A short, silent romantic drama about a count who goes to work in a New York restaurant because of his money problems. When his daughter, who knows nothing about the situation, comes to eat in the same...
A short silent comedy in which Billy, who has lied to his wife so that he can go out on the town with a friend, gets caught by her.
A romantic drama in which the alcoholic father of Liza disapproves of his daughter’s relationship.
A melodrama set during the 1870 Franco-Prussian War.
A short Western. Ivi, the beautiful daughter of an Indian chief, has three suitors. A competition will decide who gets to marry her. The winner is not Panther, who was Ivy’s favourite. But after he ...
Animated commercial about Niemeyer pipe tobacco: a live-action hand creates an imitation of Koko the clown, who in turn introduces a cat named Felix, the quick-draw artist. Felix draws a variety of me...
A short espionage film set during the American Civil War. Abraham Lincoln sends a captain to find a spy who has betrayed the northern states.
A short drama about a widower who is persuaded by his children to remain faithful to his deceased wife.
Shots of the "Empress of Britain" leaving Greenock for Canada and of the interior of the Parkhead steel works.
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An experimental film in the form of a riddle by artist Gillian Steel.
Steel making processes at Glengarnock Iron and Steel works.
Production of steel components at William Beardmore & Co's Parkhead Forge, Glasgow. Made for screening at the 1938 Empire Exhibition.
The construction of Ravenscraig and Gartcosh steel works.
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....
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
Manufacture of components for Black and Decker tools. [Incomplete]
Craigbank Gardens, Edinburgh. The film has extensive footage of allotments, vegetable gardens and people tending the crops. Portree Horticultural Show also features towards the end of the film.
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy sightseeing in Edinburgh where they visit the castle and make an appearance on stage at the Playhouse Cinema.
A tour of the principal centres in Scotland for road and rail networks - Stirling, Perth, Dundee, Aberdeen and Inverness.