The Forth and Clyde Canal's operations on its last year of use.
Hostels at Loch Ard, Inverbeg and Rowardennan, with footage of hostellers climbing Ben Lomond and the Cobbler, canoeing on Loch Lomond and enjoying a dance.
The sculptor Benno Schotz at work in his studio in Glasgow, and demonstrating his technique. The film examines his working methods and the themes running through his work. Much of his work is as a m...
A football match between Elgin City and an unidentified team, and the Inspection and Presentation of Colours of the Boys' Brigade (Inverness Battalion).
Various scenes of the village of Colinton from the early 1940s through to the mid 1950s.
A history of the Forth and Clyde Canal.
Laurel and Hardy visit Edinburgh in 1932, arriving at Waverley Station, going to the North British Hotel and finally, visiting the Castle.
Sponsored by Glasgow Corporation Education Committee, this educational film introduces the chief tools used by the carpenter.
A tour of the principal centres in Scotland for road and rail networks - Stirling, Perth, Dundee, Aberdeen and Inverness.
A comedic tale set in the garden of the Thoms' family house, on a summer's day. A group of boys playing in the garden get into trouble with a pernickety neighbour but later redeem themselves by spott...
Amateur footage of a home theatre performance of Cinderella.
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 survey of Aberdeen's industries, including shipbuilding, granite quarrying, fishing, papermaking, textiles and light engineering.
Manufacture of components for Black and Decker tools. [Incomplete]
Shots of the "Empress of Britain" leaving Greenock for Canada and of the interior of the Parkhead steel works.
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.
The Ambassador of the United Arab Republic presents his credentials to the president. A Volga car is donated to Kekkonen. World Shooting Championships in Moscow (foreign material). ‘Dream kitchen’...
President Kekkonen sets off for Leningrad by train. Deputy Prime Minister Mikoyan of the Soviet Union in the United States (foreign material). ‘Journey across Poland’ photography exhibition at Sto...
Poet Runeberg’s fount in Ruovesi. Retailers’ meeting in Tampere, including a lecture at the Pyynikki sports field. The opening of a Nordic youth conference at Helsinki City Hall. Buildings on Mann...
The British ambassador presents his credentials to the President of the Republic. Hyvinkää Church (designed by Aarno Ruusuvuori) is inaugurated. Railway museum at the Helsinki Railway Station. Stati...
Local museum in Hauho. Exhibition ‘Someone is waiting for your letter’. American artist Mr Leaf visiting the WSOY publishing company. New first-class grill restaurant Ostia in Helsinki. Polish sea...
British Prime Minister MacMillan arriving at Helsinki airport. MacMillan visits President Kekkonen. Opening of new seaside restaurant in Toivo Kuula Park in Helsinki. Tanganyikan President Dr. Julius ...
1850. A shepherd boy finds a young girl in a wretched condition. Tinke, a homeless wanderer, is taken into care by a farmer. But Tinke, it turns out, is from a wealthy family; her dying mother once ga...
It's a video installation; it's a long journey into a broom shrub. It's a trudging about in a broom shrub; the camera looks for the correct route. The edge lay on the camera's lens. Bees grow immensel...