A football match between Elgin City and an unidentified team, and the Inspection and Presentation of Colours of the Boys' Brigade (Inverness Battalion).
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 Royal Engineers sergeant shows how to load two carrier pigeons into a small wicker basket for transport. At the Rosyth seaplane base Felixstowe F2A flying boats and Short 184 seaplanes ride at ancho...
A descriptive essay on the city of Edinburgh, and in particular of Edinburgh Castle.
Family home movies including footage of daily life around Glasgow city centre, the Barras market, the West End and the new Clyde Tunnel.
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...
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...
Amateur footage of the south side of Glasgow and the city centre during heavy snow.
Australian soldiers, probably of 5th Division, at the south end of the Saint Quentin tunnel at Bellicourt. A temporary bridge has been built just below the tunnel entrance. A view, from on top of the ...
(Reel 1) The film's only caption, "Indian troops marching through Baghdad". They are wearing winter clothing. A British horse-drawn fire-engine leaves for a (staged ?) emergency. On the river there ar...
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...
I. RAMC men help refugees in a street in Douai to load both themselves and their belongings into a British Army lorry. As the last one is loaded the tailboard is closed up and the people wave as the l...
Amateur footage of West Pilton's Gala week including the church parade, a bowling competition, a football match and the Gala Queen crowning ceremony.
A tour through various exhibitions in the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.
Footage of sand racing, and coverage of the first post-war car hill climb race held at Rest and Be Thankful, organised by the Royal Scottish Automobile Club, St Andrews.
One of a series of 20 films made for Babcock and Wilcox (Steam) Ltd. between 1954 and 1961, it features the Babcock and Wilcox tower crane involved in building the new sports stadium, Crystal Palace, ...
An amateur film shot in the mid 1980s showing various leisure activities in and around the Perthshire town of Crieff including; water sports, pony trekking, BMX bikes, raft river racing, and radio con...
The people of Lochgelly at work and play, with footage of wash day and playing golf and bowls.
One of a series of 20 films made for Babcock and Wilcox (Steam) Ltd between 1954 and 1961, it includes a tea party for members of staff held at Turnberry Hotel where they also play golf for the inter-...
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...