Amerikaneren Frederick Wiseman regnes for et af de største navne inden for dokumentarfilmen. I over 20 år har han lavet film om amerikanske institutioner - ukommenterede beskrivelser af forholdet me...
Tre eksperimenter samlet under overskriften »Scratching the Eyes Out. In Three Lessons". Princippet for scratch er, at man stjæler fra film, TV og reklamebilleder, redigerer dem sønder og sammen og...
I 1980 skræmte Stanley Kubrick en hel verden med sin filmatisering af "The Shining - Ondskabens hotel". Filmen er en af de mest uhyggelige nogensinde og har gennem årene været genstand for mange sp...
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...
Schauspiel nach dem Roman "The masquerader" mit
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...
A camping expedition by an uncle and his nephew, showing the do's and don'ts of the countryside code.
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...
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...
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...
The wedding of Jock Lyon and Lorna Duncan at Greyfriars Church, Dumfries, February 23rd 1928.
Records a trip to South Africa made by Nat and Nettie McGavin. Includes places such as Port Elizabeth, Cape Town, Sea Point, Pretoria, the Vaal River, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and the Victori...
Trip from Oban to Staffa and Iona, visiting the tourist sites. [Accompanied by voiceover and classical music]
Teenagers voice their opinions on stereotypes and the issue of equality.
Film sponsored by Esso following the Scottish Rally of 1976. The rally begins in Ayrshire and takes in the Highlands. Interviews with various drivers at the roadside and after each stage is completed...
A descriptive essay on the city of Edinburgh, and in particular of Edinburgh Castle.
A film tracing the introduction of movement as a factor in 20th century art. It records various ways in which artists have tackled this development such as Gabo, Calder and Soto.
Family home movies including footage of daily life around Glasgow city centre, the Barras market, the West End and the new Clyde Tunnel.
Television documentary from the mid 1960s about the redevelopment of Dundee: new houses, destruction of slums, the building of the Tay Road Bridge, growth of shops and industry.
TV documentary about Chinese families living and working in Glasgow and Edinburgh, the problems they face in terms of housing, education, work and community relations, and the provisions in place to a...
Kort melodrama: De Chinees Sang Lee ontfermt zich over een blank kind (Jack). Twintig jaar later verdedigt Jack, als prominent advocaat, zijn ten onrechte beschuldigde pleegvader in de rechtbank.