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Videos
(132767 Results)

AT MARYWELL FROM HARVEST TO TATTIES
non-fiction / Amateur film / Amateur film
1957
National Library of Scotland

Life on Marywell Farm during the first years of the Taggart family's occupancy.

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[WHITECRAIGS, ROUKEN GLEN, GLASGOW MEARNSKIRK, HEAVY SNOW]
non-fiction
1945
National Library of Scotland
Other title(s):
- [WHITECRAIGS, ROUKEN GLEN, GLASGOW MEARNSKIRK, HEAVY SNOW]

Amateur footage of the south side of Glasgow and the city centre during heavy snow.

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LEADEN ECHO AND THE GOLDEN ECHO, the
Feature film / Experimental film
1955
National Library of Scotland

A film interpretation of the poem 'The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo' by Gerard Manley Hopkins. Margaret Tait reads the poem throughout the film.

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BROXBURN GALA DAY AND CROWNING OF QUEEN
non-fiction / Newsreel
1954
National Library of Scotland

Broxburn Gala Day and crowning of the Queen, 26th June 1954. Includes footage of the procession, children's fancy dress competition and the Gala Queen crowning ceremony.

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KIRKLISTON CHILDREN'S GALA AND CROWNING OF QUEEN
non-fiction / Newsreel
1954
National Library of Scotland

Procession of the Gala Queen and "The Champion" through the streets of Kirkliston, West Lothian. 3rd July 1954.

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BROXBURN HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS AND DISPLAY
non-fiction / Newsreel
1954
National Library of Scotland

The first annual inter-house school sports day at Broxburn High School, West Lothian. 5th July 1954.

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GALA DAY AND CROWNING CEREMONY AT BROXBURN
non-fiction / Newsreel
1953
National Library of Scotland

The decorated floats procession and the crowning of Gala Queen at Broxburn, West Lothian on 27th June, 1953.

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[SPECIAL CONSTABULARY CRAIGIE ST, HAMPDEN, GEORGE SQUARE]
non-fiction
1945
National Library of Scotland
Other title(s):
- [SPECIAL CONSTABULARY CRAIGIE ST, HAMPDEN, GEORGE SQUARE]

Amateur film of activities based around Craigie Street Police Office, headquarters of the Southern Division in Glasgow, towards the end of the war.

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Images
(605783 Results)

ROAD AND THE MILES, the
National Library of Scotland

Television documentary from the mid 1960s about the redevelopment of Dundee: new houses, destruction of slums, the building of the Tay Road Bridge, growth of shops and industry.

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DRAGON AND THE THISTLE, the
National Library of Scotland

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...

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STEEL AND ENGINEERING
National Library of Scotland

Shots of the "Empress of Britain" leaving Greenock for Canada and of the interior of the Parkhead steel works.

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SCOTLAND'S GARDENS AND ALLOTMENTS
National Library of Scotland

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.

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IN AND AROUND ACHARACLE
National Library of Scotland

Everyday life in the crofting community of Acharacle, Lochaber, in the 1950s.

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ROSEHEARTY THEN AND NOW
National Library of Scotland

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...

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OUT AND ABOUT, GLASGOW
National Library of Scotland

Family home movies including footage of daily life around Glasgow city centre, the Barras market, the West End and the new Clyde Tunnel.

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TRAMPING AND CAMPING
National Library of Scotland
Other title(s):
- Junior Activity Films series

A camping expedition by an uncle and his nephew, showing the do's and don'ts of the countryside code.

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Texts
(159719 Results)

The Farmer and I
DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum
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Das Ei und ich (The Egg and i)

Heiter-besinnliches Lebensbild (englisch) nach einer Novelle von Betty McDonald: Darst.: Claudette Colbert, Marjorie Main, Louise Allbritton, Fred McMurray, Percy Kilbride. Reg...

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Der König und Ich (The King and I)
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The Lord and the Peasant
EYE Filmmuseum (The Netherlands)
Other title(s):
- Die Heimkehr des Reisenden

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 ...

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The dachshund and the sausage

A cartoon combining drawings and live footage, in which a drawing comes to life while its author isn't there. The film's director began as a political cartoonist and in 1914 founded Bray Studios, amon...

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FATHER AND LATHER [Main]
Imperial War Museums
Other title(s):
- [FILM TAGS] [Allocated Series]

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...

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DOUAI AND LILLE [Main]
Imperial War Museums

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...

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CAMELS AND JAFFA [Main]
Imperial War Museums

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...

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