Mary is in love with a young farmer, who goes abroad to earn money. During his absence, Mary's family is assailed by disease and poverty. Since she has not heard from her beloved for a long time, she ...
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...
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...
In 1968 Irmin Schmidt and Holger Czukay founded the band Can in Cologne, which cultivated an avant-garde style somewhere between free jazz and funk, krautrock and psychedelic rock, and also experiment...
Comprehensive history of the burgh of Ayr, including footage of buildings of historical interest.
Cyclical year in the life of the Taggart family as they take up residence at Marywell Farm. Their first experiences of country life.
Compilation of scenes from Glasgow in the sixties including footage of the Gorbals, Paddy's Market, the Broomielaw the Alhambra Theatre and Glasgow Green.
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.
Den stilfærdige Lars Lindstrom bor ved siden af hans bror Gus og hans kone, Emily. Lars passer helst sig selv, og Gus og Emily er derfor glade den dag Lars erklærer, at han har mødt den eneste ene....
Om Amerikas svar på Den afskyelige Snemand, et 2 1/2 meter højt væsen ved navn Bigfoot. Familien Henderson er så uheldige at påkøre Bigfoot og tager ham med hjem i parcelhuset som bliver sat på...
Som en rose, der blomstrer i sneen - så smuk, så livskraftig, så ren - sådan er Snehvide. Efter syv års indespærring i et tårnværelse, blomstrer hendes skønhed, og hun er klar til at indgå i...
Filmen tager os tilbage til en tid længe inden Dorothy besøgte den fantastiske verden, selv inden den gule murstensvej og de små dværge. Vi er helt tilbage til den tid, hvor den senere store og ma...
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...
Shots of the "Empress of Britain" leaving Greenock for Canada and of the interior of the Parkhead steel works.
Craigbank Gardens, Edinburgh. The film has extensive footage of allotments, vegetable gardens and people tending the crops. Portree Horticultural Show also features towards the end of the film.
Everyday life in the crofting community of Acharacle, Lochaber, in the 1950s.
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...
Family home movies including footage of daily life around Glasgow city centre, the Barras market, the West End and the new Clyde Tunnel.
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...