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.
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.