One of a series of twenty films made for Babcock and Wilcox (Steam) Ltd. between 1954 and 1961, it looks at the Scottish Gas Board Works at Westfield and ferries using Babcock and Wilcox steam engines...
Shots of the "Empress of Britain" leaving Greenock for Canada and of the interior of the Parkhead steel works.
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.
Everyday life in the crofting community of Acharacle, Lochaber, in the 1950s.
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...
Family home movies including footage of daily life around Glasgow city centre, the Barras market, the West End and the new Clyde Tunnel.
I. RAMC men help refugees in a street in Douai to load both themselves and their belongings into a British Army lorry. As the last one is loaded the tailboard is closed up and the people wave as the l...
Behind the scenes footage of activities at the Scottish Association of Amateur Cinematographers' weekend at Crieff Hydro.
In a decayed Scottish fishing village, an outcast boy strikes up a friendship with a fisherman who believes himself to be Zorba.
An experimental film in the form of a riddle by artist Gillian Steel.
An exploration of St Peter's Seminary, Cardross on the Firth of Clyde.
Sangay Rinchen, Irja von Bernstorff in "The Farmer and I" (2013-16)
Sangay Rinchen (rechts) in "The Farmer and I" (2013-16)
"The Farmer and I" (2013-16)
"The Farmer and I" (2013-16)
Sangay Rinchen, Irja von Bernstorff (beide vorne) in "The Farmer and I" (2013-16)
The opening of Lochalsh hydro-electric station in 1948 when power lines were connected to villages in the Highlands for the first time. Don Mundy, Australia's sheep shearing champion is featured in t...
Shopping in Glasgow. Fruit and vegetables being selected for delivery to local stores.
A pickpocket acts as an inept golfer. Helpful souls become robbed. A female pickpocket turns up. The two pickpockets pick the golfers pockets. But they become disclosed. They try to escape and shoot a...
A portrayal of the scenic beauty of the Hebrides.
Ginger and her friend Rosa was born on the same day at the same hospital and here lies the reason for their friendship which they cherish throughout their childhood. Politically, The Cold War is high ...
Poul is a struggling magician looking for just the right trick to take him to the big time. To get the money to acquire 'The Sawed-in-Half Lady' from Frankfurt he makes a deal with Arne, a shifty insu...
A look at the possibilities of Hydro-Electric power for the Highlands.
Amateur footage of hiking trips in the Scottish mountains and a family playing in the snow.