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RAISED FROM STONE
non-fiction
1975
National Library of Scotland

A look at the distinctive styles of Scottish architecture which have arisen over the years from Skara Brae to Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

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BLAST
non-fiction / Documentary film
1975
National Library of Scotland

Overview of Vorticism, a radical art movement of the early 20th Century. Archive footage and stills intercut with manifesto statements and examples of art.

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MALTAMOUR: Slips in Time With Random Selections by Eduardo Paolozzi
Feature film
1972
National Library of Scotland

Artist Eduardo Paolozzi explores idiosyncratic aspects of the culture and history of Malta in this unique experimental tourist film.

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OASIS / TRANSFORMATION BY COLOR / AUTOMOBILES / DESIGNED BEINGS / SEMAPHORE / DRESSING / GESTURES / FIRE
Feature film
1976
National Library of Scotland

Sequence of animations and random footage (Olympic torch lighting, rituals etc) which were "based on ideas of Hans Hollein; created for the Smithsonian's Cooper Hewitt Museum's opening exhibition: Man...

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[WYLLIE - STRAW LOCO]
non-fiction / Documentary film
1987
National Library of Scotland
Other title(s):
- [WYLLIE - STRAW LOCO]

Unedited footage of the installation of artist George Wyllie's "Straw Locomotive", a work which signified the decline of heavy industry on the banks of the Clyde. Includes shots of the loco's process...

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LIVING CITY, the
Non-Fiction
1984
National Library of Scotland

A portrait of Edinburgh, accompanied by the Picturesque notes of Robert Louis Stevenson, 1878.

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CLYDESCOPE
non-fiction / Documentary film
1974
National Library of Scotland

A panorama of the Clyde, from Biggar to Brodick, with Billy Connolly as guide.

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SCOTCH MYTHS
Feature film / Documentary film
1982
National Library of Scotland

A celebration, or perhaps a humorous and sarcastic look at the romantic fantasies about things Scottish that have been invented by novelists, poets and musicians over the years.

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