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...
The Mayor is taken on a tour of the town and surrounding sights, to Comrie colliery and on a Clyde pleasure steamer.
An introduction to Perthshire, highlighting its places of interest, countryside and leisure opportunities.
Amateur footage of a journey down the Clyde by steamer to Rothesay.
Home movie of a family relaxing in a garden and on a visit to the beach.
Amateur footage of a steamer trip to Rothesay on board the St. Columba.
Amateur home movie footage of family events, including home visits, trips to the seaside and riding stables.
Various scenes of the village of Colinton from the early 1940s through to the mid 1950s.
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...
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...
"Above and Below" (2012-14)
"Above and Below" (2012-14)
The President of the Republic pays tribute in Oporto to the precursors of the Republic in 1891. Carmona honors veterans of WWI; military parade in honor of the vanquished.
A huge crowd attends the funeral procession of António José de Almeida, former President of the Republic, from his residence to the Alto de São João Cemetery.
Film on the Portuguese President of the Republic’s official visit to Évora, in Alentejo.
King Manuel II at the ceremony of setting the foundation stone of the Memorial to the Heroes of the Peninsular War in Oporto, July 1909. Fragment.
Shot of the school façade with a group of students walking down the stairs, some leaving the premises through the main door, others entering through the school gate which gives access to the garden.
Film about a sports festival in Amadora in 18-03-1917: air show, athletics competition (race), fundraising to help the war wounded.
The arrival of 10 war planes to Granja do Marquês’ airfield in Sintra.
Celebrations of the Labour’s Day in 1937. Workers parade, floats alluding to the local industries.