Against a backdrop of Scottish scenes, traditional songs of Scotland are sung by Elizabeth Robson, Dolina MacLennan, Hamish Henderson, Duncan Robertson, Robin Hall and Jimmie Macgregor.
The annual get together of shepherds in Renfrewshire. This film shows work of shepherds and dogs in rounding up the sheep for clipping is shown, as is the correct way to shear, roll and tie the sheeps...
An introduction to Perthshire, highlighting its places of interest, countryside and leisure opportunities.
One of a series of ten animation films made by children in small village primary schools in Scotland, also involving the local community. The series was broadcast on Scottish Television and Grampian ...
Hollywood by night; sheep farming and harvesting in New Zealand; Sydney bridge and harbour; rice fields in Indonesia; a Chinese wedding and a Fijian home are all included in this film made by Nat and ...
Depicts the day to day workings of missionary hospital in Nazareth. Shows the town and surrounding countryside, people at market and at work, details the medical work of medical staff in the hospital...
The Mayor is taken on a tour of the town and surrounding sights, to Comrie colliery and on a Clyde pleasure steamer.
A look at life in Harris including its fishing industry and the making of Harris tweed.
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.
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....
Aberdeen High School for Girls - from the first day of infant class to prize-giving for senior pupils leaving school. All aspects of learning are recorded, with emphasis on drama, music and dance.
A romantic wee ballet, Highland Fling is Matthew Bourne’s take on the classic La Sylphide. It follows James, a young Scot with sex, love and rock and roll on his mind, and his fateful journey from t...
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...
A documentary, narrated and directed by Sean Connery, on the turbulent industrial relations of the workforce of Fairfield's shipyard on the Clyde during the mid 1960s.
Ceremonies on the occasion of the coronation of Leopold III.
Promotional film on the Belgian breed of horses.
The repatriation of the body of Queen Astrid after her fatal car accident in Switzerland.
Documentaire sur le réorganisation des égouts de Bruxelles, avec de nombreux schémas explicatifs. Naguère, sur la colline de Bruxelles, les eaux dévalaient vers un collecteur (1870) qui longeait ...
The 19th century Po Valley fairy tale about the ogre who kidnaps children.
The film shows traditional farm life i the 1950s in a rural village in Western Norway before the land reallocation.
Comme l'indiquent les cartons du début du film (dont le détail est repris dans les Remarques) il s'agit du compte-rendu de l'expédition Brondeel en 1934. Le film, qui abonde en notations socio-eth...
Political promotional film about the great work that was done by the Socialist ministers of the previous government.