Tour of the Highlands and Islands in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Scenes include farming, fishing, mountain climbing, ships, and a brief shot of the 'talkies' being installed at Balmoral.
Overview of twenty one ante and post natal exercises through the combination of detailed intertitles and physical demonstration. Filming takes place at Rottenrow Maternity and Women's Hospital as wel...
A short melodrama: the Chinese man Sang Lee takes pity on a white child (Jack). Twenty years later, Jack, now a prominent lawyer, defends his foster father in court from false accusations.
When the now-wealthy Jack sees his former lover by chance on the silver screen, he immediately goes looking for her.
Comprehensive history of the burgh of Ayr, including footage of buildings of historical interest.
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...
The work of the Blood Transfusion Association in the Bathgate area, and an appeal to "become a regular donor".
Lothian's coastal industries: fishing ports at Granton and Newhaven and the docks at Leith and Bo'ness. Its mining industries: shale mining by open-cast methods and a new pit at Bo'ness. Some of th...
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...
A cartoon combining drawings and live footage, in which a drawing comes to life while its author isn't there. The film's director began as a political cartoonist and in 1914 founded Bray Studios, amon...
Le service d'hygiène du comité américain a attiré l'attention des autorités médicales et des milieux parlementaires sur l'état d'hygiène sociale de l'enfance du département sinistré de l'Ais...
Promotional video for the newly commissioned Scottish Natural Heritage, made in 1992. Interviews with stakeholders are illustrated with photographic stills.
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 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...
Young people enjoying various activities at Butlin's camp at Ayr. The purpose of the venture was to bring young Scots face to face with leaders in public life.
The changing forces in the traditional borderland; in the fishing and textile industries, farming, forestry and housing.
Den stilfærdige Lars Lindstrom bor ved siden af hans bror Gus og hans kone, Emily. Lars passer helst sig selv, og Gus og Emily er derfor glade den dag Lars erklærer, at han har mødt den eneste ene....
Om Amerikas svar på Den afskyelige Snemand, et 2 1/2 meter højt væsen ved navn Bigfoot. Familien Henderson er så uheldige at påkøre Bigfoot og tager ham med hjem i parcelhuset som bliver sat på...
Som en rose, der blomstrer i sneen - så smuk, så livskraftig, så ren - sådan er Snehvide. Efter syv års indespærring i et tårnværelse, blomstrer hendes skønhed, og hun er klar til at indgå i...
Filmen tager os tilbage til en tid længe inden Dorothy besøgte den fantastiske verden, selv inden den gule murstensvej og de små dværge. Vi er helt tilbage til den tid, hvor den senere store og ma...
Tegnefilm i spillefilmslængde med Tom og Jerry. Katten og musen er hjemløse og slår sig sammen med en lille pige, der er flygtet fra onde plejeforældre.