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Videos
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OSTRICHES AND OTHER ODDITIES
non-fiction
1951
National Library of Scotland

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...

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STAFFA AND IONA
non-fiction / Amateur film
1956
National Library of Scotland

Trip from Oban to Staffa and Iona, visiting the tourist sites. [Accompanied by voiceover and classical music]

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LION THE GRIFFIN AND THE KANGAROO, the
non-fiction / Documentary film / Experimental film
1951
National Library of Scotland

Perugia and its Italian University for foreign students.

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SADNESS AND GLADNESS
non-fiction
1928
National Library of Scotland

Jeannie and Mattie are accepted for a seaside holiday camp. One of a series of fund-raising films produced in aid of the Necessitous Children's Holiday Camp Fund.

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BENMORE HOUSE AND ESTATE
non-fiction / Amateur film
1934
National Library of Scotland

Views of Benmore House and Estate, gifted by H.G. Younger as a forestry and botany demonstration area with some of the activities given to forestry trainees.

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THEN AND NOW
non-fiction / Documentary film
2003
National Library of Scotland
Other title(s):
- This Scotland series

The intimate story of a family from Iraq who left their home and came to live in Scotland five years ago.

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SEALING WAX AND WAFERS
non-fiction
1966
National Library of Scotland

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....

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Can and Me
Documentary film / Trailer
2021/2022
DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum

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...

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Images
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FORTH ROAD BRIDGE AND TURNHOUSE AIRPORT
National Library of Scotland

Amateur footage of a family at the newly-opened Forth Road Bridge and brief footage of an aircraft at Turnhouse Airport, Edinburgh.

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SPACE AND LIGHT
National Library of Scotland

An exploration of St Peter's Seminary, Cardross on the Firth of Clyde.

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SCOTCH AND DRY
National Library of Scotland

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...

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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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The Old Man and the Bird
Film still
2014
DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum

"The Old Man and the Bird" (2014/15)

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DOWN ON THE FARM
National Library of Scotland

Cyclical year in the life of the Taggart family as they take up residence at Marywell Farm. Their first experiences of country life.

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HEART OF EASTWOOD, the
National Library of Scotland

A history of the Eastwood area in Glasgow, and footage of new community building developments in the early 1970s.

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Texts
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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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BRIDE AND GROOM
National Library of Scotland

Surrealistic view of the "Honeymoon couple", interrupted by salesmen, consumer goods, jealousy, anger and infidelity. [Award winner in the 1957 Scottish Amateur Film Festival.]

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HORSE AND CARRIAGE
Tainiothiki tis Ellados
Other title(s):
- HORSE CARRIAGE (THE)

Mr. Anestis, an old coachman, doesn’t want to change professions, even though cars now rule the road. He lives together with an orphan girl, Annoula, who was the beloved of a boy named Nikos, who ha...

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BEFORE AND AFTER THE BABY
National Library of Scotland

Overview of twenty one ante and post natal exercises through the combination of detailed intertitles and physical demonstration. Filming takes place at Rottenrow Maternity and Women's Hospital as wel...

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ROAD SAFETY AND INTERVIEW WITH BRUCE FORSYTH
National Library of Scotland
Other title(s):
- Time Out with Tennent series

T.V. Documentary from the mid 1960s reporting on the action the Stirlingshire police force is taking towards road safety. The second report is a interview with the entertainer Bruce Forsyth backstag...

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SEA AND SHIPS, the
National Library of Scotland

A family holiday around Firth of Clyde and beyond on various boats. Includes a trip to Belfast and a trip 'Doon The Watter' on the Waverley.

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GLENFINNAN AND THE '45
National Library of Scotland

The Gathering at Glenfinnan in the Highlands to mark the 200th anniversary of raising the standard of James VIII of Scotland and III of England.

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GLENMORE AND THE CAIRNGORMS
National Library of Scotland

An illustration of the various outdoor activities by youth groups at Glenmore Lodge in the Cairngorms.

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