Som selvlært sanger var den danskfødte Helge Rosvænge (1897-1972) noget af en ener blandt operatenorernes verdenselite. Efter debuten i 1921 virkede Rosvænge mest i Tyskland og Østrig, hvor han m...
Den danskfødte sanger Lauritz Melchior (1890-1973) regnes som en af operahistoriens førende heltetenorer. Efter debuten i »Tannhäuser" i 1918 blev Melchior især kendt som Wagner-fortolker, idet h...
Troy og Gabriella har taget hul på deres sidste år på high school. Ligesom deres kammerater på East High skal de nu videre i livet med deres erfaringer fra high school i bagagen, med store håb ti...
Nick kommer tit på New Yorks indie-rock scene, hvor han plejer sine hjertesorger og spiller bas i et hardcore bøsse-band, The Jerk Offs. Norah er i en mindre krise i sit liv, hvor hun stiller spørg...
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...
Educational film examining the different stages involved in pregnancy.
A comedic tale set in the garden of the Thoms' family house, on a summer's day. A group of boys playing in the garden get into trouble with a pernickety neighbour but later redeem themselves by spott...
A football match between Elgin City and an unidentified team, and the Inspection and Presentation of Colours of the Boys' Brigade (Inverness Battalion).
Laurel and Hardy visit Edinburgh in 1932, arriving at Waverley Station, going to the North British Hotel and finally, visiting the Castle.
Amateur footage of West Pilton's Gala week including the church parade, a bowling competition, a football match and the Gala Queen crowning ceremony.
A demonstration of the stages and processes in relining a picture.
Footage of sand racing, and coverage of the first post-war car hill climb race held at Rest and Be Thankful, organised by the Royal Scottish Automobile Club, St Andrews.
One of a series of 20 films made for Babcock and Wilcox (Steam) Ltd. between 1954 and 1961, it features the Babcock and Wilcox tower crane involved in building the new sports stadium, Crystal Palace, ...
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...
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....
In a decayed Scottish fishing village, an outcast boy strikes up a friendship with a fisherman who believes himself to be Zorba.
Romantic adventure film in which Betty, who dreams about pirates, and her father, a gullible professor, are tricked by a bunch of real pirates. They are rescued by a young man who has a crush on Betty...
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...