I. The steam catapult trials carried out at the Armstrong Whitworth plant, Elswick, and later at the Experimental Aircraft Depot, Isle of Grain. A steam catapult fitted to HMS Slinger is used first to...
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 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...
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 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...
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.
Views of Baghdad and Babylon in Mesopotamia and of Baalbec on the Palestine Front, 1918.
Australian soldiers, probably of 5th Division, at the south end of the Saint Quentin tunnel at Bellicourt. A temporary bridge has been built just below the tunnel entrance. A view, from on top of the ...
An experimental film in the form of a riddle by artist Gillian Steel.
Glasgow in the post-war years and the Corporation's futuristic plans for the city's development. [The film was made to tie in with an exhibition of the same title, held at the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow....
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.
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 tour of the principal centres in Scotland for road and rail networks - Stirling, Perth, Dundee, Aberdeen and Inverness.
Study of seals and sea-lions at Calderpark Zoo, Glasgow. Concludes with section showing seals giving display in a circus.
Dokumentarfilm über die zeitgenössische Punk-Musik-Szene, die sich in verschiedensten Teilen der Welt noch immer einer großen Lebendigkeit erfreut. Dabei porträtiert der Film Menschen, für d...
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy sightseeing in Edinburgh where they visit the castle and make an appearance on stage at the Playhouse Cinema.
Zirkusdrama mit
Abenteuerdrama mit
Liebesdrama mit
Lebensbild (Kostüm) mit
Schauspiel (eigentlich Komödie). Der reiche Gutsbesitzer I. M. Glenar auf Gut Manor möchte seinen Neffen Jack mit Miriam, der älteren Tochter seiner Nachbarin, der Witwe Evans verbinden. Da ...
Gesellschaftsdrama (amerikanisch) mit Robert Warwick und Chester Barnett. Georg Garrison und Karl Wainright sind Geschäftsfreunde gewesen, bis Garrison durch Wainrights falsche Ratschläge sei...
Phantastisches Schauspiel mit Maria Rain. Vor dem Tore des dem Grafen Wolonsky gehörenden Schlosses sinkt ein Weib ohnmächtig zusammen. Die Dienerschaft trägt sie ins Schloß, holt den Grafe...