A history of the Eastwood area in Glasgow, and footage of new community building developments in the early 1970s.
Compilation of scenes from Glasgow in the sixties including footage of the Gorbals, Paddy's Market, the Broomielaw the Alhambra Theatre and Glasgow Green.
The film opens with Oxford Street in London and declares that "luxury shopping" is not helping the war effort. This is contrasted with the ways in which women do help: a mother looking after her two s...
Holidaymakers setting out from Glasgow, and travelling by train and steamer down the coast to Rothesay and Ettrick Bay. Includes tracking shots from tram in Sauchiehall Street.
A demonstration on how to use a Seine net for trawling. This film was planned by the Marine Laboratory Aberdeen, as part of their research programme on the efficiency of fishing gear. "Grateful ackn...
A look at the social and economic changes in Scotland during the 1950s, after the upheaval of the war. From the restoration of Iona Abbey to the development of new industries.
The Forth and Clyde Canal's operations on its last year of use.
Hostels at Loch Ard, Inverbeg and Rowardennan, with footage of hostellers climbing Ben Lomond and the Cobbler, canoeing on Loch Lomond and enjoying a dance.
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...
A tour of the principal centres in Scotland for road and rail networks - Stirling, Perth, Dundee, Aberdeen and Inverness.
Trip from Oban to Staffa and Iona, visiting the tourist sites. [Accompanied by voiceover and classical music]
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.
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 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....
Documentary about the history of the Belgium-Congo route, made on the occasion of the thousandth flight.
Report of the bicycle race "Tour de Suisse" 1954.
A film about the production of Longines watches at their factory in Saint-Imier.
The slopes of Etna: a constant violation by humanity.
Schicksalsberg Piz Palü: Hier verliert Dr. Krafft bei einem Unfall seine Frau Maria. Seitdem wandert er ruhelos über den Berg. Zehn Jahre später erscheint er in einer einsamen Berghütte bei der Ve...
Dokumentarfilm über den tschechischen Regisseur Miloš Forman, der vor allem durch die oscarprämierten Klassiker "One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest" ("Einer flog über das Kuckucksnest") und "Amadeu...
Promotional film for Belgian industry in the post-war years.
Promotional film for Belgian industry in the post-war years.
Report about the anniversary day burgomaster Leon A. Bekaert organised in Zwevegem on July 21 1950, in which he paid homage to its employees. Bekaert was also head of the Bekaert Wireworks, which had ...