A film tracing the introduction of movement as a factor in 20th century art. It records various ways in which artists have tackled this development such as Gabo, Calder and Soto.
Surrealistic view of the "Honeymoon couple", interrupted by salesmen, consumer goods, jealousy, anger and infidelity. [Award winner in the 1957 Scottish Amateur Film Festival.]
A descriptive essay on the city of Edinburgh, and in particular of Edinburgh Castle.
An exploration of St Peter's Seminary, Cardross on the Firth of Clyde.
The wedding of Jock Lyon and Lorna Duncan at Greyfriars Church, Dumfries, February 23rd 1928.
Family home life.
Film sponsored by Esso following the Scottish Rally of 1976. The rally begins in Ayrshire and takes in the Highlands. Interviews with various drivers at the roadside and after each stage is completed...
Family home movies including footage of daily life around Glasgow city centre, the Barras market, the West End and the new Clyde Tunnel.
Amateur footage of a coach trip from Glasgow to Rome, travelling through France, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany and Austria on the way.
Japan Desk Scotland’s eighth documentary about the Fukushima nuclear accident in 2011, looking back at the work to create a radiation map of the surrounding area and the establishment of the Institu...
Overview of journey from Glasgow city centre to Rothesay and Largs on passenger steamer circa 1935.
Life on Marywell Farm during the first years of the Taggart family's occupancy.
Shopping in Glasgow. Fruit and vegetables being selected for delivery to local stores.
Trip from Oban to Staffa and Iona, visiting the tourist sites. [Accompanied by voiceover and classical music]
A camel train approaches and enters the city. A panorama of the city taken from the sea. Tiffin (compressed camel or horse fodder) being unloaded from ships lying out to sea by surf boats. The men wor...
Glasgow in the post-war years and the Corporation's futuristic plans for the city's development. [The film was made to tie in with an exhibition of the same title, held at the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow....
The brigade, raised in Camberwell, parades through the streets on its way to join 33rd Division at Bulford. The streets are lined with people as the limbers move past.
Newsreel item on CLVI Briga...
The two men are in a village in the rear areas. Lipton guides the Prince up to the camera. The Prince exchanges a few words with a convalescent Serbian soldier. A portrait shot of the Prince.
New...
Engineers place dynamite into the holes drilled for the blast. The charge of 26 tons of dynamite is then used to blow a cliff-face, bringing down 300,000 tons of rock, "a record blast".
Newsreel ...
The snow sculptures have been made in a park. Some are intentionally comic but a few are obviously intended as serious art. The various 'artists' retouch their creations. According to the caption one ...
The hearses, with an escort of sailors, enter the cemetery. One coffin, draped with a Union Jack, is taken from its hearse to its burial plot. An Army burial party fires shots over the grave. One woma...
The trade unionist shop stewards "representing 40,000 shipyard workers" are shown around the hospital. They include some women. They are shown a patient receiving heat lamp treatment. A group of them ...
The cadets, on the ground, study maps. Two of them climb out of a Bristol F2B Fighter after a training flight. One has his parachute harness checked. Another tries to control his parachute on the grou...
Two items from this issue: "The Atlantic Flight - Miss Catherine Masson christens the waterplane "America" which is to attempt the great flight across the Atlantic." "Great Britain Prepares - Scenes ...