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4 and 20 Fit Girls (clip 1) - A wartime exercise class
4 and 20 Fit Girls (clip 2) - A wartime exercise class

A

A Crofter's Life in Shetland (clip 1) - Fishing Season at Lerwick Harbour
A Crofter's Life in Shetland (clip 2) - Visitors arrive by seaplane
A Crofter's Life in Shetland (clip 3) - Transport of peat by Shetland pony
A Crofter's Life in Shetland (clip 4) - Britain's most northerly lighthouse
A Crofter's Life in Shetland (clip 5) - A Crofter's Wife
A Crofter's Life in Shetland (clip 6) - Up Helly Aa Festival
A Day in the Home - 1950s educational film about how to be the perfect housewife
A Guid New Year (clip) - Hogmanay celebrations in Glasgow 1957-58
A Song at the Circus - A song about the circus for children's TV
A Visit to the Empire Exhibition - An early colour home movie from 1938
Aberdeen's Black Friday - Devastation caused by an air raid on Aberdeen
Advertising Detectives - Feature Resource
Anti-gas precautions in Glasgow (Clip) - World War II training film
ARP - A practice exercise for dealing with a gas attack
ARP A Reminder for Peacetime - Amateur film about a Glasgow family preparing for the black-out
ARP Schools - How to use a gas mask
Australia Week - Co-op promotional campaign for Australian food products

B

Beagan Gaidhlig (clip 1) - Gaelic lessons on the Isle of Lewis
Beagan Gaidhlig (clip 2) - Gaelic lessons on the Isle of Lewis
Bridal Wear Fashion Show 1973 (clip) - TV news insert produced for STV
Bright Future - How the banking industry was marketed to school leavers in the 1970s.

C

Cally House - Wartime evacuation school established by the Glasgow Education Authority in Galloway
Cashmere is Scottish (clip 1) - Promotional film for Scottish Cashmere producers
Cashmere is Scottish (clip 2) - Promotional film for Scottish Cashmere producers
Cashmere is Scottish (clip 3) - Promotional film for Scottish Cashmere producers
Charles Rennie Mackintosh (clip) - Biographical film about the Glasgow-born, artist and architect
Childhood
City of Glasgow - A portrait of Glasgow in the early 1960s
Clean Food (clip 1) - Food handling advice from the 1930s
Clean Food (clip 2) - A warning about reheating food from the 1930s
Clearance '68 (clip) - STV documentary about emigration from Scotland in the 1960s
Cliff in Scotland (clip) - Themed light entertainment from STV in 1965
Clyde Film (clip 1) - A powerful look at inner-city Glasgow in the 1980s
Clyde Film (clip 2) - A powerful look at inner-city Glasgow in the 1980s
Come Co-operative Shopping - Advert from the mid 1960s
Communication (clip) - Teenagers discuss problems communicating with others
Counter Courtesy (clip) - Co-operative Society training film
Country Policemen - The working life of a lowland policeman
Crofter Boy (clip) - Life in a crofting community in the 1950s
Cumbernauld Hit (clip 1) - Council promotional film meets James Bond movie!
Cumbernauld Hit (clip 2) - Council promotional film meets James Bond movie!

D

Dalek in Glasgow Streets - TV news insert from 1978
Death of a Queen (clip) - The story behind the sinking of an ocean liner
Design
Dewar's Scotch Whisky - An early cinematic advert
Dr MacIntyre's X-Ray Film and X-Ray Cabinet - Some early medical technology
Drink and Drive Commercials (clip 1) - A major change in the law
Drink and Drive Commercials (clip 2) - A major change in the law
Drink and Drive Commercials (clip 3) - A major change in the law
Drink and Drive Commercials (clip 4) - A major change in the law
Dunbar - The A1 Resort (clip) - Summer fun at one of Scotland's top holiday destinations
Dundee 1939 (clip 1) - The History of Dundee
Dundee 1939 (clip 2) - The History of Dundee
Dying of Thirst (clip) - Educational film from the 1970s about teenage drinking

E

Early Film and The Local Topical - Feature Resource
Edinburgh (clip 1) - Everyday life in 1960s Edinburgh
Edinburgh (clip 2) - Everyday life and the industries of 1960s Edinburgh
Education Authority of Glasgow Special Services (clip 1) - School provision for disabled children in the 1920s
Education Authority of Glasgow Special Services (clip 2) - School provision for disabled children in the 1920s
Emigration
Enough to Eat: The Nutrition Film - Wartime health information film
Execution of Mary Queen of Scots - Dramatic reconstruction of this infamous historical event
Exercise Movie - Demonstration of cinematic technique from the 1950s
Experiences of School

F

Feet off the Bottom (clip) - Swimming lessons at Butlins
Fighting Fields - Feeding the nation during wartime
Fish
Flicks of Aberdeen's Territorial Week
From Glasgow Green to Bendigo (clip 1) - A look at the work of Glasgow's famous Templeton factory
From Glasgow Green to Bendigo (clip 2) - A look at the work of Glasgow's famous Templeton factory

