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.
Lothian's coastal industries: fishing ports at Granton and Newhaven and the docks at Leith and Bo'ness. Its mining industries: shale mining by open-cast methods and a new pit at Bo'ness. Some of th...
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.
Forth Rail Bridge, with fishing boats underneath. Motorbike racing at an established track. Scenes of family life, playing cards etc. The launch of a ship possibly the Empress of Britain. Family weddi...
The Forth and Clyde Canal's operations on its last year of use.
A history of the Forth and Clyde Canal.
Filmed over a period of twelve years, we are taken on a journey through the Caledonian Canal in a motor yacht, travelling from east to west.
Holidaymakers setting out from Glasgow, and travelling by train and steamer down the coast to Rothesay and Ettrick Bay. Includes tracking shots from tram in Sauchiehall Street.
A family holiday around Firth of Clyde and beyond on various boats. Includes a trip to Belfast and a trip 'Doon The Watter' on the Waverley.
A descriptive essay on the city of Edinburgh, and in particular of Edinburgh Castle.
Amateur footage of a journey down the Clyde by steamer to Rothesay.
Irja von Bernstorff (second from the right), Sangay Rinchen (on the right) in "The Farmer and I" (2013-16)
Various shots of ships on slipways and dock scenes.
Amateur footage of a family at the newly-opened Forth Road Bridge and brief footage of an aircraft at Turnhouse Airport, Edinburgh.
SPCA inspects farm and transport of livestock, and shows the care of both working animals and pets. Also outlines SPCA's role in rehoming animals, and in educating children about pet care.
Family home movies including footage of daily life around Glasgow city centre, the Barras market, the West End and the new Clyde Tunnel.
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...
A documentary, narrated and directed by Sean Connery, on the turbulent industrial relations of the workforce of Fairfield's shipyard on the Clyde during the mid 1960s.
Surrealistic view of the "Honeymoon couple", interrupted by salesmen, consumer goods, jealousy, anger and infidelity. [Award winner in the 1957 Scottish Amateur Film Festival.]