Footage of Scottish cinemas, including staff at work in projection rooms, shot on Kodachrome 16mm film stock just before Kodachrome processing was discontinued worldwide.
A short film, with scenes of Athens and the Parthenon. This material was added to an older, American movie, and was shown as a Greek film.
This is a two-act film which was presented as “audio” in the cinema, since the film was accompanied by a device producing sound and music, one of Joseph Hepp’s own inventions.
A shinty match in the Highlands between Kingussie v Newtonmore on 3rd February, 1934 which was abandoned nine minutes from the end, due to spectators rushing onto field after a dispute with the linesm...
Film depicting the dramatic reconstruction of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour. It was made entirely with home-built models and special effects, and won the 1979 'Ten Best' award from 'Movie Make...
The funeral of George Biddall. Biddall's circus travelled the country. The most famous part of their show was the "Biddall's Ghost Illusion", which gave the impression of pictures moving. When Geor...
Amateur film shot on 8mm between 1962 and 1965 by local resident Joe Griffiths showing the daily life of the Lanarkshire mining village of Bothwellhaugh. The village which served the Hamilton Palace ...
The construction of three multistorey housing units at Trottick, Dundee, by Bett-Bison in the 1960s. The housing was of an experimental nature in terms of its reliance on prefabricated parts and its ...
The film is promoted as "Drama in 12 reels. In the main role Bedřich Karen, a member of The National Theatre in Prague". An assault of the Czechoslovak volunteers in Russia. In the foreground colonel...
The story is an adaptation of a Prague legend about Petr Parléř, architect to Charles IV who was entrusted with the task of building a Gothic cathedral in Prague, a magnificent example of the archit...
A drama about a famous actor who, while studying the role of Hamlet, begins to think that Yorick's skull is that of his one-time friend and rival in love; this suggestion excites him so much so that h...
While a group of children is playing by the railroad station, a tragic accident occurs during which Vašíček's legs are crushed by a train. After a complicated operation Vašíček is moved to Jedli...
"The plot is set sometime during the 14th or 15th century and is based on the old chivalrous legends which are now gone forever. It tells of a beautiful girl whose father, a prince, forces her to marr...
The coquettish Eva fires love into a captain's heart, the she rejects him and he tries to kidnap her. In the end, he renounces his love. Eva enters a convent and the captain tries to find her. Eva is ...
Jindra and her cousin Amálka return from Vienna to her father's estate. Both girls are welcomed not only by the family but also by Vojtěch Lípa, the patriotic tutor of Jindra's two younger brothers...
The elderly Mr Máček likes young women and girls and he always takes the opportunity to try to make their acquaintance. He is only sorry he is not younger. When he discovers the existence of an elix...