G

Gallimaufrey – A Cumbernauld Poem - A vision of a new town
George Bennie Railplane (clip 1) - Experimental public transport system from the 1930s
George Bennie Railplane (clip 2) - Experimental oublic transport system from the 1930s
Girls Club Appeal - Fund-raising film
Give Us More Ships - Public appeal to save more for the war effort
Glasgow Today and Tomorrow - Glasgow Corportion's plans from 1949 for the redevelopment of Glasgow
Glasgow Trams c1902 - Phantom rides on trams around the city
Glasgow's Docklands - A portrait of 1950s Glasgow
Glasgow's Yesterdays (clip 1) - Compilation of early news and local topical footage
Glasgow's Yesterdays (clip 2) - Compilation of news and local topical footage
Glasgow's Yesterdays (clip 3) - Compilation of news and local topical footage
Glasgow's Yesterdays (clip 4) - Compilation of news and local topical footage
Glasgow's Yesterdays (clip 5) - Compilation of news and local topical footage
Good Health to Scotland - Wartime health information film
Gorbals Procession - Paddy Black Memorial Mission District Trip
Gordon Highlanders - Soldiers marching before leaving for the Boer War in 1899
Grierson and the Documentary Movement - Feature Resource

H

Hand Transport of the Injured - Wartime First Aid film
Health of a City (clip 1) - Public health in 1960s Glasgow
Health of a City (clip 2) - Public health in 1960s Glasgow
Health of a City (clip 3) - Public health in 1960s Glasgow
Hendry's Cola - Advert for a soft drink

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I Remember, I Remember (clip 1) - John Grierson introduces a clip from 'Heart of Scotland'
I Remember, I Remember (clip 2) - Documentary legend John Grierson introduces clips from 'Heart of Scotland' and 'Drifters'
I Remember, I Remember (clip 3) - Documentary legend, John Grierson introduces a clip from 'Granton Trawler'
I Remember, I Remember (clip 4) - John Grierson introduces clips from 'Industrial Britain' and 'Coalface'
I Remember, I Remember (clip 5) - John Grierson introduces a clip from the seminal documentary 'Night Train'
I Remember, I Remember (clip 6) - Documentary giant, John Grierson on his shortened, re-edited version of 'Seawards the Great Ships'
I Remember, I Remember (clip 7) - John Grierson introduces 'The Big Mill' about steel manufacturing at Ravenscraig
I Remember, I Remember (clip 8) - John Grierson introduces a clip from 'Heart of Scotland' about an oil refinery
It Began on the Clyde - Documentary about stress and fatigue amongst industrial workers during WWII

J

Jogging in the Seventies - News insert from 1973 about a new sporting craze

L

Launch at Denny's: Shamrock III - Launch of a yacht in 1903
Lochgelly Old Age Pensioner's Drive to Crook O' Devon - An outing to the country in 1928
Lord and Lady Overtoun's Visit to MacIndoe's Show - Filmed visit to a bioscope booth at a travelling fair in 1908
Lourdes Centenary Celebration (clip 1) - A religious ceremony at Celtic's Parkhead Stadium
Lourdes Centenary Celebration (clip 2) - A religious ceremony at Celtic's Parkhead Stadium
Lyceum Cinema Ads - Happy New Year 1956

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MacNab's visit to London - An uncouth highlander visits Edwardian London
Man Without a Wife - A man raising five sons on his own
Margarine Cartoon - Animated advert from 1965
Meet the Stars - Cigarette advertising in the past
Ministry of Food Flashes (clip 1) - How to use scarce food in wartime
Ministry of Food Flashes (clip 2) - The importance of food during war
Ministry of Food Flashes (clip 3) - Public information films about how to feed the nation and help the war effort.
Mower Madness - A short film comedy horror!
Muckitallup - Amateur drama doc about litter

N

New Towns (clip) - 1969 film outlining plans to build a better Scotland
No Easy Way (clip 1) - Allan Wells: One Man's Olympics
No Easy Way (clip 2) - Alan Wells, One Man's Olympics
Northern Capital (clip) - Amateur documentary about 1930s Edinburgh

O

Oer Hill and Dale (clip 1) - Shepherd's Spring in the Cheviot Hills
Oer Hill and Dale (clip 2) - Shepherd's Spring in the Cheviot Hills
Old Age
Orchid Butter - TV advert from 1965
Out for Value (clip 1) - Department Store in 1930s Aberdeen

P

Paddy's Milestone (clip) - How curling stones are made from the Ailsa Craig in Ayrshire
Paraffin Young: Pioneer of Oil (clip 1) - Biographical documentary about industrialist James Young
Paraffin Young: Pioneer of Oil (clip 2) - Biographical documentary about industrialist James Young
Patriotic Porkers - Unusual propaganda movie
Petrol - A short drama about murder
Politics and Representation
Potato Trailer - Cinema ad for 'tattie howking'
Pre-Opening of Radio Clyde - Glasgow's first commercial radio station prepares to broadcast

R

Railway Ride Over The Tay - Phantom ride from 1897
Rivers and Coasts and their Industries - Feature Resource
Rivers at Work - Hydro-electric power in the Highlands

