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.
Kursen er sat med udlængsel og eventyrlyst mod eksotiske havne som Phuket - Cochin/Baypore - Salalah - Mits'Iwa - Suez/Port Said, mod Thailand, Indien, Oman, Eritrea og Ægypten. Nordkaperen er bygge...
Rod Kimble har en drøm: Han vil gerne banke sin stedfar og blive en berømt stuntman som sin rigtige far... Rod har to drømme: Han vil gerne banke sin stedfar, blive en berømt stuntman og rejse pen...
Filmen fortæller historien om en ung mand, som er træt af livet på landet og derfor køber en enkeltbillet til København - uden at have sikret sig job eller bolig. Han får arbejde og bor i nogen ...
For otte år siden blev Margot Beck offer for en seriemorder, mens hendes mand Alexandre med nød og næppe reddede livet, da han bagbundet var tæt ved at drukne i en sø. Alexandre har forsøgt at k...
Brandon Sullivan er ung, tiltrækkende og succesfuld og lever et tilsyneladende ubekymret liv i sin lejlighed på Manhattan. Men Brandons liv viser sig at have en dyster slagside. Han er nemlig så dy...
Det store cirkus Cranz, der navnlig er kendt for sin fortræffelige dyrebestand, er ved at blive indskibet til Sydamerika. Vore to gamle venner, Fyrtaarnet og Bivognen, har været dyrepassere hos dire...
Om tre rævepelse fra det bedre borgerskab i Århus, der udtænker et økonomisk svindelnummer for at redde den ene fra konkurs. Tre unge mænd med mere beskeden baggrund kommer tilfældigt under vejr...
Fru Adda Ernst er en midaldrende dame af borgerskabet. Hun har en hyggelig mand, et dejligt hjem og to unge friske børn, Birgit og Hans, der som de fleste af deres jævnaldrende er stærkt swing-inte...