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...
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...
A Royal Engineers sergeant shows how to load two carrier pigeons into a small wicker basket for transport. At the Rosyth seaplane base Felixstowe F2A flying boats and Short 184 seaplanes ride at ancho...
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 ...
Emperor Wilhelm II and empress Victoria of Germany on horses, escorted by horsemen, on their way to a parade at the Tempelhoferfeld in Berlin.
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...
Amateur footage of the last day of tram services on the streets of Glasgow, and the evening display of Glasgow's historic trams.
Amateur footage of a coach trip from Glasgow to Rome, travelling through France, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany and Austria on the way.
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Den kendte ørelæge, dr. med. Poul Ryding, er enkemand med tre livlige børn, Jesper på tretten, Jørgen på otte og Dorthe på syv, som han har svært ved at styre. Han annoncerer efter en barnepig...
En dreng fra en landsby vinder et lokalt væddeløb. To mænd fra et hestestutteri overværer hans sejr i løbet, og de prøver bagefter at købe hesten af ham, men han afslår. De får ham dog overta...
På Olympen fejrer Zeus og Hera Herkules' fødsel. Deres dåbsgave er et bevinget hingsteføl, Pegasus, som bliver Herkules' tro følgesvend gennem livet. Til stede ved dåben er også Hades, den bitr...
USA findes alligevel kun inde i amerikanernes hoveder, så for den tilrejsende handler det blot om at få lejet en bil og ellers acceptere det hele som et fata morgana uden retning og forsvindingspunk...
Filmens hovedperson er den 17-årige Ree Dolly, hvis far er sporløst forsvundet. Før hans forsvinden har han stillet deres hus i kaution og nu nærmer regnskabets time sig med hastige skridt. I angs...
Da notaren, Lebel, læser Jeanne og Simons mors testamente højt, fremkommer et højst besynderligt ønske. Tvillingerne skal aflevere to forseglede breve - et til den far de troede var død og et til...
Da Beth vender hjem efter en forretningsrejse i Hongkong, udvikler det, hun troede var jetlag, sig i en langt mere ondartet retning. To dage senere dør hun, og lægerne fortæller hendes chokerede ma...
En både rørende og eventyrlig film om en lille pige, der tager på en lang og farlig færd for at finde sin far. Mias far tvinges til at forlade hende for at arbejde med en boring af en vejtunnel, s...