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 through various exhibitions in the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.
Film discusses and illustrates the work of Scottish botanist Robert Brown.
Overview of twenty one ante and post natal exercises through the combination of detailed intertitles and physical demonstration. Filming takes place at Rottenrow Maternity and Women's Hospital as wel...
A tour of the principal centres in Scotland for road and rail networks - Stirling, Perth, Dundee, Aberdeen and Inverness.
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...
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...
Dr Honeyman describing his purchase of the Burrell Collection and Dali's "Crucifixion". With shots of the Art Gallery, Glasgow University and the collection in storage. Dr Honeyman and the Civic Amen...
Om forholdet mellem en far og hans søn, idet den ældre mand ikke er kommet sig over tabet af konen to år forinden. Senere bliver faderen fyret, og hans misantropi forstærkes.
En tidligere patolog, der nu ernærer sig som bedemand, laver forsøg med genoplivning af døde.
Glasgows populæreste diskjockey, kaldet Dicky Bird, bliver ved et tilfælde vidne til et opgør mellem to konkurrerende flødeisfirmaer, ejet af skotsk-italienske familier som nærmest benytter mafia...
Poul is a struggling magician looking for just the right trick to take him to the big time. To get the money to acquire 'The Sawed-in-Half Lady' from Frankfurt he makes a deal with Arne, a shifty insu...