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.
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.