A colourful tour of the Braemar area, Aberdeenshire.
Amateur footage of West Pilton's Gala week including the church parade, a bowling competition, a football match and the Gala Queen crowning ceremony.
III. A study of the inhabitants as they pick almonds, including a lady "of low caste" (according to the shotsheet) a girl and a veiled lady of high caste. It is not clear whether these are Jewish or M...
Shots of various restaurants in Glasgow.
From sheep shearing in Australia to wool being spun and woven into cloth in Scottish tweed mills.
The changing forces in the traditional borderland; in the fishing and textile industries, farming, forestry and housing.
Informative overview of horse-drawn carriages as a means of transport in Edinburgh from Victorian times to more recent times (milk delivery). Illustrated with dramatised sequences and information on ...
Dr Honeyman describing his purchase of the Burrell Collection and Dali's "Crucifixion". With shots of the Art Gallery, Glasgow University and the collection in storage. Dr Honeyman and the Civic Amen...
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.
A pickpocket acts as an inept golfer. Helpful souls become robbed. A female pickpocket turns up. The two pickpockets pick the golfers pockets. But they become disclosed. They try to escape and shoot a...
Poul is a struggling magician looking for just the right trick to take him to the big time. To get the money to acquire 'The Sawed-in-Half Lady' from Frankfurt he makes a deal with Arne, a shifty insu...
Ginger and her friend Rosa was born on the same day at the same hospital and here lies the reason for their friendship which they cherish throughout their childhood. Politically, The Cold War is high ...
The intimate story of a family from Iraq who left their home and came to live in Scotland five years ago.
In a decayed Scottish fishing village, an outcast boy strikes up a friendship with a fisherman who believes himself to be Zorba.
Teenagers voice their opinions on stereotypes and the issue of equality.
Lebensbild aus den 90 Jahren (Ton- und Geräuschfilm
mit [englischen] Dialogstellen) nach dem Roman von
Il documentario ripercorre le tappe della produzione artistica del pittore Carlo Carrà illustrando alcune delle sue opere più note. Nato a Quargnento (Alessandria) nel 1881, Carrà nelle prime...
The hard life in Porto Ulisse, a village of fishermen near Catania.
Ein Wiener Bild mit
Ein Monumentalfilm, Manuskript:
I. USSR. Experimental field "Lenin" near Moscow. Experiments with bran wheat. Field farmer Denis Lysenko, acad. Donat Dolgushyan, acad. Avakyan. The Kolomna railway factory "Kuybishev". Railwaymen Day...
Report on the 30 day visit of a group of Congolese officials to Belgium in 1953.
The communal council of a commune in the Brussels outskirts discusses plans for the construction of a new city.