A survey of Aberdeen's industries, including shipbuilding, granite quarrying, fishing, papermaking, textiles and light engineering.
An experimental film in the form of a riddle by artist Gillian Steel.
Ken Duken, Hinnerk Schönemann (v.l.n.r.)
Branislav Trifunovi?, David Thornton (v.l.n.r.)
Maggie Peren, Ken Duken (v.l.n.r.)
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...
A film tracing the introduction of movement as a factor in 20th century art. It records various ways in which artists have tackled this development such as Gabo, Calder and Soto.
A tour of the principal centres in Scotland for road and rail networks - Stirling, Perth, Dundee, Aberdeen and Inverness.
The training ground is flat with deliberately constructed obstacles. A Medium A Whippet drives repeatedly through shallow flooded holes. A Mark V Hermaphrodite spins on its own axis. A stripped-down t...
(Reel 1) Among the observers are Major H Buddicom, Major W G Wilson, the designer Mr Ricardo and Lieutenant Shaw. The three cameramen at work occasionally appear on each other's film, which has been j...
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...
(Reel 1) King George V and General Sir Herbert Plumer, commanding Second Army to which the two divisions were attached, are greeted by 30th (Old Hickory) Division commander, Major-General Edward M Lew...
Presentation of Brussels by the puppets Toone and Woltje.
Ken Duken, Hinnerk Schönemann (v.l.n.r.)
Branislav Trifunovi?, David Thornton (v.l.n.r.)
Maggie Peren, Ken Duken (v.l.n.r.)
A dance involving a bucket and a mane of hair.
A pickpocket acts as an inept golfer. Helpful souls become robbed. A female pickpocket turns up. The two pickpockets pick the golfers pockets. But they become disclosed. They try to escape and shoot a...
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.
Poul is a struggling magician looking for just the right trick to take him to the big time. To get the money to acquire 'The Sawed-in-Half Lady' from Frankfurt he makes a deal with Arne, a shifty insu...
To tvillingebrødre, den ene, Gino, en dygtig medicin-studerende, den anden, Nicky, noget langsom i optrækket efter en ulykke i barndommen. Nicky bliver passet af Gino. En dag ser Nicky en dreng bliv...
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 ...
The 750th Anniversary of Kirkintilloch and the celebrations and events to mark it, including a football match, swimming competition, and a church parade.
Om Charles, en meget engelsk ungkarl, som ved et bryllup støder ind i Carrie, en smuk, kvik og lidt flyvsk amerikansk pige. De bliver tiltrukket af hinanden, mødes ved flere bryllupper (og én begra...