Made for screening at the 1925 World Educational Congress Edinburgh, the film gives a survey of the educational opportunities offered in Edinburgh from infants up to senior pupils.
Laurel and Hardy visit Edinburgh in 1932, arriving at Waverley Station, going to the North British Hotel and finally, visiting the Castle.
A demonstration on how to use a Seine net for trawling. This film was planned by the Marine Laboratory Aberdeen, as part of their research programme on the efficiency of fishing gear. "Grateful ackn...
One of a series of 20 films made for Babcock and Wilcox (Steam) Ltd. between 1954 and 1961. Featuring their Cyclone furnace for firing coal at work; the Renfrew staff association magazine going to pre...
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...
Manousos (Nikos Xanthopoulos) is the eldest child of a poor and large family living in rural Greece. When he completes his military duty, he decides to work in Athens to help his mother (Eleni Zafeiro...
The subject-matter of this comedy is age-old: that of the schizophrenic soul. Papa would have liked boy twins years ago, but her wife gave birth to a single child weighing six kilograms. He would like...
Fani (Martha Vourtsi) is a poor young woman who works at the office of the rich entrepreneur Petras. Her mother Despo is suffering from a heart condition and has placed all her hope of Fani getting ma...
A shepherd gets his girlfriend pregnant, but she decides to have an abortion. The man leaves the countryside and goes to Thessaloniki, where he hangs out with the marginalized and the desperately poor...
The Duke and Duchess of York leaving Inverness railway station for Skye, 1934 and the Royal Academy Sports Day, 1950. [1934 item believed commissioned by Malcolm "Pop' Roberts, cinema manager, 1950...
The film is incomplete and without its proper opening. The opening sequence alternates between shots of the diary of a German Artillery officer and captions of its contents, stating that the German bo...
A compilation of local newsreel items from Orkney including visit of US Secretary of Navy, Josephus Daniels, a fund-raising sports event in 1918, the unveiling of Kirkwall War Memorial in 1954, and ...
A pilot (Kostas Prekas) is married and has a daughter. The fact that he has an affair with another woman affects his relationship with his family. When he is injured and cannot fly planes anymore, his...
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The work of the Blood Transfusion Association in the Bathgate area, and an appeal to "become a regular donor".
A tour of the Mavor and Coulson Bridgeton works, Glasgow,
Promotional film on behalf of Dunoon & Cowal Tourist Board in the mid-1970s, highlighting the attractions of the town and its catchment area.
Russian melodrama about the heroic deeds of a woman during the First World War.
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...
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...
Mary is in love with a young farmer, who goes abroad to earn money. During his absence, Mary's family is assailed by disease and poverty. Since she has not heard from her beloved for a long time, she ...