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...
The Forth Rail and Road Bridges shot from the ferry crossing the river Forth.
Visuals of police divers at work in the Clyde-Forth canal and of a boat, the "Sea Horse" passing through canal lock gates, showing the operation of locks and bridges along the canal.
Romantic adventure film in which Betty, who dreams about pirates, and her father, a gullible professor, are tricked by a bunch of real pirates. They are rescued by a young man who has a crush on Betty...
An educational film tracing the history of shipping and the shipbuilding industries on the Clyde estuary.
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...
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.
"Wie die Liebe geht" (2024)
"Wie die Liebe geht" (2024)
"Wie die Liebe geht" (2024)
Constanze Klaue
Angelika Waller, Alexander Lang (left to right) in "Hut ab, wenn du küßt!" (1971)
Evelyne Kraft in "Lady Dracula" (1977)
Evelyne Kraft in "Lady Dracula" (1977)
"Lady Dracula" (1977)
Film sponsored by Esso following the Scottish Rally of 1976. The rally begins in Ayrshire and takes in the Highlands. Interviews with various drivers at the roadside and after each stage is completed...
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...
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...
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.