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...
Holidaymakers setting out from Glasgow, and travelling by train and steamer down the coast to Rothesay and Ettrick Bay. Includes tracking shots from tram in Sauchiehall Street.
A demonstration on how to use a Seine net for trawling. This film was planned by the Marine Laboratory Aberdeen, as part of their research programme on the efficiency of fishing gear. "Grateful ackn...
A look at the social and economic changes in Scotland during the 1950s, after the upheaval of the war. From the restoration of Iona Abbey to the development of new industries.
The Forth and Clyde Canal's operations on its last year of use.
A history of the Forth and Clyde Canal.
Sponsored by Glasgow Corporation Education Committee, this educational film introduces the chief tools used by the carpenter.
Tour of the Highlands and Islands in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Scenes include farming, fishing, mountain climbing, ships, and a brief shot of the 'talkies' being installed at Balmoral.
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...
A camel train approaches and enters the city. A panorama of the city taken from the sea. Tiffin (compressed camel or horse fodder) being unloaded from ships lying out to sea by surf boats. The men wor...
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 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...
A descriptive essay on the city of Edinburgh, and in particular of Edinburgh Castle.
The wedding of Jock Lyon and Lorna Duncan at Greyfriars Church, Dumfries, February 23rd 1928.
Teenagers voice their opinions on stereotypes and the issue of equality.
Daily live of a high mountain farmer during the year.
An investigation of the problem of backstreet abortion in Italy.
A re-examination of the text based on illustrations of various editions of “Pinocchio” by Carlo Collodi.
A brief history of the Italian comic newspapers.
Robinet corteggia una fanciulla che sta tirando le reti a riva. Il padre della fanciulla pretende però che la figlia si metta con un pescatore, quindi Robinet si traveste e intraprende la profe...
Typical work in the working class neighborhoods of Palermo.
Filmbiografie über die berühmte Trapp-Familie, die auch dem berühmten Kinomusical "The Sound of Music" ("Meine Lieder, meine Träume", USA 1965) als Vorlage diente.Die Erzählung beginnt in den 192...
Filmbiografie über das Wirken der Philosophin und Reporterin Hannah Arendt. Im Jahr 1933 verlässt die Jüdin ihre deutsche Heimat, geht zunächst nach Frankreich und 1941 nach Amerika. Dort arbeitet...