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.
Amateur footage of the Erskine ferry and slipways after ceasing operation after the opening of the new Erskine Bridge.
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, ...
"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 ...
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...
Promotional video for the newly commissioned Scottish Natural Heritage, made in 1992. Interviews with stakeholders are illustrated with photographic stills.
A demonstration on how to use a Seine net for trawling. This film was planned by the Marine Laboratory Aberdeen, as part of their research programme on the efficiency of fishing gear. "Grateful ackn...
The Forth and Clyde Canal's operations on its last year of use.
Hostels at Loch Ard, Inverbeg and Rowardennan, with footage of hostellers climbing Ben Lomond and the Cobbler, canoeing on Loch Lomond and enjoying a dance.
A history of the Forth and Clyde Canal.
Sponsored by Glasgow Corporation Education Committee, this educational film introduces the chief tools used by the carpenter.
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...
As producer, actor and filmmaker, Richard Massingham managed to combine his passion for film and medical science.
A look at the social and economic changes in Scotland during the 1950s, after the upheaval of the war. From the restoration of Iona Abbey to the development of new industries.
A record of the renovation work on the Bellhaven cafe, Wishaw, Lanarkshire, between 1948 to 1955; shows the work of masons, joiners, glaziers and the Cocozza family on the new Cafe, and the interest o...
Craigbank Gardens, Edinburgh. The film has extensive footage of allotments, vegetable gardens and people tending the crops. Portree Horticultural Show also features towards the end of the film.
In a decayed Scottish fishing village, an outcast boy strikes up a friendship with a fisherman who believes himself to be Zorba.
Various scenes of the village of Colinton from the early 1940s through to the mid 1950s.
An amateur film made about amateur film-makers. A new member is introduced to the work of the Aberdeen and District Cine Club.
Glasgow in the post-war years and the Corporation's futuristic plans for the city's development. [The film was made to tie in with an exhibition of the same title, held at the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow....
Family home movies including footage of daily life around Glasgow city centre, the Barras market, the West End and the new Clyde Tunnel.