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 ...
"Auf Umwegen" (2024)
German movie poster of "Heldin" (2025)
Judith Kaufmann (front) while shooting "Heldin" (2025)
Petra Biondina Volpe while shooting "Heldin" (2025)
Leonie Benesch in "Heldin" (2025)
Leonie Benesch in "Heldin" (2025)
Promotional documentary on missionary work in Belgian Congo. Commissioned by the Priests of the Sacred Heart, who are trying to recruit new missionaries for the Belgian colony of Congo.
Film showing two tourists travelling to Belgian Congo.
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.