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THEN AND NOW
non-fiction / Documentary film
2003
National Library of Scotland
Other title(s):
- This Scotland series

The intimate story of a family from Iraq who left their home and came to live in Scotland five years ago.

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SEALING WAX AND WAFERS
non-fiction
1966
National Library of Scotland

A promotional film for George Waterston and Sons of Edinburgh, Wax Chandlers. This film shows interiors and machinery of the firm's old wax making factory at St. John's Hill, just prior to demolition....

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Can and Me
Documentary film / Trailer
2021/2022
DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum

In 1968 Irmin Schmidt and Holger Czukay founded the band Can in Cologne, which cultivated an avant-garde style somewhere between free jazz and funk, krautrock and psychedelic rock, and also experiment...

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ART AND MOVEMENT
non-fiction / Educational film
1965
National Library of Scotland

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.

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BY LEARNING AND COURTESY
non-fiction / Documentary film
1954
National Library of Scotland

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.

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Betty and the Buccaneers
1917
EYE Filmmuseum (The Netherlands)
Other title(s):
- Betty en de zeerovers

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...

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WOMEN AND THE WAR [Main]
1918
Imperial War Museums

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...

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GLASGOW AND THE CLYDE COAST
non-fiction
1912
National Library of Scotland

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.

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Images
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HOME AND AWAY NO. 12
National Library of Scotland
Other title(s):
- Home and Away series

One of a series of 20 films made for Babcock and Wilcox (Steam) Ltd. between 1954 and 1961. The film includes shots of Babcock and Wilcox boilers being installed in the Kodak factory, Essex. [See al...

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Cough and sneezes

As producer, actor and filmmaker, Richard Massingham managed to combine his passion for film and medical science.

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LION THE GRIFFIN AND THE KANGAROO, the
National Library of Scotland

Perugia and its Italian University for foreign students.

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GALASHIELS AND BRAW LADS GATHERING
National Library of Scotland

The festival of the Braw Lads Gathering in the Borders town of Galashiels; the historic flag is presented and then carried on horseback through the town.

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COACHBUILDERS, the
National Library of Scotland

Informative overview of horse-drawn carriages as a means of transport in Edinburgh from Victorian times to more recent times (milk delivery). Illustrated with dramatised sequences and information on ...

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TOURISTS, the
National Library of Scotland

A holiday film of Italy, including views of Genoa, Alassio, Naples and Filignano.

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SOMETHING OLD NEW AND BORROWED
National Library of Scotland

Various scenes of the village of Colinton from the early 1940s through to the mid 1950s.

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CHRISTMAS WITH MORAG AND LESLEY
National Library of Scotland

Family Christmas from the mid 1960s.

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Texts
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The Lord and the Peasant
EYE Filmmuseum (The Netherlands)
Other title(s):
- Die Heimkehr des Reisenden

Mary is in love with a young farmer, who goes abroad to earn money. During his absence, Mary's family is assailed by disease and poverty. Since she has not heard from her beloved for a long time, she ...

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LION AND THE LAMB, the
National Library of Scotland

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.

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OLD AND THE NEW, the
National Library of Scotland

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...

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BOWLER AND THE BUNNET, the
National Library of Scotland

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.

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ROAD AND THE MILES, the
National Library of Scotland

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.

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DRAGON AND THE THISTLE, the
National Library of Scotland

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...

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STEEL AND ENGINEERING
National Library of Scotland

Shots of the "Empress of Britain" leaving Greenock for Canada and of the interior of the Parkhead steel works.

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SCOTLAND'S GARDENS AND ALLOTMENTS
National Library of Scotland

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.

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