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  1. West Highland (1939)

    Director
    John Gray; Charles Heath; Edward McConnell
    Subject
    History; Travel & tourism
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 85 minutes), £20.41

    Collection of four transport films about railways in the Scottish Highlands. The first, John Gray’s WEST HIGHLAND (1960) is about the last days of the steam train on the West Highland line between Glasgow...

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  2. West Highland (2001)

    Subject
    History; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0, 30 minutes), £19.99

    A classic 1960 BBC Scotland documentary made by John Gray about life and workings on the West Highland Railway in the last days of steam.

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  3. Highland Maya, The: A Case Study in Economic Anthropology (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Out OF Distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1999 sale: £12.75 (+VAT inc. p&p)

    Looks at the complex interweaving of economics and religion known as the ‘cargo’ system, which is found among the Highland Maya of Mexico and Guatemala.

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  4. Night Mail/West Highland (2004)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0, 55 minutes), £19.99

    A compilation of two classic films on steam trains

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  5. Cheviot, The Stag and the Black, Black Oil, The (1974 Film)

    Director
    John Mackenzie
    Producer
    Graeme McDonald
    Subject
    Drama; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (BR Region B, 90 minutes), £16.99

    The travelling theatre company 7.84 gives a polemical account of the history of Scotland from the Highland Clearances to the effects of the development of the North Sea oilfield. Intercuts film of a stage...

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  6. Yesterday’s Britain: Highlands (1992 Video)

    Subject
    Biology; History
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 63 min., 1997 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

    A compilation of three short British Transport films. 1 (1952, dir. John Taylor): Tours the communities between Inverness and Kinloch Rannoch. Shows life in these small communities, developments in industry,...

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  7. Highland Doctor (1943)

    Director
    Kay Mander
    Subject
    Health Education; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 119 minutes), £20.41

    Kay Mander kept training and social issues to the fore in the 1940s with her innovative documentaries. This DVD comprises a collection of her films of social issues of the day. HIGHLAND DOCTOR (1943) This...

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  8. Culloden (1964)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 96 minutes), £19.99 (inclusive)

    A reconstruction of the Battle of Culloden (1746) using local people as actors. First broadcast by the BBC in 1964. An account of the campaign against the Hanoverian throne and establishment; its gradual...

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  9. Night Mail / Terminus (1995)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 54 minutes ), £10.99

    Compilation of two classic British documentary films, NIGHT MAIL and TERMINUS. [See individual titles for synopsis.]

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  10. Sheep of the Hills (1996 Video)

    Subject
    Agriculture
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 55 min., 1997 sale: £15.99 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Shows Britain’s native breeds of highland sheep in their own environments and discuses them with their owners. Explains how the breeds evolved and links the different types of sheep to the production of...

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