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 ...
A romantic wee ballet, Highland Fling is Matthew Bourne’s take on the classic La Sylphide. It follows James, a young Scot with sex, love and rock and roll on his mind, and his fateful journey from t...
Depicts the day to day workings of missionary hospital in Nazareth. Shows the town and surrounding countryside, people at market and at work, details the medical work of medical staff in the hospital...
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother visits Lord and Lady Aberdeen at Haddo House, Aberdeenshire.
Plans for building new housing in Glasgow and encouraging skilled tradesmen to return to working at their old trades on building sites.
Young people enjoying various activities at Butlin's camp at Ayr. The purpose of the venture was to bring young Scots face to face with leaders in public life.
A procession down the Royal Mile and ceremony at Holyroodhouse to welcome European and Commonwealth representatives to the 1949 Edinburgh International Festival.
From sheep shearing in Australia to wool being spun and woven into cloth in Scottish tweed mills.
A family holiday around Firth of Clyde and beyond on various boats. Includes a trip to Belfast and a trip 'Doon The Watter' on the Waverley.
The Gathering at Glenfinnan in the Highlands to mark the 200th anniversary of raising the standard of James VIII of Scotland and III of England.
Views of Benmore House and Estate, gifted by H.G. Younger as a forestry and botany demonstration area with some of the activities given to forestry trainees.
In a decayed Scottish fishing village, an outcast boy strikes up a friendship with a fisherman who believes himself to be Zorba.
The intimate story of a family from Iraq who left their home and came to live in Scotland five years ago.
A young girl works cleaning the kitchen floor of a house. When she has finished she tosses the soap and cloth into the sink, which is full of water. The cook tells her, gently, that the soap will wast...
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...
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.
An honest man (Kostas Kakkavas) hands over a bag full of money to its owner (Christos Tsaganeas) despite his great financial need.
A typical melodrama about a young woman who disappears from her sweetheart’s life, sacrificing her own happiness in order to help him rise in the world.
Kokovios (Petros Giannakos) is a naive but well-intentioned little man, who, despite the fact that he tries to help the people around him, he is always getting in hot water.
The chief of a gang forces young girls into prostitution. A police officer follows the offenders in order to arrest them. With Kostas Gkousgkounis in the leading role.
A freshwater captain tries to satisfy his desires through wild adventures but his romantic affairs are a real “shipwreck”.
Allied troops, mainly French, patrol the streets of the town. The house of Mathias Corvinus, the fifteenth century astrologer, is shown. People queue to vote in the plebiscite. The local paper gives t...
The troops are in trenches well below the snowline, doing general maintenance work. The Archduke wanders along the lines of camouflaged positions, completely informally, occasionally stopping to talk ...
The villa of Berti Soderini at Nervesca, containing frescoes by Paolo Veronese, shows extensive damage as the result of an Austrian bombardment, "the Hun touch".
Newsreel item on damage done by A...