An experimental piece, following the fortunes of a man who falls off castle ramparts and finds himself on an eerie beach experiencing strange phenomena. The main themes seem to be death and chance.
British soldiers are engaged in a fire-fight at close range with Boers on high ground above them. One of the Boers gets close enough to a British soldier to touch him before falling hit. The Boer asks...
Opening caption urges maximum effort "if the Hun is to be beaten". Panning medium shot across sheds. Scenes of shipyard activity. Medium shot from water as merchant hull is launched. Cartoon sequence ...
I. The build-up to war from the earliest days of film record, showing the various crowned heads of Europe.II. The Balkan wars of 1912, the development of Germany's Navy, and the inauguration of Presid...
Presentation of Brussels by the puppets Toone and Woltje.
Natasja Juul in "Near and Elsewhere" (2018)
Irmin Schmidt in "Can and Me" (2022)
3205 - Artois (1915) - Beametz-Rivière station. Stereoscopic glass plate from a private collection in Alsace-Lorraine.
31025 - Belgian - Ypres in ruins Stereoscopic glass plate from a private collection in Alsace-Lorraine.
21929 On the move Stereoscopic glass plate from a private collection in Alsace-Lorraine.
0604 - Killed horses - Belloy en Santerre, Picardie Stereoscopic glass plate from a private collection in Alsace-Lorraine.
31020 - Marne (1918) - Blown up bridge Stereoscopic glass plate from a private collection in Alsace-Lorraine.
0420 - Bois des Loges forest - Canon de 240 (Santerre, Picardie)
31113 - Courcelles (Oise, Picardie) - The church Stereoscopic glass plate from a private collection in Alsace-Lorraine.
31116 - In the Forest of Argonne - A machine gunner (possibly during the Battle of the Argonne Forest in 918) Stereoscopic glass plate from a private collection in Alsace-Lorraine.
Shots of the "Empress of Britain" leaving Greenock for Canada and of the interior of the Parkhead steel works.
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.
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy sightseeing in Edinburgh where they visit the castle and make an appearance on stage at the Playhouse Cinema.
A tour of the principal centres in Scotland for road and rail networks - Stirling, Perth, Dundee, Aberdeen and Inverness.
Jeannie and Mattie are accepted for a seaside holiday camp. One of a series of fund-raising films produced in aid of the Necessitous Children's Holiday Camp Fund.
A camping expedition by an uncle and his nephew, showing the do's and don'ts of the countryside code.
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.]