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.
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy sightseeing in Edinburgh where they visit the castle and make an appearance on stage at the Playhouse Cinema.
Amateur cine film featuring days out around the east coast and borders of Scotland in the 1970s. Includes footage of a canal trip on the 'Queen of the Borders', a day at Edinburgh Zoo, train rides a...
I Sydafrika berører religion alle dele af samfundet. Med tusinder af mennesker, der dør af aids, er religionerne i dag konfronteret med en virkelighed, som rækker ud over deres verdenssyn. Filmen g...
The children of Rosehearty Primary School join with older members of the village to record memories of the village in the early half of the century, illustrated by a varied montage of photographs. Inc...
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...
A journey by train and boat from Perthshire to Skye.
An amateur film compilation around the Borders. Includes footage of a visit to Duns by The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland the Rt. Rev Dr. James A. Simpson, a 250th annive...
The film opens with Oxford Street in London and declares that "luxury shopping" is not helping the war effort. This is contrasted with the ways in which women do help: a mother looking after her two s...
Russian war drama about the love between a peasant girl and a Russian prince at the time of the Russian (February) Revolution in 1917. As a young peasant girl, Mary Warren (Geraldine Farrar) is being ...
Amateur footage of the last day of tram services on the streets of Glasgow, and the evening display of Glasgow's historic trams.
Emperor Wilhelm II and empress Victoria of Germany on horses, escorted by horsemen, on their way to a parade at the Tempelhoferfeld in Berlin.
Amateur footage of a coach trip from Glasgow to Rome, travelling through France, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany and Austria on the way.
One of a series of 20 films made for Babcock and Wilcox (Steam) Ltd. between 1954 and 1961. Featuring their Cyclone furnace for firing coal at work; the Renfrew staff association magazine going to pre...
Life on Marywell Farm during the first years of the Taggart family's occupancy.
An exploration of St Peter's Seminary, Cardross on the Firth of Clyde.
"Montmartre" er en hyldest til et af Københavns legendariske spillesteder - Jazzhus Montmartre. Stedets historier bliver fortalt af Rune Bech, nuværende direktør for Montmartre, og de to musikere ...
X-Men: First Class følger den klassiske Marvel mytologi og kortlægger den episke begyndelse på X-Men sagaen. Før Charles Xavier og Erik Lensherr tog navnene Professor X og Magneto, var de to unge ...
Erland arbejder på en papirfabrik i en lille by sammen med sin bedste ven Sven-Erik. I sin fritid driver han sammen med sin kone Maj, en 'ægteskabsskole', der er en diskussionsgruppe i den lokale ki...
Bruno har nattevagten på et lille hotel i Le Havre. En nat ankommer en kvinde til hotellet, barfodet og uden kuffert. Hun fortæller Don, at hun er en fe og tildeler ham tre ønsker. Inden Don har se...
En morgen ringer det på døren hos Anders. Udenfor står Britt som er kommet til København med 9-toget fra Sønderjylland, højgravid med en kuffert. Anders aner ikke hvem Britt er, hun kunne teoret...
Historien udspiller sig i Sydafrika, 1990. To store begivenheder skal til at indtræffe: Nelson Mandela vil blive frigivet fra sit årtier lange fangenskab, men mere vigtigt: Det er 15-årige John Mil...
Energiministeriet har stået bag filmen, som fortæller om Danmarks energimæssige problemer og muligheder og om planer for energiforsyningen og energiforbruget. I filmen gennemgås de forskellige ene...
Familien Aviechkinovs liv var en solstrålehistorie: 7 charmerende brødre fra Irkutsk, der spillede jazz så englene sang. De levede nøjsomt med deres mor, elsket af publikum og medier. Instruktøre...