A comedic tale set in the garden of the Thoms' family house, on a summer's day. A group of boys playing in the garden get into trouble with a pernickety neighbour but later redeem themselves by spott...
A short melodrama: the Chinese man Sang Lee takes pity on a white child (Jack). Twenty years later, Jack, now a prominent lawyer, defends his foster father in court from false accusations.
Film sponsored by Esso following the Scottish Rally of 1976. The rally begins in Ayrshire and takes in the Highlands. Interviews with various drivers at the roadside and after each stage is completed...
A family holiday around Firth of Clyde and beyond on various boats. Includes a trip to Belfast and a trip 'Doon The Watter' on the Waverley.
In a decayed Scottish fishing village, an outcast boy strikes up a friendship with a fisherman who believes himself to be Zorba.
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 descriptive essay on the city of Edinburgh, and in particular of Edinburgh Castle.
A survey of Aberdeen's industries, including shipbuilding, granite quarrying, fishing, papermaking, textiles and light engineering.
Amateur footage of a Hazelden Riding Club gymkhana at Peel Road Field, Carmunnock.
Amateur footage of a steamer trip to Rothesay on board the St. Columba.
Amateur footage of a family holiday on Arran, visiting Kildonan and Blackwaterfoot.
A tour through various exhibitions in the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.
Australian soldiers, probably of 5th Division, at the south end of the Saint Quentin tunnel at Bellicourt. A temporary bridge has been built just below the tunnel entrance. A view, from on top of the ...
Emperor Wilhelm II and empress Victoria of Germany on horses, escorted by horsemen, on their way to a parade at the Tempelhoferfeld in Berlin.
A recording of "Project 1965", a stage show organised by the Scottish Committee of the National Union of Townswomen's Guilds, with Scottish regional guilds performing tableaux from different lands.
Film of 'Tammie Twister', a pantomime which includes George West and Jack E Raymond as Laurel and Hardy.
One of a series of twenty films made for Babcock and Wilcox (Steam) Ltd. between 1954 and 1961, it looks at the Scottish Gas Board Works at Westfield and ferries using Babcock and Wilcox steam engines...
Tour of the Highlands and Islands in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Scenes include farming, fishing, mountain climbing, ships, and a brief shot of the 'talkies' being installed at Balmoral.
Japan Desk Scotland’s eighth documentary about the Fukushima nuclear accident in 2011, looking back at the work to create a radiation map of the surrounding area and the establishment of the Institu...
One of a series of 20 films made for Babcock and Wilcox (Steam) Ltd between 1954 and 1961, it includes a tea party for members of staff held at Turnberry Hotel where they also play golf for the inter-...
The progress of the building of the Ravenscraig Steelworks in Lanarkshire over three years from 1954, from site clearance until the first steel is produced. Copyright: Corus Group Ltd.
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...
One of a series of 20 films made for Babcock and Wilcox (Steam) Ltd. between 1954 and 1961. Featuring their Cyclone furnace for firing coal at work; the Renfrew staff association magazine going to pre...
One of a series of 20 films made for Babcock and Wilcox (Steam) Ltd. between 1954 and 1961. The film includes shots of Babcock and Wilcox boilers being installed in the Kodak factory, Essex. [See al...