The First Film Archive contains 70 documentary films from the period 1899-1913.
I 1988 rejser Aung San Suu Kyi fra Oxford, hvor hun har boet i mange år, til hjemlandet Burma for at besøge sin syge mor. Landet er i oprør, fordi den siddende general Ne Win er trådt tilbage, og ...
A satirical drama revealing the consequences of the Danish government's 'New Copenhagen Criteria', a new policy aiming at securing the nation's survival. Citizens who fail to meet the criteria - those...
"Let's face the facts - even Jesus was a street perfomer". Ordene kommer fra en ung violinist, som tjener penge til sine studier ved at spille på gaden. New York er fuld af optrædende. På gader og ...
Where is the spring roll? Is China now open to travellers? In 1984 somebody wrote to a newspaper: 'The smaller towns in China are closed - you can only see the rice farmer from the train window'. Coul...
Pour le 30iémé anniversaire des lignes aériennes belges, le Roi s'est rendu à Melsbroek pour y visiter le complexe technique. Le doyen des ouvriers lui offre une maquette d'avion - Vol inaugural d...
*Berlin se rend. Stumpff, Von Strigenberg et Keitel signent au Q.G. sovitique dans le faubourg de Berlin, la capitulation totale des armes allemandes. Les gnraux allis prsents, Taylor, Joukov, Spaks e...
*Berlin en ruines. Diffrentes vues de Berlin dans les premiers jours de l'occupation sovitique, la ville est en ruines. Certains difices sont encore sous la proie des flammes. Les civils tentent de db...
In a decayed Scottish fishing village, an outcast boy strikes up a friendship with a fisherman who believes himself to be Zorba.
Teenagers voice their opinions on stereotypes and the issue of equality.
Family home movies including footage of daily life around Glasgow city centre, the Barras market, the West End and the new Clyde Tunnel.
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.
Family Christmas from the mid 1960s.
Study of seals and sea-lions at Calderpark Zoo, Glasgow. Concludes with section showing seals giving display in a circus.
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...
Trip from Oban to Staffa and Iona, visiting the tourist sites. [Accompanied by voiceover and classical music]