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  1. Whisky Galore! (1949)

    Director
    Alexander Mackendrick
    Subject
    English language and literature; Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 83 minutes), £12.99

    When a ship carrying 50,000 cases of whisky runs aground, the inhabitants of a Scottish island cannot resist the temptation to replenish their depleted supplies. Only an English Home Guard captain stands in...

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  2. Forties Scotland (1948 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 75 min.

    Three COI films of the 1940s reflecting urban and rural life in Scotland. WAVERLEY STEPS (1948) looks at Edinburgh and its people, CROFTERS (1944) at a highland community apparently hardly changed by the...

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  3. West of Inverness (1946 Video)

    Director
    Stephen Durell
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 10 min., 2001 sale: £12.99 (inc VAT +p&p)

    A short film about the problems faced by a rural community and the increasing role for the railway. Highlights the growing dependence on the outside world for provisional and goods.

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  4. 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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  5. Visit Perthshire (1943)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 67 minutes), £12.99

    A collection archive films about the County of Perthshire. FREEDOM OF ABERFELDY (1943). Aberfeldy hosts troops from the Dominions during World War II. Running time 9 mins b/w. Produced by Campbell Harper...

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  6. 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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  7. Face of Scotland, The (1938 Video)

    Director
    Basil Wright
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 135 minutes), £15.99

    Seven films from the Films of Scotland Collection. All restored and produced from digitally transferred high definition masters for superb picture and sound quality. The programme comprises: Seawards the...

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  8. 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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  9. 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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  10. Scotland Calling: At the Empire Exhibition 1938 (1938)

    Subject
    Geography; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (154 minutes), £18.99

    A 2-DVD compilation of films made at and for the Empire Exhibition of 1938, which was held in Glasgow. DVD 1: Seven films made under the direction of John Grierson to spotlight Scotland: FACE OF SCOTLAND:...

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