A film interpretation of the poem 'The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo' by Gerard Manley Hopkins. Margaret Tait reads the poem throughout the film.
Amateur footage of the Erskine ferry and slipways after ceasing operation after the opening of the new Erskine Bridge.
Scenes of the peace pageant in the Borders town of Galashiels.
Life on Marywell Farm during the first years of the Taggart family's occupancy.
Amateur footage of the south side of Glasgow and the city centre during heavy snow.
Broxburn Gala Day and crowning of the Queen, 26th June 1954. Includes footage of the procession, children's fancy dress competition and the Gala Queen crowning ceremony.
Procession of the Gala Queen and "The Champion" through the streets of Kirkliston, West Lothian. 3rd July 1954.
The first annual inter-house school sports day at Broxburn High School, West Lothian. 5th July 1954.
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...
A documentary, narrated and directed by Sean Connery, on the turbulent industrial relations of the workforce of Fairfield's shipyard on the Clyde during the mid 1960s.
Television documentary from the mid 1960s about the redevelopment of Dundee: new houses, destruction of slums, the building of the Tay Road Bridge, growth of shops and industry.
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...
Shots of the "Empress of Britain" leaving Greenock for Canada and of the interior of the Parkhead steel works.
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.
The children of Rosehearty Primary School join with older members of the village to record memories of the village in the early half of the century, illustrated by a varied montage of photographs. Inc...
Journaal over de begrafenisplechtigheden van koning Albert I. (1) 19 februari 1934. Het lijk van de koning wordt naar zijn kasteel te Brussel gebracht. De beelden van de stoet, waarin tussen de rui...
Until today one of the most mysterious figures in Italian cinema has been, without a doubt, Lucio D’Ambra. Recent finds of his works permit a more accurate outline of a personality capable of ...
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.