Den 8. december 1995 blev Jean-Dominique Bauby ramt af en hjerneblødning. Den 42-årige familiefar og succesrige chefredaktør på det højtprofilerede modemagasin "Elle" er med ét forvandlet til en...
Citat fra filmens start: "Denne film handler om en meget lille ø. En model af vore store samfund, men så lille, at det kan overskues. Øen ligger i Det græske Øhav. Det er der alt sammen. Noget la...
Where is the spring roll? Is China now open to travellers? In 1984 somebody wrote to a newspaper: 'The smaller towns in China are closed - you can only see the rice farmer from the train window'. Coul...
Darwin i Death Valley, Californien, var tidligere et blomstrende minesamfund, men er nu en støvet spøgelsesby med kun 35 indbyggere. De udgør en blanding af kunstnere, pseudohippier, intellektuelle...
Thneedville er ren og pæn og har alt, hvad man kan ønske sig. Så længe man ikke ønsker sig frisk luft eller fri natur. Men frisk luft kan man købe på flaske (O'Hare Air) og fri natur er der ing...
En stormnat i 1520 forliste to mennesker og blev kastet ind på en øde strand. Han var en ærværdig abbed, som for sine synders skyld blev forvist til et kald på Færøerne. Jomfru Anna var på vej...
Kammerspiel (deutsch nachsynchron.) von Noel Coward nach seinem
The visit of Luis Fidel Yanez to Brussels's Commerce Fair at the Cinquantenaire.
Ginger and her friend Rosa was born on the same day at the same hospital and here lies the reason for their friendship which they cherish throughout their childhood. Politically, The Cold War is high ...
The people of Lochgelly at work and play, with footage of wash day and playing golf and bowls.
Dokumentarischer Film-Essay, der sich aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven der Frage nähert, wie die Zukunft der Menschheit aussehen könnte. Dabei geht es nicht zuletzt um die Frage, welche Hoffnungen...
The wedding of Jock Lyon and Lorna Duncan at Greyfriars Church, Dumfries, February 23rd 1928.
An illustration of the various outdoor activities by youth groups at Glenmore Lodge in the Cairngorms.
Study of seals and sea-lions at Calderpark Zoo, Glasgow. Concludes with section showing seals giving display in a circus.
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy sightseeing in Edinburgh where they visit the castle and make an appearance on stage at the Playhouse Cinema.
The Gathering at Glenfinnan in the Highlands to mark the 200th anniversary of raising the standard of James VIII of Scotland and III of England.
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...
In 1968 Irmin Schmidt and Holger Czukay founded the band Can in Cologne, which cultivated an avant-garde style somewhere between free jazz and funk, krautrock and psychedelic rock, and also experiment...
Life on Marywell Farm during the first years of the Taggart family's occupancy.
Amateur footage of the 13th UNICA Congress held in Glasgow in 1951, with visits to Ayr and Crieff, and ciné club members filming.
A woman botanist collects wild flowers and local women make baskets on the island of Unalaska.
As producer, actor and filmmaker, Richard Massingham managed to combine his passion for film and medical science.