Legendary satire of Hollywood with Gloria Swanson as a former star of silent film who hopes to use an opportunistic young scriptwriter for her comeback.
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Film about the history of Belgium, made to be shown in the Belgian pavillion during the 1937 World Fair in Paris.
Film showing two tourists travelling to Belgian Congo.
Japan Desk Scotland’s eighth documentary about the Fukushima nuclear accident in 2011, looking back at the work to create a radiation map of the surrounding area and the establishment of the Institu...
Overview of journey from Glasgow city centre to Rothesay and Largs on passenger steamer circa 1935.
Shopping in Glasgow. Fruit and vegetables being selected for delivery to local stores.
Trip from Oban to Staffa and Iona, visiting the tourist sites. [Accompanied by voiceover and classical music]
A camel train approaches and enters the city. A panorama of the city taken from the sea. Tiffin (compressed camel or horse fodder) being unloaded from ships lying out to sea by surf boats. The men wor...
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....
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.
The Gathering at Glenfinnan in the Highlands to mark the 200th anniversary of raising the standard of James VIII of Scotland and III of England.
Documentary about a boat trip from Colònia de Sant Jordi to Port de Sóller. We can see Cape Blanc, Cape Regana, Palma Bay, s’Arenal, Cala Figuera’s lighthouse, Santa Ponça, Port d'Andratx, wher...
A compilation of footage from holiday trips on the motor yacht 'Marona' around the Western Isles. The McLachlan family and friends travel from the Crinan Canal to Oban, Fort William, Tobermory, Coll, ...
Blairgowrie and Rattray Coronation Day Parade and Pageant of Local History, 1953. Prior to general shots of the parade as it passes, there are very detailed intertitles offering historical background...
In the Soviet Union of 1937, a boy from Greece meets and becomes friends with a boy from Georgia.
I. The film opens as the Queen leaves a factory escorted by a mayor. It jumps to her inspecting Royal Marines and Royal Navy ratings drawn up at Chatham. The King is also present, in naval uniform. Th...
How did Jimmy Carl Black, legendary drummer of Frank Zappa's "Mothers of Invention", end up in a small village in Bavaria? At the age of 70, "The Indian of the Group", who hardly speaks any German, li...
A short comedy film, a football match at Kirkcaldy and various activities around Fife and Angus, including a visit to Fisher and Donaldson's bakery in Cupar.
(Reel 1) Food, fodder and equipment are unloaded at a railhead freightyard, and put into motorised and horse-drawn vehicles for the trip up to Mount Tonale and the River Piave valley. The convoys move...