Company newsreel (Phillips Petroleum Company Norway) : company safety philosophy : Chinook helicopter returns after near accident : water injection wells K-4 and K-30 : production drop at Edda : inter...
Resyme of the Ekofisk oil exploration and production history in the North Sea. From the beginning and up to the first oil being brought ashore.
Safety procedures and working conditions on oil rigs in the Norwegian North Sea. Features footage of rig operation, the diving crew, and safety measures taken on the 'Ekofisk' rig, operated by Phill...
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...
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...
Educational film for Americans who want to familiarize themselves with Norway's political system and its regulation of the oil business, against the background of the oil exploration and production of...
Amateur footage of a stage play or musical performed in Paisley by members of the Townswomen's Guild.
I. An out-of-focus sequence of General Sir Edmund Allenby (?) reviewing a marchpast by British or Indian Cavalry of the Desert Mounted Corps, Palestine Front, 1918.II. Arab workers filling bottles and...
Église de Troyon (Département Meuse, Lorraine, Église Saint-Martin)
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.
Surrealistic view of the "Honeymoon couple", interrupted by salesmen, consumer goods, jealousy, anger and infidelity. [Award winner in the 1957 Scottish Amateur Film Festival.]
A descriptive essay on the city of Edinburgh, and in particular of Edinburgh Castle.
A promotional film for George Waterston and Sons of Edinburgh, Wax Chandlers. This film shows interiors and machinery of the firm's old wax making factory at St. John's Hill, just prior to demolition....
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.
An exploration of St Peter's Seminary, Cardross on the Firth of Clyde.
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....
The wedding of Jock Lyon and Lorna Duncan at Greyfriars Church, Dumfries, February 23rd 1928.