A look at the social and economic changes in Scotland during the 1950s, after the upheaval of the war. From the restoration of Iona Abbey to the development of new industries.
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy sightseeing in Edinburgh where they visit the castle and make an appearance on stage at the Playhouse Cinema.
Emperor Wilhelm II and empress Victoria of Germany on horses, escorted by horsemen, on their way to a parade at the Tempelhoferfeld in Berlin.
A pickpocket acts as an inept golfer. Helpful souls become robbed. A female pickpocket turns up. The two pickpockets pick the golfers pockets. But they become disclosed. They try to escape and shoot a...
Ginger and her friend Rosa was born on the same day at the same hospital and here lies the reason for their friendship which they cherish throughout their childhood. Politically, The Cold War is high ...
I. The film contrasts quotes from a German newspaper given as 'Westphalia Daily News' reporting the damage or destruction of prominent landmarks in the centre of London with film of those places taken...
I. Columns of British companies march into the city on 18th October. They are Liverpool Irish, otherwise 8th Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment) of 57th (West Lancashire) Division. The men carry fl...
The film opens with an unrelated scene of Australian troops exploding a shell or mine in a training exercise. 1st Spahi Cavalry Regiment 'charges' the camera. One of the men demonstrates steadiness by...
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy sightseeing in Edinburgh where they visit the castle and make an appearance on stage at the Playhouse Cinema.
(Reel 1) Food, fodder and equipment are unloaded at a railhead freightyard, and put into motorised and horse-drawn vehicles for the trip up to Mount Tonale and the River Piave valley. The convoys move...
I. The steam catapult trials carried out at the Armstrong Whitworth plant, Elswick, and later at the Experimental Aircraft Depot, Isle of Grain. A steam catapult fitted to HMS Slinger is used first to...
I. Troops and transport camels of 52nd (Lowland) Division in the streets of El Mejdel (captured 9 November) including the well inside a mosque. Part of a squadron of 1st Hyderabad Lancers riding throu...
An officer, possibly Major-General H B de Lisle, presenting medals to a kilted battalion, who then march past. A pan over a group from the battalion sitting and smoking. They are possibly the Canadian...
Family Christmas from the mid 1960s.
Life on Marywell Farm during the first years of the Taggart family's occupancy.
Så er den gal igen: Unge mennesker, der går ind i uhyggelige gamle huse, uskyldigt udseende lejligheder, der rummer uanede kræfter, monstre og galninge. Og Charlie Sheen. David Zucker står endnu e...
Winter bathing at Helgoland. Bathing at Langebro with humorous actions; a man in a dress jumps in, one with a bicycle, lunch with beer is eaten in the water.
<p>Der er formentlig tale om den første direkte postflyvning mellem København og London. På flynæsen står: "Hillman's Airways British Airways"."Hillman's" var et kommercielt flyselskab, der...
Edie Sedgwick er ikke mere end lige ankommet til 1960'ernes New York, før hun bliver muse for den verdensberømte pop-kunstner Andy Warhol. Opholdet i Wahols The Factory bliver et møde med et boheme...
I århundreder har det magtfulde elitekorps The Green Lantern Corps eksisteret i et gigantisk og gådefuldt univers. Hver Green Lantern har sværget på at opretholde intergalaktisk orden og bærer en...
Efter den meget omtalte afsked med sin tidligere arbejdsplads, hvor han var vært for The Tonight Show efter Jay Leno, besluttede Conan O¿Brien sig for at begive sig ud på en turné, som sendte ham ...
Stumfilm har aldrig været stumme. Det er noget filmmuseerne har opfundet, påstår filmhistorikeren Carl Nørrested, der i denne passionerede dokumentarfilm beskriver udviklingen af lyd på lærredet...
Delivery with a cart to a familial farm in the south of France