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.
Records a trip to South Africa made by Nat and Nettie McGavin. Includes places such as Port Elizabeth, Cape Town, Sea Point, Pretoria, the Vaal River, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and the Victori...
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...
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 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....
An amateur film compilation around the Borders. Includes footage of a visit to Duns by The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland the Rt. Rev Dr. James A. Simpson, a 250th annive...
Celebration in Celtic Park, Glasgow, to mark the centenary of the first apparition of Our Lady of Lourdes.
Compilation of amateur film of events in and around Golspie. Includes shots of the visit of the Fleet to Invergordon in May 1957.
Blair family visit to the Empire Exhibition,Bellahouston Park Glasgow, with views of the pavilions, outdoor exhibits, avenues, fountains and the Amusement Park. [see also ref 0065]
Rushes from a film made to record aspects of Dundee city life including shots of tenements, housing estates, crowds at Tannadice football ground and street scenes.
A voyage from Glasgow to St Kilda, containing scenes of the Western Isles and island life of the crofters on St Kilda. Research suggests scenes on the island of Hirta taken in May 1923, with later fo...
The opening of Lochalsh hydro-electric station in 1948 when power lines were connected to villages in the Highlands for the first time. Don Mundy, Australia's sheep shearing champion is featured in t...
An experimental piece, following the fortunes of a man who falls off castle ramparts and finds himself on an eerie beach experiencing strange phenomena. The main themes seem to be death and chance.
The annual get together of shepherds in Renfrewshire. This film shows work of shepherds and dogs in rounding up the sheep for clipping is shown, as is the correct way to shear, roll and tie the sheeps...
The intimate story of a family from Iraq who left their home and came to live in Scotland five years ago.
Enrique Fiss, Benny Techen (left to right) in "Near and Elsewhere" (2018)
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.
Volker Michalowski, Veronica Ferres, Gael García Bernal (in the front from left to right) in "Salt and Fire" (2015/16)
Records a trip to South Africa made by Nat and Nettie McGavin. Includes places such as Port Elizabeth, Cape Town, Sea Point, Pretoria, the Vaal River, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and the Victori...
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...