A film interpretation of the poem 'The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo' by Gerard Manley Hopkins. Margaret Tait reads the poem throughout the film.
Amateur footage of the Erskine ferry and slipways after ceasing operation after the opening of the new Erskine Bridge.
Scenes of the peace pageant in the Borders town of Galashiels.
Life on Marywell Farm during the first years of the Taggart family's occupancy.
Amateur footage of the south side of Glasgow and the city centre during heavy snow.
Broxburn Gala Day and crowning of the Queen, 26th June 1954. Includes footage of the procession, children's fancy dress competition and the Gala Queen crowning ceremony.
Procession of the Gala Queen and "The Champion" through the streets of Kirkliston, West Lothian. 3rd July 1954.
The first annual inter-house school sports day at Broxburn High School, West Lothian. 5th July 1954.
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.
An amateur film compilation around the Borders. Includes footage of a visit to Duns by The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland the Rt. Rev Dr. James A. Simpson, a 250th annive...
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...
Amateur cine film featuring days out around the east coast and borders of Scotland in the 1970s. Includes footage of a canal trip on the 'Queen of the Borders', a day at Edinburgh Zoo, train rides a...
A Royal Engineers sergeant shows how to load two carrier pigeons into a small wicker basket for transport. At the Rosyth seaplane base Felixstowe F2A flying boats and Short 184 seaplanes ride at ancho...
Demonstration in favour of keeping the french-speaking university of Ghent.
News items about the funeral of King of Belgium, Albert I.
Until today one of the most mysterious figures in Italian cinema has been, without a doubt, Lucio D’Ambra. Recent finds of his works permit a more accurate outline of a personality capable of ...
Film sur le peintre René Magritte, et une analyse de son oeuvre. Le film débute par une image du peintre, de dos, dans un cimetière, pendant que la voix du commentaire lit un texte de Magritte sur ...
Film on the evolution of transportation.
Socialist propagandafilm for the elections of 1958.
Report on the 9th Flemish Nationalist Singalong
Documentary on the history of aviation.