Shots of the "Empress of Britain" leaving Greenock for Canada and of the interior of the Parkhead steel works.
Everyday life in the crofting community of Acharacle, Lochaber, in the 1950s.
The children of Rosehearty Primary School join with older members of the village to record memories of the village in the early half of the century, illustrated by a varied montage of photographs. Inc...
Made for screening at the 1925 World Educational Congress Edinburgh, the film gives a survey of the educational opportunities offered in Edinburgh from infants up to senior pupils.
A camping expedition by an uncle and his nephew, showing the do's and don'ts of the countryside code.
An amateur film compilation around the Borders. Includes footage of a visit to Duns by The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland the Rt. Rev Dr. James A. Simpson, a 250th annive...
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.
Amateur cine film featuring days out around the east coast and borders of Scotland in the 1970s. Includes footage of a canal trip on the 'Queen of the Borders', a day at Edinburgh Zoo, train rides a...
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...
A cartoon combining drawings and live footage, in which a drawing comes to life while its author isn't there. The film's director began as a political cartoonist and in 1914 founded Bray Studios, amon...
The American Committee's health department brings the medical authorities' and parliamentary circles' attention to the state of children's public health in the disaster-stricken Aisne region. Seventee...
Promotional video for the newly commissioned Scottish Natural Heritage, made in 1992. Interviews with stakeholders are illustrated with photographic stills.
I. RAMC men help refugees in a street in Douai to load both themselves and their belongings into a British Army lorry. As the last one is loaded the tailboard is closed up and the people wave as the l...
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...
Young people enjoying various activities at Butlin's camp at Ayr. The purpose of the venture was to bring young Scots face to face with leaders in public life.
The changing forces in the traditional borderland; in the fishing and textile industries, farming, forestry and housing.
Journaal over de plechtigheden op de dag van de troonsbestijging van Leopold III. Na de tweetalige openingstitels volgen een foto van Leopold III en koningin Astrid. Vervolgens beelden van Leopold III...
Promotiefilm over het Belgische trekpaard opgenomen in een fokkerij en op een landbouwsalon. Eerst zien we enkele type-rassen, een hengst vanuit verschillende standpunten gefilmd, vertraagde filmopnam...
Journaalitem over de terugkeer van de de stoffelijke overschotten van Koningin Astrid na het tragisch ongeval in Zwitserland. Na de titels "LA BELGIQUE EST EN DEUIL - BELGIE IS IN ROUW" komt de titel ...
Documentary about the reorganisation of the sewers in Brussels.
The 19th century Po Valley fairy tale about the ogre who kidnaps children.
The film shows traditional farm life i the 1950s in a rural village in Western Norway before the land reallocation.
A visual travel diary on the expedition led by Brondeel in 1934. This expedition to Belgian Congo, by truck, became a testimony to the social conditions of Africans during the colonial era.
Eerst wordt de toenmalige crisis "gedurende vijf jaar reactionair beleid" in beeld gebracht. We zien karikaturen van liberale en katholieke politici en van bankiers (mogelijk zijn dit tekeningen van F...