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...
Amateur footage of women working in an office in Glasgow city centre, and general views at Faslane on Gare Loch, including the liner Aquitania.
(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...
Romantic adventure film in which Betty, who dreams about pirates, and her father, a gullible professor, are tricked by a bunch of real pirates. They are rescued by a young man who has a crush on Betty...
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.
SPCA inspects farm and transport of livestock, and shows the care of both working animals and pets. Also outlines SPCA's role in rehoming animals, and in educating children about pet care.
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...
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...
"The Old Man and the Bird" (2014/15)
War-time report, probably released in September-October 1919.
Unfinished report about a cycle race at Brussels's Palais des Sports.
01 – Mostra Viene inaugurato dal Prefetto di Milano e dal Presidente della Smau il 3° Salone Internazionale macchine e attrezzature per ufficio. All'interno della mostra è ricostruito un ant...
01 – Tecnica (Italia, Francia, Germania, 2-7/12/1968) Un missile pronto nella rampa di lancio e degli ingegneri aerospaziali impegnati in laboratorio; il conto alla rovescia, poi il missile ac...
01 – Visita (Roma, 27-28/02/1969 - Città del Vaticano, 2/03/1969) Il presidente americano Richard Nixon scende dall'aereo presidenziale. Ad accoglierlo in aeroporto, autorità civili e milita...
01 – Estero (Medio Oriente, 7/09/1970) Il servizio parla della difficile situazione in Medio Oriente, mentre scorrono immagini di trafficate città arabe, strade affollate di gente e piazze pi...
Film on the diversity of habitations in Belgium in the fifties.
Documentary about the life of King Albert I of Belgium. The film is entirely composed of archival footage.