A short domestic comedy in which a clock-repairer's brother-in-law causes havoc by getting the Burgh Council to deliver the town hall clock to the house for repair.
A Scottish women's act of charity inadvertently sends a disabled Indian beggar boy on a difficult, spiritual journey from the streets of Mumbai to an ancient hilltop temple.
Ramsay MacDonald unveiling the Burns Memorial at Dumfries. Filmed for Gaumont British News. [see also ref. 0547]
A modern fairytale. Eleven year old Gemma is a captive, like the animals which fill the menagerie which is her home.
Alex is a dreamer, Mari is a realist: two Highland lovers living in a caravan in the West of Scotland. Trout is a kooky tale of what happens when a bizarre chain of events shakes up their quiet life.
Cannonman tells the story of Dafyd, a downtrodden circus performer trying desperately to break free from the shackles of his tyrannical bearded wife.
An instructional safety film showing schoolchildren how to cross the road safely.
Short sequence of amateur footage of Coatbridge Town Hall being destroyed by fire.
Shots of London's famous buildings during the First World War.
Emperor Wilhelm II and empress Victoria of Germany on horses, escorted by horsemen, on their way to a parade at the Tempelhoferfeld in Berlin.
Panoramic shot over Santiago de Compostela. A crowd in the streets attends a procession followed by a parade of men with hats, women with veils, people with masks and music bands.
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...
Immagini documentarie sul fronte della prima guerra mondiale: l'esercito italiano tra il Brenta e l'Adige; veduta del monte Pasubio e del Monte Cimone; si trasportano truppe e cannoni; in marcia...
Ralph and Edith Norton, two Protestant missionaries from Philadelphia, came to Britain for a period of three years to provide assistance to refugees and wounded Belgian soldiers from the war zone. Mon...
Subtitled "The work of the Department of the Director General Voluntary Organisations including the Camps Library". Introductory shot of the Director General Sir Edward Ward seated in his office in Sc...
Various news items about the First World War, compiled for home projection. Optimism and emphasis on international collaboration, remains preserved and the more gruesome or embarrassing war images wer...
Documentary about the annual kermis and cattle-market in Anderlecht.
From private wedding festivities at a wooden villa in the city of Fredikstad.
A commercial for Rex Margarine with the Greek philosopher Diogenes as the main character.
Spanish writers and personalities devoted to their hobbies: reading, walking, painting or visiting a museum.
French language version of a newsreel item on British troops sitting and eating bread and jam "with proverbial coolness", Western Front, May 1918.
"King And President - The King of the Belgians and President Poincaré leaving Furnes after an inspection of the French Cavalry in the market square".
Newsreel item showing British soldiers eating bread and jam "with proverbial coolness," Western Front, May 1918.