Solo from 'La sylphide' (1836), ballet by August Bournonville. Performed by Ellen Price (1878-1968), soloist from 1903. Ellen Price's dancing in Hans Beck's ballet 'The Little Mermaid' (1909) was the ...
Jacob Christian Ellehammer foretager sine første forsøg på flyvning med treplans flyvemaskine. Letter sig ganske lidt over jorden til tilskuernes jubel. OBS! Det er ikke Ellehammers allerførste f...
Statsminister Thorvald Stauning taler, i en optagelse til eftertiden, om tiden vi lever i til film- og stemmearkivet den 26. april 1941.
Flyvning. Den franske pilot ved sin flyvemaskine. Maskinen startes, og Chevillard letter fra Kløvermarkens flyveplads. Foretager forskellige flyvninger og øvelser i luften. Lander sikkert igen.
Enkekejserinde Dagmar af Rusland ankommer ombord på russisk fartøj til Københavns havn. Modtages af medlemmer af den danske kongefamilie.
One of a series of twenty films made for Babcock and Wilcox (Steam) Ltd. between 1954 and 1961, it looks at the Scottish Gas Board Works at Westfield and ferries using Babcock and Wilcox steam engines...
One of a series of 20 films made for Babcock and Wilcox between 1954 and 1961, it illustrates the firm's involvement with atomic power and their construction of a reactor pressure vessel at Hinkley Po...
Steel making processes at Glengarnock Iron and Steel works.
The Forth and Clyde Canal's operations on its last year of use.
Hostels at Loch Ard, Inverbeg and Rowardennan, with footage of hostellers climbing Ben Lomond and the Cobbler, canoeing on Loch Lomond and enjoying a dance.
The sculptor Benno Schotz at work in his studio in Glasgow, and demonstrating his technique. The film examines his working methods and the themes running through his work. Much of his work is as a m...
A football match between Elgin City and an unidentified team, and the Inspection and Presentation of Colours of the Boys' Brigade (Inverness Battalion).
Various scenes of the village of Colinton from the early 1940s through to the mid 1950s.
An exploration of St Peter's Seminary, Cardross on the Firth of Clyde.
Shopping in Glasgow. Fruit and vegetables being selected for delivery to local stores.
A survey of Aberdeen's industries, including shipbuilding, granite quarrying, fishing, papermaking, textiles and light engineering.
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...
As producer, actor and filmmaker, Richard Massingham managed to combine his passion for film and medical science.
Amateur fiction film about the human race's fascination with light, from the builders of Stonehenge to a modern tale of two boys going fishing by candlelight, then being caught by gamekeepers.