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.
TV documentary about Chinese families living and working in Glasgow and Edinburgh, the problems they face in terms of housing, education, work and community relations, and the provisions in place to a...
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...
A camping expedition by an uncle and his nephew, showing the do's and don'ts of the countryside code.
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 ...