S

Save in 1969 - An advert showing a selection of co-op products
Scotland and the New World (clip 1) - A look at the social and economic changes in Scotland during the 1950s
Scotland and the New World (clip 2) - A look at the social and economic changes in Scotland during the 1950s
Scotland and the New World (clip 3) - A look at the social and economic changes in Scotland during the 1950s
Scotland for Fitness - A film promoting sport and healthy living in 1930s Scotland
Scotland's New Towns - Feature Resource
Scottish Identity - Feature Resource
Scottish Moving Picture News No 32 - Fund-raising in Dundee for World War I
Scottish Women's Hospitals - A field hospital on the frontline during the First World War
Seawards The Great Ships (clip 1) - Scotland's First Oscar Winning film
Seawards the Great Ships (clip 2) - Scotland's First Oscar Winner
Seawards the Great Ships (clip 3) - Scotland's First Oscar Winner
Seawards the Great Ships (clip 4) - Scotland's First Oscar Winner
She Blazed a Trail (clip) - The life of Church of Scotland missionary, Mary Slessor
Singer Factory - Demolition of an iconic factory
Sir Harry Lauder visits the Regent Picture House, Glasgow to view Huntingtower'
Sisyphus - A Scots version of the Greek myth
Smokies (clip) - Film about a technique of fish preservation
Songs of Scotland - A musical portrait of 1960s Scotland
Sorley MacLean's Island (clip) - Documentary about great, modern Gaelic poets
Sport in Scotland (clip)
St Kilda - Britain's Loneliest Isle (clip 1) - An early travel documentary
St Kilda - Britain's Loneliest Isle (clip 2) - An early travel documentary
St Kilda – Britain's Loneliest Isle (clip 3) - An early travel documentary
St Kilda, The Lonely Islands (clip) - Historical documentary from the 1960s about St Kilda
St Valery – Last post for the 51st - TV doc about Scotland's greatest military disaster of WWII
Stan and Ollie (clip) - The famous movie comedians visit Edinburgh
Sunny Days (clip) - Scotland's first synchronised sound film

T

Tam Trauchle's Troubles (clip 1) - Life in a single-end tenement flat in the 1930s
Tam Trauchle's Troubles (clip 2) - A holiday camp for poor children
Tam Trauchle's Troubles (clip 3) - Holiday camp for blind children in 1930s
Tam Trauchle's Troubles (clip 4) - Sam and Robert arrive home from camp
Temperance Events Edinburgh 1938 (clip) - Film record of a street parade
Tenement Warden (clip) - Advice on how to respond to the threat of air raids
That's the Spirit Mosque (clip) - Construction of Glasgow's Central Mosque
The Adventures of Wee Rob Roy - An early comic animation
The Big Mill (clip 1) - A poetic look at heavy industry
The Big Mill (clip 2) - A poetic look at heavy industry
The Calculators - The introduction of computers to Scotland
The Cat (clip) - A short horror film
The Children's Story - Documentary about the Scottish education system from 1938
The Evacuation of St Kilda (clip 1) - Amateur doc about the last people to leave Britain's most remote island
The Evacuation of St Kilda (clip 2) - Amateur doc about the last people to leave Britain's most remote island
The Evacuation of St Kilda (clip 3) - Amateur doc about the last people to leave Britain's most remote island
The Face of Scotland - 1938 film about national identity
The Family
The Grand Match (clip) - Curling on Scotland's only lake
The Heart of Scotland (clip) - Documentary about Stirling and the Forth Valley
The Ship from the Clyde (clip) - Poor industrial relations affect the building of the QE2 liner
The Singing Street (clip 1) - Traditional children's street games
The Singing Street (clip 2) - Traditional children's street games
The Singing Street (clip 3) - Traditional children's street games
The Swinging Sixties
The Wells of Montrose (Clip) - Oil rig operation
To Ireland by Air (clip) - A new commercial route opens in 1933
Travelpass – it's just the ticket (clip 1) - Promotional film for the Highland Board's "Rover" ticket.
Travelpass – it's just the ticket (clip 2) - Promotional film for the Highland Board's "Rover" ticket.
Treasure Island - Inverness children queue for the cinema in 1935

U

Unemployment in Clydebank (clip) - TV doc about structural unemployment in the 1970s
Unitas Oats - TV advert for a traditional breakfast product
Up Stream - A story of the Scottish Salmon Fisheries

V

Vera Reynolds visits Regent Picture House - A Hollywood celebrity comes to Glasgow
Vote for Harry Kemp - Early independent political broadcast

W

Warwork News No. 19, The Other Man's Job - Public information film for Warwork News
Wealth of a Nation - A look at what has driven the Scottish economy across industrial history
Wood Goes to War (clip) - Women perform skilled work in a WWII weapons factory
World of Steel (clip) - Promotional film from 1938 about a key export industry

Y

You Take the High Road (clip) - A film about Scottish identity
Young in heart (clip 1) - Development of the Hillman Imp Motorcar
Young In Heart (clip 2) - Development of the Hillman Imp Motorcar

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