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.
One of a series of 20 films made for Babcock and Wilcox (Steam) Ltd. between 1954 and 1961, it features the Babcock and Wilcox tower crane involved in building the new sports stadium, Crystal Palace, ...
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.
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...
Amateur footage of the Erskine ferry and slipways after ceasing operation after the opening of the new Erskine Bridge.
"An Anchor Line holiday via tourist class in the 'Cameronia' and 'California'" : from her berth in Glasgow to arrival at New York. Includes shots of games on board, such as deck tennis, shuffle board ...
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...
"The Farmer and I" (2013-16)
German movie poster of "The Farmer and I" (2013-16)
Irja von Bernstorff (second from the right), Sangay Rinchen (on the right) in "The Farmer and I" (2013-16)
"The Farmer and I" (2013-16)
Family Christmas from the mid 1960s.
Film sponsored by Esso following the Scottish Rally of 1976. The rally begins in Ayrshire and takes in the Highlands. Interviews with various drivers at the roadside and after each stage is completed...
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 ...
Made for screening at the 1925 World Educational Congress Edinburgh, the film gives a survey of the educational opportunities offered in Edinburgh from infants up to senior pupils.
Amateur footage of yachting and rambling on Arran in the early 1930s.
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.
A steamer trip from Wemyss Bay through the Kyles of Bute to Inveraray.
A demonstration of the stages and processes in relining a picture.
Bird life on St. Kilda, including shots of islanders snaring young fulmars, the St. Kildans' staple food.
The story of a group of people trying to survive after an atomic war, by sacrificing to their Gods.