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...
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...
Amateur footage of a family moving house, and family and friends posing for photographs in a garden.
A steamer trip from Wemyss Bay through the Kyles of Bute to Inveraray.
Emperor Wilhelm II and empress Victoria of Germany on horses, escorted by horsemen, on their way to a parade at the Tempelhoferfeld in Berlin.
The work of the Blood Transfusion Association in the Bathgate area, and an appeal to "become a regular donor".
As producer, actor and filmmaker, Richard Massingham managed to combine his passion for film and medical science.
A short melodrama: the Chinese man Sang Lee takes pity on a white child (Jack). Twenty years later, Jack, now a prominent lawyer, defends his foster father in court from false accusations.
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.
A smith shows how to make the traditional handmade auger.
A short presentation of Norwegian aviation from the first flight in 1909 to the present (1959).
The film shows traditional ways to make baskets.
The Sami people gather their reindeer inside the fence in the autumn to brand, milk, slaughter, etc.
The film shows how to build a traditional Sami river boat in Tana.
Scouts in their Saint George’s Day parade in Helsinki. Road skills competition in Helsinki, organised by the Finnish Automobile Club. President Eisenhower’s disarmament speech to the press in the ...
Everybody joins in to chop firewood. Lennart Segerstråle (1892-1975) painting his fresco in the Bank of Finland. 60th anniversary of the YL Male Voice Choir. Cross-country skiing championships of Sot...
Finnish Waffen-SS volunteers return to Finland after serving in the German Army. Apple trees in bloom. In 1942, the people of Finland saved more than 3,200 million FIM.