from a different world but actually have a rat...
The arrival of Paul Kruger in Amsterdam, during his journey through Europe at the end of the Second Boer War. After his arrival in Holland in December 1900, Kruger initially stayed in The Hague. On t...
Martha v. Althaus, datter af den gamle general, grev v. Althaus, er i sit liv to gange gift. Som ganske ung ægtede hun den tapre officer, Arno v. Dotzky, med liv og sjæl. Efter få års lykkeligt sa...
A visual travel diary on the expedition led by Brondeel in 1934. This expedition to Belgian Congo, by truck, became a testimony to the social conditions of Africans during the colonial era.
Report on the visit of several Congolese politicians to Brussels.
Report about the anniversary day burgomaster Leon A. Bekaert organised in Zwevegem on July 21 1950, in which he paid homage to its employees. Bekaert was also head of the Bekaert Wireworks, which had ...