A film tracing the introduction of movement as a factor in 20th century art. It records various ways in which artists have tackled this development such as Gabo, Calder and Soto.
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.
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...
Holidaymakers setting out from Glasgow, and travelling by train and steamer down the coast to Rothesay and Ettrick Bay. Includes tracking shots from tram in Sauchiehall Street.
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...
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.
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.
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...
A cartoon combining drawings and live footage, in which a drawing comes to life while its author isn't there. The film's director began as a political cartoonist and in 1914 founded Bray Studios, amon...
Shots of the "Empress of Britain" leaving Greenock for Canada and of the interior of the Parkhead steel works.
Romantische avonturenfilm waarin het meisje Betty, die over piraten droomt, en haar vader, een goedgelovige professor is, bedrogen worden door een stel echte zeerovers. Ze worden gered door een jongem...
Craigbank Gardens, Edinburgh. The film has extensive footage of allotments, vegetable gardens and people tending the crops. Portree Horticultural Show also features towards the end of the film.
Everyday life in the crofting community of Acharacle, Lochaber, in the 1950s.
Cyclical year in the life of the Taggart family as they take up residence at Marywell Farm. Their first experiences of country life.
A history of the Eastwood area in Glasgow, and footage of new community building developments in the early 1970s.
Documentary on the painter René Magritte, with an analysis of his work.
De film opent met verschillende beelden die moeten aantonen hoe de mens en de manier waarop hij zich voortbeweegt steeds evolueert. Men verplaatst zich eerst te voet om vervolgens gebruik te maken van...
Propagandafilm voor de verkiezingen van 1 juni 1958. Er wordt even teruggeblikt naar 1954, de CVP had er een puinhoop van gemaakt: (Beelden van: lente in de natuur; werkloosheid in 1954 (300.000); ina...
De film opent met beelden van Guido Gezelle (afbeelding), Tollenaere (foto), P. Benoit, met daartussen moeilijk te localiseren plaatsen. Het beeld van Reimond Tollenaere bij de start van de film zou k...
Documentaire over de geschiedenis van het vliegtuig. De titel van de documentaire ontbreekt. De documentaire begint met beelden van het eerste motorvliegtuig, dat in 1903 uitgevonden is door de gebr...
The mafia’s interference in every level of political power.
Omdat deze documentaire film geen aftiteling bevat, weten we niet door wie hij geproduceerd werd. Het gaat in elk geval om een professioneel gemaakte productie met gebruik van veel archiefmateriaal, w...
Reportage over de begrafenisplechtigheid van Koningin Astrid, voorafgegaan door een terugblik op enkele hoogtepunten in haar leven. Koningin Astrid sterft op 29-08-1935 in Küssnacht am Rigi in Zwitse...