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Videos
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CAMELS AND JAFFA [Main]
1917
Imperial War Museums

A camel train approaches and enters the city. A panorama of the city taken from the sea. Tiffin (compressed camel or horse fodder) being unloaded from ships lying out to sea by surf boats. The men wor...

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DAYS ON AND OFF
Non-Fiction / Amateur film
1970
National Library of Scotland

Amateur cine film featuring days out around the east coast and borders of Scotland in the 1970s. Includes footage of a canal trip on the 'Queen of the Borders', a day at Edinburgh Zoo, train rides a...

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FATHER AND LATHER [Main]
1918
Imperial War Museums
Other title(s):
- [FILM TAGS] [Allocated Series]

A young girl works cleaning the kitchen floor of a house. When she has finished she tosses the soap and cloth into the sink, which is full of water. The cook tells her, gently, that the soap will wast...

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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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GLASGOW TODAY AND TOMORROW
non-fiction
1949
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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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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ROSEHEARTY THEN AND NOW
non-fiction / Documentary film
1989
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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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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[ARRAN 1939]
National Library of Scotland
Other title(s):
- [ARRAN 1939]

Amateur footage of a family holiday on Arran, visiting Kildonan and Blackwaterfoot.

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(PROJECT 1965)
National Library of Scotland
Other title(s):
- (PROJECT 1965)

A recording of "Project 1965", a stage show organised by the Scottish Committee of the National Union of Townswomen's Guilds, with Scottish regional guilds performing tableaux from different lands.

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[TOWNSWOMEN’S GUILD ‘AT HOME’ PAISLEY]
National Library of Scotland
Other title(s):
- [TOWNSWOMEN’S GUILD ‘AT HOME’ PAISLEY]

Amateur footage of a stage play or musical performed in Paisley by members of the Townswomen's Guild.

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(TOWNSWOMEN'S GUILD CONFERENCE LONDON 1964)
National Library of Scotland
Other title(s):
- (TOWNSWOMEN'S GUILD CONFERENCE LONDON 1964)

Amateur footage of delegates attending a National Union of Townswomen's Guilds conference in the Royal Albert Hall in London.

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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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JOURNEY TO ROME 1967
National Library of Scotland

Amateur footage of a coach trip from Glasgow to Rome, travelling through France, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany and Austria on the way.

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BOTANIC GARDENS AND OLD GLASGOW
National Library of Scotland

Amateur footage of people in Glasgow's Botanic Gardens, traffic on Great Western Road and street scenes in the city.

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Father and Son
EYE Filmmuseum (The Netherlands)
Other title(s):
- Il Bon cinese

A short melodrama: the Chinese man Sang Lee takes pity on a white child (Jack). Twenty years later, Jack, now a prominent lawyer, defends his foster father in court from false accusations.

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Texts
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4 AND 20 FIT GIRLS
National Library of Scotland

Women exercising during a keep-fit class.

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Betty and the Buccaneers
EYE Filmmuseum (The Netherlands)
Other title(s):
- Betty en de zeerovers

Romantic adventure film in which Betty, who dreams about pirates, and her father, a gullible professor, are tricked by a bunch of real pirates. They are rescued by a young man who has a crush on Betty...

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FORTH AND CLYDE CANAL, the
National Library of Scotland

A history of the Forth and Clyde Canal.

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EAST AND WEST OF BRAEMAR
National Library of Scotland

A colourful tour of the Braemar area, Aberdeenshire.

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Emperor and Empress of Germany
EYE Filmmuseum (The Netherlands)
Other title(s):
- Bezoek Wilhelm II
- Emperor of Germany and staff on the way to the launch

Emperor Wilhelm II and empress Victoria of Germany on horses, escorted by horsemen, on their way to a parade at the Tempelhoferfeld in Berlin.

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CONSTRUCTION AND OPENING OF RAVENSCRAIG WORKS, the
National Library of Scotland

The progress of the building of the Ravenscraig Steelworks in Lanarkshire over three years from 1954, from site clearance until the first steel is produced. Copyright: Corus Group Ltd.

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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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GALA WEEK AND CROWNING CEREMONY
National Library of Scotland

Amateur footage of West Pilton's Gala week including the church parade, a bowling competition, a football match and the Gala Queen crowning ceremony.

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