Granite mining used for sculpture, road making, stone bridges and housing.
The work of the granite quarriers, and the craft of granite sculpting in the Taggart family yard.
Film showing Aberdeen, the Granite City. It covers the monumental buildings, parks, university and the harbour in the late 1930s.
An amateur documentary about the work of Aberdeen Parks and Links Department, and the gardening awards won by the organisation during the 1960s and 70s.
A survey of Aberdeen's industries, including shipbuilding, granite quarrying, fishing, papermaking, textiles and light engineering.
Footage of Aberdeen's famous fish market and granite quarry filmed by Colportage Society member, James Clark, on an Evangelist tour of Scotland in the 1950s.
Family film of events affecting family throughout the early 1970's. Shots of the Taggart Granite Works being sold, shots of younger members of the family, shots of a family wedding.
The film, under-exposed, shows Chinese Labour Corps members working at a docks, carrying away sacks which come down on a sling from a dockside crane. They have difficulty with the sacks, but one large...