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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. Diving

    Date released
    1976
    Series name
    This Week In Britain
    Issue no
    936
    NoS ID
    329177
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: A shortage of underwater engineers, and the dangers to those who are working at great depths under the North Sea oil rigs, led the British government to set up one of the biggest commercial...

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  3. Industrial Achievements

    Date released
    2 Oct 1958
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1530A
    NoS ID
    022635
    Story no
    5 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Industrial Achievements. DESCRIPTION: The Prime Minister paid a special visit of inspection to the Rolls-Royce works at Derby, where an important addition is a six million pound plant...

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  4. Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger, The (2017)

    aka: The Seasons in Quincy

    Director
    Colin MacCabe; Christopher Roth; Tilda Swinton; Bartek Dziadosz
    Subject
    Arts and Humanities
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 91 minutes), £9.99

    A four-part cinematic portrait of artist, philosopher and writer John Berger. In 1973, Berger moved from urban London to the tiny village of Quincy. These shorts examine different aspects of Berger’s life...

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  5. Bridging the Gap: Shift (2011)

    Subject
    Film studies; Social Studies
    Distribution
    DVD (Region 0 PAL, 58 minutes), Free

    Six new directors and short films on the theme of "Shift" commissioned by Scottish Documentary Institute. NIGHT SHIFT: Anne Wallace once had a dream to help Glasgow’s working women. Soon after she had a...

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  6. Braemar Gathering

    Date released
    11 Sep 1961
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1684
    NoS ID
    024265
    Story no
    3 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Highland Games. DESCRIPTION: The scene was near Braemar in the Deeside Highlands. In spite of rather miserable weather, the park was packed in readiness for the royal arrivals. Her...

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  7. The Future of Scotland

    Date released
    Apr 1948
    Series name
    This Modern Age
    Issue no
    18
    NoS ID
    347025
    Story no
    1 / 1

    BFI synopsis: Long shot of spires, highlands, monuments, Holyrood Palace, plaque on the tomb of David Rizzio, lochs, Edinburgh and Glasgow. The industries of Scotland are shown - liners in the Clyde, cranes...

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  8. Picture of Britain, A (2005)

    Subject
    Art; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 360 minutes), 24.99

    A series of six programmes in which David Dimbleby tours Britain, exploring artistic response to the landscape and contemplating subjects such as travel, nationhood and romantic yearning. Individual...

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  9. Bridging the Gap: Future (2009)

    Subject
    Film studies; Social Studies
    Distribution
    DVD (Region 0 PAL, 78 minutes), Free

    Eight new directors and films on the theme of "Future" commissioned by Scottish Documentary Institute. PETER IN RADIOLAND: A carefully observed study of the director’s father Peter, who stubbornly remains...

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  10. This Sceptred Isle - Scotland (1975 Video)

    Director
    Ronald Craigen; Kenneth Fairbairn; Edward McConnell; Joe Mendoza; James Ritchie; John Taylor
    Producer
    Edgar Anstey; Lionel Cole; Stewart McAllister
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 116 min., 2000 sale: £15.99 (inclusive)

    A British Transport Films video compilation focusing on the highlands, coasts and cities of Scotland. 1 (1965, 17 min, director Edward McConnell, producer Edgar Anstey): Sketches the emotional quality of...

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