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GLASGOW, ROTHESAY AND LARGS, to
non-fiction / Newsreel
1935
National Library of Scotland

Overview of journey from Glasgow city centre to Rothesay and Largs on passenger steamer circa 1935.

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TREMBLE
Feature film
2019
National Library of Scotland

An abstract dining room is the setting for Scottish Ballet’s largest film commission to date. Tremble stars 26 Scottish Ballet dancers....

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HOW SCWS CIGARETTES AND TOBACCOS ARE MADE
non-fiction
1938
National Library of Scotland

The manufacture of SCWS cigarettes and tobacco at the Co-op's Shieldhall factory, Glasgow.

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BRUNTON'S WIRE AND ROPE WORKS, MUSSELBURGH
non-fiction
1930
National Library of Scotland

The processes involved in the manufacturing of wire rope at Brunton's Wire and Rope Works, Musselburgh.

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REST AND BE THANKFUL HILL CLIMB 1950
non-fiction / Amateur film
1950
National Library of Scotland

The Rest And Be Thankful Hill Climb of 1950, organised by the Royal Scottish Automobile Club. Featuring general views of the race and presentation of the trophy to the winner.

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GATHERING, the
non-fiction / Documentary film / Amateur film
1968
National Library of Scotland

The annual get together of shepherds in Renfrewshire. This film shows work of shepherds and dogs in rounding up the sheep for clipping is shown, as is the correct way to shear, roll and tie the sheeps...

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OUR CITY - TODAY AND TOMORROW
non-fiction / Educational film
1949
National Library of Scotland
Other title(s):
- Glasgow Civics series

The city of Glasgow in the 1940s - its buildings, parks, museum, university and housing, showing the plans for major re-development of the city. Relates to issues proposed in the Bruce Report 1945 - a...

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CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH
non-fiction / Educational film
1965
National Library of Scotland

A look at Mackintosh's work, including his own house in Glasgow's Southpark Avenue, Scotland Street School, Cranston's Tea Rooms, and Glasgow's School of Art. [Viewing copy in colour].

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Images
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GLASGOW TODAY AND TOMORROW
National Library of Scotland

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....

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BILLY AND ZORBA
National Library of Scotland
Other title(s):
- Tartan Shorts series

In a decayed Scottish fishing village, an outcast boy strikes up a friendship with a fisherman who believes himself to be Zorba.

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BENNO SCHOTZ: Sculptor and Modeller
National Library of Scotland

The sculptor Benno Schotz at work in his studio in Glasgow, and demonstrating his technique. The film examines his working methods and the themes running through his work. Much of his work is as a m...

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STEEL AND ENGINEERING
National Library of Scotland

Shots of the "Empress of Britain" leaving Greenock for Canada and of the interior of the Parkhead steel works.

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SCOTLAND'S GARDENS AND ALLOTMENTS
National Library of Scotland

Craigbank Gardens, Edinburgh. The film has extensive footage of allotments, vegetable gardens and people tending the crops. Portree Horticultural Show also features towards the end of the film.

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IN AND AROUND ACHARACLE
National Library of Scotland

Everyday life in the crofting community of Acharacle, Lochaber, in the 1950s.

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ROSEHEARTY THEN AND NOW
National Library of Scotland

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...

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OUT AND ABOUT, GLASGOW
National Library of Scotland

Family home movies including footage of daily life around Glasgow city centre, the Barras market, the West End and the new Clyde Tunnel.

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Texts
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BOWLER AND THE BUNNET, the
National Library of Scotland

A documentary, narrated and directed by Sean Connery, on the turbulent industrial relations of the workforce of Fairfield's shipyard on the Clyde during the mid 1960s.

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ROAD AND THE MILES, the
National Library of Scotland

Television documentary from the mid 1960s about the redevelopment of Dundee: new houses, destruction of slums, the building of the Tay Road Bridge, growth of shops and industry.

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DRAGON AND THE THISTLE, the
National Library of Scotland

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...

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The dachshund and the sausage

A cartoon combining drawings and live footage, in which a drawing comes to life while its author isn't there. The film's director began as a political cartoonist and in 1914 founded Bray Studios, amon...

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Daphne and the pirate
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Might and the man
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SAILOR AND THE DEVIL, ΤΗΕ
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Tammny (Tammy and the Bachelor)
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