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.
One of a group of seven documentaries made for the 1938 Empire Exhibition, under the supervision of John Grierson, featuring the sporting pursuits particular to Scotland.
The manufacture of Clyde-built Aurora Lamps at Old Kilpatrick.
Various methods of creel fishing for lobsters and crabs around the coast of Scotland.
Made to promote the Bank of Scotland, the film uses Scotland's history and its industries as a backdrop to the Bank's role within the country.
A tourist film promoting Scotland. The film follows several couples of different nationalities as they tour around Scotland and its islands.
The royal visits and official ceremonies during the Queen's tour of Scotland. (24 mins)
A plentiful autumnal crop is secured by backbreaking ‘tattie howking’ and hard work in this seasonal film from the 1960s shot for the 'Seasons in Scotland' four part series.