An exploration of St Peter's Seminary, Cardross on the Firth of Clyde.
The wedding of Jock Lyon and Lorna Duncan at Greyfriars Church, Dumfries, February 23rd 1928.
Family home life.
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.
Trip from Oban to Staffa and Iona, visiting the tourist sites. [Accompanied by voiceover and classical music]
Family home movies including footage of daily life around Glasgow city centre, the Barras market, the West End and the new Clyde Tunnel.
A survey of Aberdeen's industries, including shipbuilding, granite quarrying, fishing, papermaking, textiles and light engineering.
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.
Teenagers voice their opinions on stereotypes and the issue of equality.
A voyage from Glasgow to St Kilda, containing scenes of the Western Isles and island life of the crofters on St Kilda. Research suggests scenes on the island of Hirta taken in May 1923, with later fo...
Laurel and Hardy visit Edinburgh in 1932, arriving at Waverley Station, going to the North British Hotel and finally, visiting the Castle.
A descriptive essay on the city of Edinburgh, and in particular of Edinburgh Castle.
Shopping in Glasgow. Fruit and vegetables being selected for delivery to local stores.
An illustration of the various outdoor activities by youth groups at Glenmore Lodge in the Cairngorms.
An experimental film in the form of a riddle by artist Gillian Steel.
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....
A film showing the 1953 Scottish Summer School in Archaeology in Dumfries where the group are shown various local Roman and Iron Age forts and settlements.
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...
Holidaymakers setting out from Glasgow, and travelling by train and steamer down the coast to Rothesay and Ettrick Bay. Includes tracking shots from tram in Sauchiehall Street.
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.
Everyday life in the crofting community of Acharacle, Lochaber, in the 1950s.
Shots of the "Empress of Britain" leaving Greenock for Canada and of the interior of the Parkhead steel works.
The intimate story of a family from Iraq who left their home and came to live in Scotland five years ago.
In a decayed Scottish fishing village, an outcast boy strikes up a friendship with a fisherman who believes himself to be Zorba.