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4 and 20 Fit Girls (1942)

The virtues of attending keep-fit classes to maintain youthfulness.

Warming up

A Life in Service

Stories of people who worked on farms and estates in the 1930s.

Scullery Maid Luck with Employers Sick Leave

Autumn in Scotland

The autumn harvesting of potatoes and turnips.

Tatties

Baker, Margaret (1939)

Lectures and Stories

Humphrey's Story Margaret Baker - Beer

Bamboo and Barbed Wire (1991)

The story of Scots interned by the Japanese in World War Two.

After the War Arriving at Camp Effects of the Camps Food in the Camps Hopes and Fears Living Conditions Peacetime Life Punishments in the Camps Surviving the Camps The End of the War The Start of War Travelling to Camp

Children's Story, The (1938)

An optimistic look at educational methods in Scotland.

Educating Toddlers Eleven Plus Exams and Beyond Healthy Schoolchildren Scotland's New Schooling Scottish Education Schooling Methods

Christmas (1937)

A film showing the delights of Christmas for children.

Christmas Christmas Dinner Christmas Party The Kids Disturb Santa Opening Presents

Come Draw in Your Chair (1958)

The Hogmanay favourite from the 1950s.

Come Draw in Your Chair

Counter Courtesy (1947)

A Co-op film showing how to serve customers properly.

Good Shop Service

The Denny Hovercraft (1963)

The fortunes of the Denny Hovercraft.

The Denny Hovercraft

Dick Barton (1949)

The hugely popular radio spy serial.

Dick Barton

Every Five Minutes(1953)

Film made to highlight the dangers of fire in tenements.

A Fire Every Five Minutes

Farmers Boy (1938)

Prospects for a young boy in farming

Spring Harvest Time Farmers' Market

Flying above the clouds (1941)

Two boys on a flight from Renfrew airport.

Flying above the coast

From Shipyard, Mill and Mine (1986)

Stories of the Depression in Scotland.

Hunger March Memories

Future of Scotland, The (1948)

An optimistic film describing post-war Scotland.

Coalmining Developments Development Areas Fishing Developments Housing Problems Industrial Scotland Population Loss

Gone Tomorrow - For Want of a Horse (1969)

BBC footage of a milk horse.

Milk Horse


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