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Videos
(155323 Results)

DAYS ON AND OFF
Non-Fiction / Amateur film
1970
National Library of Scotland

Amateur cine film featuring days out around the east coast and borders of Scotland in the 1970s. Includes footage of a canal trip on the 'Queen of the Borders', a day at Edinburgh Zoo, train rides a...

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FATHER AND LATHER [Main]
1918
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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OSTRICHES AND OTHER ODDITIES
non-fiction
1951
National Library of Scotland

Records a trip to South Africa made by Nat and Nettie McGavin. Includes places such as Port Elizabeth, Cape Town, Sea Point, Pretoria, the Vaal River, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and the Victori...

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GLASGOW TODAY AND TOMORROW
non-fiction
1949
National Library of Scotland

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....

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SEALING WAX AND WAFERS
non-fiction
1966
National Library of Scotland

A promotional film for George Waterston and Sons of Edinburgh, Wax Chandlers. This film shows interiors and machinery of the firm's old wax making factory at St. John's Hill, just prior to demolition....

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ROSEHEARTY THEN AND NOW
non-fiction / Documentary film
1989
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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Can and Me
Documentary film / Trailer
2021/2022
DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum

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...

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Public Health and Child Hygiene
Documentary
1922
Centre nationale du cinéma et de l’image animée
Other title(s):
- Hygiène sociale et hygiène de l'enfance

The American Committee's health department brings the medical authorities' and parliamentary circles' attention to the state of children's public health in the disaster-stricken Aisne region. Seventee...

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Images
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ART AND MOVEMENT
National Library of Scotland

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.

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ROUTES AND CENTRES
National Library of Scotland
Other title(s):
- GBI Geography of Scotland series

A tour of the principal centres in Scotland for road and rail networks - Stirling, Perth, Dundee, Aberdeen and Inverness.

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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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BORDER SHOTS AND SPOTS
National Library of Scotland

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...

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SEALS AND SEA LIONS
National Library of Scotland

Study of seals and sea-lions at Calderpark Zoo, Glasgow. Concludes with section showing seals giving display in a circus.

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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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BENMORE HOUSE AND ESTATE
National Library of Scotland

Views of Benmore House and Estate, gifted by H.G. Younger as a forestry and botany demonstration area with some of the activities given to forestry trainees.

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THEN AND NOW
National Library of Scotland
Other title(s):
- This Scotland series

The intimate story of a family from Iraq who left their home and came to live in Scotland five years ago.

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Texts
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[19 QUEEN'S TERR. AYR WINNOCKS, ALLOWAY BEACH]
National Library of Scotland
Other title(s):
- [19 QUEEN'S TERR. AYR WINNOCKS, ALLOWAY BEACH]

Amateur home movie of a family at home - children playing in a garden, on the beach and at a play-park.

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HORSE AND CARRIAGE
Tainiothiki tis Ellados
Other title(s):
- HORSE CARRIAGE (THE)

Mr. Anestis, an old coachman, doesn’t want to change professions, even though cars now rule the road. He lives together with an orphan girl, Annoula, who was the beloved of a boy named Nikos, who ha...

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[CINDERELLA PLAY AT WHITECRAIGS PRE 1950]
National Library of Scotland
Other title(s):
- [CINDERELLA PLAY AT WHITECRAIGS PRE 1950]

Amateur footage of a home theatre performance of Cinderella.

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[TOWNSWOMEN’S GUILD BLACKPOOL 1953]
National Library of Scotland
Other title(s):
- [TOWNSWOMEN’S GUILD BLACKPOOL 1953]

Amateur footage of a Townswomen's Guild outing to Blackpool.

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FORTH AND CLYDE CANAL, the
National Library of Scotland

A history of the Forth and Clyde Canal.

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EAST AND WEST OF BRAEMAR
National Library of Scotland

A colourful tour of the Braemar area, Aberdeenshire.

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[FLITTING TO GIFFNOCK, DRUMCHAPEL 1950]
National Library of Scotland
Other title(s):
- [FLITTING TO GIFFNOCK, DRUMCHAPEL 1950]

Amateur footage of a family moving house, and family and friends posing for photographs in a garden.

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CAER-PEN-TULACH - KIRKINTILLOCH
National Library of Scotland

The 750th Anniversary of Kirkintilloch and the celebrations and events to mark it, including a football match, swimming competition, and a church parade.

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