A look at the social and economic changes in Scotland during the 1950s, after the upheaval of the war. From the restoration of Iona Abbey to the development of new industries.
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...
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...
Australian troops practising bomb (hand grenade) throwing from slit trenches. The explosions are filmed at various angles and distances. The 'cup final' of 7th (Meerut) Division football championships...
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...
Colonel Samson is not clearly visible in the film. The DH4, fitted with floats and no wheels, taxies through the water behind a Felixstowe flying boat, which takes off ahead of it. The DH4 then thrott...
The American Committee's health department brings the medical authorities' and parliamentary circles' attention to the state of children's public health in the disaster-stricken Aisne region. Seventee...
Australian soldiers, probably of 5th Division, at the south end of the Saint Quentin tunnel at Bellicourt. A temporary bridge has been built just below the tunnel entrance. A view, from on top of the ...
"Above and Below" (2012-14)
"Above and Below" (2012-14)
"Above and Below" (2012-14)
"Above and Below" (2012-14)
"Above and Below" (2012-14)
"Above and Below" (2012-14)
"Above and Below" (2012-14)
"Above and Below" (2012-14)
50th anniversary exhibition of consumer cooperative Elanto at the Exhibition Hall in Helsinki. President Ståhlberg statue competition. Ernst Josephson exhibition at Ateneum Art Museum, the National G...
Marathon walk, Finland v. Sweden at Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Football match, Finland v. Brazil, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Finland’s first cat show at Kunsthalle Helsinki. Padasjoki Natural Park....
Tyko Sallinen (1879-1955) commemorative exhibition at the Ateneum Art Museum. Imatra borough celebrates its 10th anniversary. The 7th anniversary of Marshal Mannerheim’s (1867-1951) death is commemo...
Funeral of Unto-Pekka Matikainen, the Finnish soldier who was killed in Cyprus, at the Hietaniemi cemetery. Press conference of the national peatland forest competition at Oulunsalo in Helsinki (KOP b...
Kaisaniemi wrestling tournament. Python snake on the loose in Porvoo. Crashed car abandoned beside the Porvoo road. Submission of a report on corrosion research. Biblical spectacle at the Seurasaari s...
Soviet Deputy Prime Minister Anastas Mikoyan in Finland, part II: Reception at the Soviet Embassy. Premiere of Soviet film Grand Prix held at Capitol Cinema. Icebreaker Leningrad is launched at the Hi...
The British ambassador presents his credentials to the President of the Republic. Hyvinkää Church (designed by Aarno Ruusuvuori) is inaugurated. Railway museum at the Helsinki Railway Station. Stati...
Maaseudun Kukkasrahasto Foundation’s sketches for standardised youth centre buildings. Art by Timo Sarpaneva. Minister for Foreign Affairs Ahti Karjalainen returns from the United States to settle t...