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...
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...
Amateur footage of the 13th UNICA Congress held in Glasgow in 1951, with visits to Ayr and Crieff, and ciné club members filming.
Life on Marywell Farm during the first years of the Taggart family's occupancy.
Overview of twenty one ante and post natal exercises through the combination of detailed intertitles and physical demonstration. Filming takes place at Rottenrow Maternity and Women's Hospital as wel...
A visual history 'in and around Newton Mearns', on Glasgow's south side, this film features both still and moving image to create a montage of local history from the beginning of the 20th century.
A history of the Eastwood area in Glasgow, and footage of new community building developments in the early 1970s.
Hostels at Loch Ard, Inverbeg and Rowardennan, with footage of hostellers climbing Ben Lomond and the Cobbler, canoeing on Loch Lomond and enjoying a dance.
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.
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.
In a decayed Scottish fishing village, an outcast boy strikes up a friendship with a fisherman who believes himself to be Zorba.
The intimate story of a family from Iraq who left their home and came to live in Scotland five years ago.
A young girl works cleaning the kitchen floor of a house. When she has finished she tosses the soap and cloth into the sink, which is full of water. The cook tells her, gently, that the soap will wast...
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...
Aberdeen High School for Girls - from the first day of infant class to prize-giving for senior pupils leaving school. All aspects of learning are recorded, with emphasis on drama, music and dance.
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...
Det er en normalt utilgængelig side af den kinesiske kultur, der belyses i instruktøren Tian Yi Yangs dokument fra Beijing-forstaden Qing Ta. Her som alle andre steder i den store by samles de gamle...
Ingo Hasselbach har, som så mange sønner, fulgt i sin fars fodspor blot i den modsatte retning. Faderen Hans Canjé var medlem af Hitler Jugend, blev senere kommunist og måtte flygte til DDR. Ingo...
Er man dømt til at føle sig som den lille hele sit liv, fordi man er født som lillesøster? Ida har to storesøstre, der oven i købet er tvillinger. De har altid været hendes nærmeste venner og ...
Mellem 1950 og 1980 fik drømmen om en højere levestandard mere end 400.000 mennesker til at immigrere fra Syditalien til Tyskland. De fleste regnede med at arbejde nogle år i det fremmede og dereft...
Swaziland i det sydlige Afrika er det sidste enevældige monarki på kontinentet. Landets overhoved er den 32-årige konge Mswati III, hvis far fik flere hundrede børn med sine mange koner. Sivdansen...
Kari Iveland er en kendt norsk sangerinde, men bag den solide karriere ligger et smertefuldt privatliv. Instruktøren følger som en flue-på-væggen Kari Ivelands arbejde med sin første soloplade »...
»Når krigen slutter" handler om nogle af følgerne af den sydafrikanske kamp mod Apartheid. BMW (Bonteheuwel Military Wing) er en selvforsvarsenhed dannet af teenagere i midten af firserne. Med to t...
En fortælling om to brødre, Ranvir og Rajeev Singh, som lever livet på kanten. Deres business er væddeløbsheste, og tempoet er i overhalingsbanen. <br>"Race" foregår i Syd Afrika og handle...