The R36 is nose-forward in its shed. Workers turn a large capstan to wind back the doors of the shed and the airship is towed out. It is clearly marked as R36 and as G-FAAF. It takes off from its laun...
The film opens with an unrelated scene of Australian troops exploding a shell or mine in a training exercise. 1st Spahi Cavalry Regiment 'charges' the camera. One of the men demonstrates steadiness by...
Service held in Victoria Park, Whiteinch, Glasgow. Parade of veterans and boys brigade. A school sports day in Glasgow.
The homes and haunts of Robert Burns. His birthplace, Poosie Nansie's Inn, Gavin Hamilton's house where the poet was married, and the Tam O'Shanter Inn.
A journey by train and boat from Perthshire to Skye.
The services of Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary after a road accident.
Inspection of Paisley Fire Brigade by the Provost and councillors, and a firefighting demonstration using horse-drawn vehicles. Firemaster Girdwood performs acrobatic stunts on top of an extension la...
The procession and crowning of the Queen of the Bonnie Lassies, Miss Anne Thomson, at Ayr Ice Rink.
Gustav Fröhlich, Joe May (left to right) while shooting "Asphalt" (1929)
Gustav Fröhlich, Albert Steinrück (left to right) in "Asphalt" (1929)
Gustav Fröhlich (left) while shooting "Asphalt" (1929)
Betty Amann, Gustav Fröhlich (left to right) in "Asphalt" (1929)
Gustav Fröhlich (front) in "Asphalt" (1929)
Albert Steinrück, Else Heller, Gustav Fröhlich (left to right) in "Asphalt" (1929)
Betty Amann, Gustav Fröhlich (left to right) in "Asphalt" (1929)
Trude Lieske, Betty Amann (left to right) in "Asphalt" (1929)
Lothian's coastal industries: fishing ports at Granton and Newhaven and the docks at Leith and Bo'ness. Its mining industries: shale mining by open-cast methods and a new pit at Bo'ness. Some of th...
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.
The changing forces in the traditional borderland; in the fishing and textile industries, farming, forestry and housing.
An open-air lecture by Margaret Baker telling the story about the dangers of drink, and propounding the benefits of drinking milk.
HRH the Prince of Wales on a tour of the Highlands and Islands with visits including the Highland stoneware pottery at Lochinver, a woollen mill on Lewis, an electronics factory on Skye and fudge and ...
The Corpus Christi procession from St. Joseph's Church Kilmarnock to Nazareth House (Convent of the Poor Sisters of Nazareth). [Part of a collection of films concerning the Catholic liturgical practi...
Wild flowers at Umanak, Greenland and the Governor of Greenland gives a coffee party.
A woman botanist collects wild flowers and local women make baskets on the island of Unalaska.