The film is compiled, rather than edited, by joining together four original films. (Reel 1) First IWM 31 INLAND WATER TRANSPORT, EGYPT and IWM 2 44TH REMOUNT SQUADRON ON THE EGYPTIAN COAST. (Reel 2) F...
A film interpretation of the poem 'The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo' by Gerard Manley Hopkins. Margaret Tait reads the poem throughout the film.
The festival of the Braw Lads Gathering in the Borders town of Galashiels; the historic flag is presented and then carried on horseback through the town.
Amateur footage of the Erskine ferry and slipways after ceasing operation after the opening of the new Erskine Bridge.
Various scenes of the village of Colinton from the early 1940s through to the mid 1950s.
Family Christmas from the mid 1960s.
Scenes of the peace pageant in the Borders town of Galashiels.
Life on Marywell Farm during the first years of the Taggart family's occupancy.
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....
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...
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.
Aberdeen High School for Girls - from the first day of infant class to prize-giving for senior pupils leaving school. All aspects of learning are recorded, with emphasis on drama, music and dance.
Presentation of Brussels by the puppets Toone and Woltje.
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...
Holidaymakers setting out from Glasgow, and travelling by train and steamer down the coast to Rothesay and Ettrick Bay. Includes tracking shots from tram in Sauchiehall Street.
A demonstration on how to use a Seine net for trawling. This film was planned by the Marine Laboratory Aberdeen, as part of their research programme on the efficiency of fishing gear. "Grateful ackn...
Story line of "Der Czardas-König (Die Emmerich-Kalman-Story)".
Internal correspondence regarding "Der Czardas-König (Die Emmerich-Kalman-Story)".
Internal correspondence regarding "Der Czardas-König (Die Emmerich-Kalman-Story)".
Costume list for "Der Czardas-König (Die Emmerich-Kalman-Story)".
Title suggestions (excerpt) for "Der Czardas-König (Die Emmerich-Kalman-Story)".
Dialogue list (excerpt) for "Der Stern von Santa Clara".
Screenplay (excerpt) of "Der Stern von Santa Clara".
Press information on "Der Stern von Santa Clara".