Romantic adventure film in which Betty, who dreams about pirates, and her father, a gullible professor, are tricked by a bunch of real pirates. They are rescued by a young man who has a crush on Betty...
Emperor Wilhelm II and empress Victoria of Germany on horses, escorted by horsemen, on their way to a parade at the Tempelhoferfeld in Berlin.
The film opens with Oxford Street in London and declares that "luxury shopping" is not helping the war effort. This is contrasted with the ways in which women do help: a mother looking after her two s...
Sponsored by Glasgow Corporation Education Committee, this educational film introduces the chief tools used by the carpenter.
En skildring af to engelske kvinders oplevelser i Indien med 60 års mellemrum. Den første kvindeskæbne - skildres i en handling udspillet i 1923, hvor en engelsk kvinde møder og forføres af en in...
Holidaymakers setting out from Glasgow, and travelling by train and steamer down the coast to Rothesay and Ettrick Bay. Includes tracking shots from tram in Sauchiehall Street.
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...
An experimental film in the form of a riddle by artist Gillian Steel.
An impressionistic account of the attractions that Aberdeen and Deeside offer the summer visitor.
Trip from Oban to Staffa and Iona, visiting the tourist sites. [Accompanied by voiceover and classical music]
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...
Views of Benmore House and Estate, gifted by H.G. Younger as a forestry and botany demonstration area with some of the activities given to forestry trainees.
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...
Records a trip to South Africa made by Nat and Nettie McGavin. Includes places such as Port Elizabeth, Cape Town, Sea Point, Pretoria, the Vaal River, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and the Victori...
Company newsreel (Phillips Petroleum Company Norway) : Dyvi Beta jack-up rig : safety campaign : falling oil prices : interview with John Whitmire, employed since 1964 : Phillips receives television c...
Fishing boat on it's way to the fishing ground gets lots of herring
A flying circus visited Uppsala, Sweden. Car race on Käpylä trotting track in Helsinki. Inauguration of a college for tuberculous war veterans in Liperi. Velomobile race on the Eläintarha racetrack...
Farming in Lapland: Muddusjärvi, Inari. Reconstructing Lapland. Football match: Finland v. Ireland. Mr Paulig, Finnish coffee tycoon, returns to his home country. Louis Armstrong (1901-1971) in Helsi...
Sports events in 1961: Lahti Ski Games. European Championships in speed skating at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki. Figure skating. Basketball: Finland v. Denmark. Boxing: Finland v. Sweden. Handball:...
Black Hills-bjergene vest for Wounded Knee er smukke turistattraktioner i dag ¿ for 100 år siden var området skueplads for massakren på Sioux-indianerne. I filmen følges dels en amerikansk famili...
Denne prisvindende portrætfilm om Velvet Undergrounds frontfigur og Andy Warhols yndlingsblondine Nico giver et usminket men respektfuldt indblik i hendes omvæltende liv fra feteret Vogue-fotomodel ...
Da den svenskfødte sanger Jussi Björling døde i 1960, blot 49 Ã¥r gammel, havde han opnÃ¥et et internationalt renommé som en af operahistoriens største tenorer. Og som en af Enrico Carusos fÃ¥ vÃ...