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A Grid for Gas

Date released

1960

Series name

Home and Away

Issue no

18

NoS ID

352840

Story no

1 / 3

BFI Summary - A look at the Scottish Gas Board. The item opens with a brief shot of a gas lamp and gas cooker, illustrating the uses to which gas is put, and an exterior of the Scottish Gas Board works at...

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Granite City, The (1936 Video)

Director

James E Henderson

Subject

Architecture; History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 18 min., 2001 sale: £12.99 (inc VAT +p&p)

A survey of the city of Aberdeen. The earliest known professionally made colour film in Scotland.

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Kia Ora Advert - Nell Gwyn (1985 Film)

Cinema advertisement for Kia Ora orange juice. The thirst audiences had for fresh oranges in an Elizabethan theatre is compared to contemporary cinema-goers and boxes of fresh Kia Ora juice. An Elizabethan...

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Film & History Conference

Date

28 Sep 2010, 09:49

Author

bufvcsergio

Post Type

Post

Going to War 1939-45 Film, History and the Second World War 22-23 October 2010 Imperial War Museum, London This year the annual Winter Conference of the Institute of Historical Research focuses on the...

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Date released

1960

Series name

Home and Away

Issue no

18

NoS ID

352841

Story no

2 / 3

BFI Summary - Boys are shown on a camping holiday organised by the Scottish Industrial Sports Association, at Dalguise House, Perthshire, camping HQ of the Scottish Association of Boys’ Clubs. General...

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Wealth of a Nation (1938 Film, Video)

Director

Donald Alexander

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Scotland’s industry and community involvement in the changing economic landscape. A film made for screening at the 1938 Empire Exhibition in Glasgow.

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Dancing for Delight

Date released

1959

Series name

Home and Away

Issue no

17

NoS ID

352838

Story no

2 / 3

BFI Summary - Scottish dancing by the sponsor’s employees

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Pantomime in Scotland: A Celebration of Scottish Pantomime on Film

Subject

Drama; Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 165 minutes), £18.95

Archive silent film from the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s with a specially recorded musical soundtrack. Providing a unique insight into a forgotten golden age of pantomime, these films from the collections of the...

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World of Steel (1938 Video)

Director

Laurence Henson

Subject

Technology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 5 min., 1999 sale: £12.99 (inc. VAT +p&p)

A promotional film made for screening at the 1938 Empire Exhibition in Glasgow, illustrating steel rolling mill production for girders for the Empire Exhibiton Tower.

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Scots on Screen 1899-1936 (2000 Video)

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £15.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

A compilation of samples of the output of Scottish film-makers in the silent and early sound period. Optional piano accompaniment is provided for three of the titles, reflecting aspects of the experience of...

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