Als der Schriftsteller Tomas in einen Unfall verwickelt wird, bei dem ein Kind stirbt, traumatisiert ihn dieses Erlebnis. Obwohl ihn keine direkte Schuld trifft, leidet er über Jahre hinweg an tiefen...
Lebenskünstler Jakob, Ende 30, schlägt sich hauptsächlich mit Auftritten als Elvis-Imitator in Seniorenheimen durch. Ausgerechnet, als er eines Tages einen Job als Fahrer in einem internationalen T...
Schweden, Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts. Maria Larsson, eine einfache Arbeiterfrau, nimmt an einer Lotterie teil und gewinnt überraschend eine Fotokamera. Maria kann mit dem neuartigen Apparat zunächs...
Der Enddreißiger Uwe hat den Eindruck, dass seine 83-jährige Großmutter Hilde in einem Hamburger Pflegeheim nicht gut genug aufgehoben ist. Also holt er sie kurzerhand ab und bringt sie i...
Lene, Barfrau in einer kleinen Kellerbar, kehrt nach einer Auszeit zu ihrem Job zurück. Ihr erster Arbeitstag ist ein besonderer Tag, denn der Kopenhagener Musiker Leif gibt auf Lenes Anregung hin ei...
Eva und Rocco haben fünf gute Freunde zum Abendessen eingeladen. Bei gutem Essen, Wein und angeregten Unterhaltungen verläuft alles nach altbekanntem Muster - bis Eva, inspiriert durch eine Diskussi...
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...
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.
The intimate story of a family from Iraq who left their home and came to live in Scotland five years ago.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
A survey of Aberdeen's industries, including shipbuilding, granite quarrying, fishing, papermaking, textiles and light engineering.
An experimental film in the form of a riddle by artist Gillian Steel.
A Royal Engineers sergeant shows how to load two carrier pigeons into a small wicker basket for transport. At the Rosyth seaplane base Felixstowe F2A flying boats and Short 184 seaplanes ride at ancho...
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.
A tour of the principal centres in Scotland for road and rail networks - Stirling, Perth, Dundee, Aberdeen and Inverness.
A camping expedition by an uncle and his nephew, showing the do's and don'ts of the countryside code.
An amateur film compilation around the Borders. Includes footage of a visit to Duns by The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland the Rt. Rev Dr. James A. Simpson, a 250th annive...
Study of seals and sea-lions at Calderpark Zoo, Glasgow. Concludes with section showing seals giving display in a circus.