A promotional film for George Waterston and Sons of Edinburgh, Wax Chandlers. This film shows interiors and machinery of the firm's old wax making factory at St. John's Hill, just prior to demolition....
An exploration of St Peter's Seminary, Cardross on the Firth of Clyde.
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.
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...
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.
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...
Mr. Anestis, an old coachman, doesn’t want to change professions, even though cars now rule the road. He lives together with an orphan girl, Annoula, who was the beloved of a boy named Nikos, who ha...
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...
Views of Baghdad and Babylon in Mesopotamia and of Baalbec on the Palestine Front, 1918.
Trip from Oban to Staffa and Iona, visiting the tourist sites. [Accompanied by voiceover and classical music]
The intimate story of a family from Iraq who left their home and came to live in Scotland five years ago.
A Royal Engineers sergeant shows how to load two carrier pigeons into a small wicker basket for transport. At the Rosyth seaplane base Felixstowe F2A flying boats and Short 184 seaplanes ride at ancho...
Aberdeen High School for Girls - from the first day of infant class to prize-giving for senior pupils leaving school. All aspects of learning are recorded, with emphasis on drama, music and dance.
"Above and Below" (2012-14)
The communist newspaper L'Unità, refounded after the war (it was banned during the Fascist regime), is distributed by volunteers from the Communist Party.
Documentary dedicated to the artillery assigned to the Italian troops in Africa, shot by Luca Comerio in 1912, while the war in Libya was underway. The video is a copy from the film print preserved in...
A presentation of the methods chosen by the French Ministry of Reconstruction in order to build more housing faster through the industrialization of the building sector.
Film presented during the...
Newsreels from 1940 from Pathé news
Newsreels from 1940 from Pathé news
In this extract from a flemish broadcast, four members of the 1963 EXPRMNTL festival edition's jury (Lorenza Mazzetti, Norman McLaren, Jan Lenica, Herbert Vesely) as well as director Jorgen Roos give ...
A group of three women on the left, in the middle stands opera singer Cleo Pucelli (actress: Růžena Šlemrová). A group of five men on the right side of the photo, the second from the left is impre...
An advertising poster of Bio Deklarace (Prague, Žižkov, Komenského square) from 1938 draws attentention to the screening of the film Poručík "Alexander Rjepkin/Lieutenant Alexander Rjepkin". The ...
At the beginning of the film you can see a photograph of Jakub Arbes. People are carrying a coffin from a house in the Švédská Street. A funeral car is coming to the cemetery in Malazinky. Mourning...