The film opens with Oxford Street in London and declares that "luxury shopping" is not helping the war effort. This is contrasted with the ways in which women do help: a mother looking after her two s...
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 demonstration on how to use a Seine net for trawling. This film was planned by the Marine Laboratory Aberdeen, as part of their research programme on the efficiency of fishing gear. "Grateful ackn...
A look at the social and economic changes in Scotland during the 1950s, after the upheaval of the war. From the restoration of Iona Abbey to the development of new industries.
The Forth and Clyde Canal's operations on its last year of use.
Hostels at Loch Ard, Inverbeg and Rowardennan, with footage of hostellers climbing Ben Lomond and the Cobbler, canoeing on Loch Lomond and enjoying a dance.
A history of the Forth and Clyde Canal.
Sponsored by Glasgow Corporation Education Committee, this educational film introduces the chief tools used by the carpenter.
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 ...
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.
A record of the renovation work on the Bellhaven cafe, Wishaw, Lanarkshire, between 1948 to 1955; shows the work of masons, joiners, glaziers and the Cocozza family on the new Cafe, and the interest o...
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.
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.
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...
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy sightseeing in Edinburgh where they visit the castle and make an appearance on stage at the Playhouse Cinema.
I Sydafrika berører religion alle dele af samfundet. Med tusinder af mennesker, der dør af aids, er religionerne i dag konfronteret med en virkelighed, som rækker ud over deres verdenssyn. Filmen g...
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Eventyrlig historie om kampen mellem ondt og godt i en fjern ahistorisk tid, hvor troldmænd og dragedræbere var en realitet.
Efter mange genvordigheder lykkes det bjørnen at fange sneharen, men lige før den skal til at skyde fortæller haren om sin gamle mor og sine utallige børn. Bjørnen bliver blød om hjertet og lade...
En amerikansk videnskabsmand rejser til Haiti for at undersøge en oplysning om at man her fremstiller en gift, der kan gøre mennesker til zombier. Hans arbejde trues af politiet og en konfrontation ...
Tiana drømmer om at åbne sin egen restaurant, og er også tæt på at opnå drømmen, da hun kommer til at kysse en fortryllet frø og selv bliver forvandlet til en frø. Nå må de to på en lang r...