A survey of Aberdeen's industries, including shipbuilding, granite quarrying, fishing, papermaking, textiles and light engineering.
An experimental film in the form of a riddle by artist Gillian Steel.
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...
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.
A tour of the principal centres in Scotland for road and rail networks - Stirling, Perth, Dundee, Aberdeen and Inverness.
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...
Study of seals and sea-lions at Calderpark Zoo, Glasgow. Concludes with section showing seals giving display in a circus.
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.
The intimate story of a family from Iraq who left their home and came to live in Scotland five years ago.
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
Glasgow in the post-war years and the Corporation's futuristic plans for the city's development. [The film was made to tie in with an exhibition of the same title, held at the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow....
La voce fuori campo, con accento dialettale, è quella di un emigrato del sud Italia in America, che racconta come la prima cosa che all'estero si rimpiange della madrepatria sia l'olio. Si vede...
The problems of racial integration in the time of the Black Panthers.
La Romagna, tra Ravenna e Ferrara, diventa una sconfinata distesa di paludi, acqua stagna, pozze e valli incolte. Questo è il paese della fame, delle zanzare: la gente che vi abita mangia polen...
Un viaggio tra le province di Viterbo e Roma alla scoperta dei luoghi in cui d’estate si eseguono concerti di musica classica, sulle note del poema sinfonico I pini di Roma di Ottorino Respigh...
Film about the history of Belgium, made to be shown in the Belgian pavillion during the 1937 World Fair in Paris.
Compilatie van actualiteitsfragmenten over het Belgisch koningshuis. 1. "FIANCAILLES PRINCIERES. LE PRINCE UMBERTO FIANCE DE LA PRINCESSE MARIE-JOSE ARRIVE A BRUXELLES". [23 t.e.m. 25 oktober 1929, cf...
Socialist propagandafilm for the elections of 1958.
01 – Cronaca In Campidoglio viene assegnato il Marco Aurelio d'oro, premio patrocinato dal Comune di Roma, a personaggi che si sono distinti in campo cinematografico e radiotelevisivo. Alla pr...