Films of Scotland Committee

A panorama of the Clyde, from Biggar to Brodick, with Billy Connolly as your guide. Directed by Murray Grigor for the Films of Scotland Committee.

A look at daily life in the town of Kirkcaldy in the Kingdom of Fife, Scotland.

The day to day running of an electricity showroom.

A look at botanical gardens in Scotland.

The life and work of the Scottish architect and artist Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

A look at Edinburgh's New Town, on the bicentenary of its planning.

A look at English people who have made their home in Scotland.

A look at the traditional dances of Scotland.

A look at the traditional industries of the areas surrounding the Scotland/England border.

A look at the life of the famous Scottish writer, commemorating the bicentenary of his birth.

Documentary about shipbuilding on the Clyde. In 1960, Glasgow and other towns and ports on the River Clyde, on the west coast of Scotland, were still one of the world's great centres of shipbuilding. The film gives an idea of the business of building a ship - the largest moving thing made by man - from the naval architects who design her to the workmen, the shipbuilders in the yard, through to a ship's launching.

A look at life on the Inverness to Kyle railway line in Scotland.

The story of Harris Tweed and its Hebridean homeland.

Travelling the Scottish Highlands by bus.

The industries of the Scottish Highlands.

A look at the sights of East Lothian, Scotland.

A look at some of the events that took place as part of the 1954 Edinburgh Festival.

A look at the work of Glasgow's Medical Officer of Health.

The process of making refractory bricks.

A group of Scottish islanders have to figure out how to bring a new bull over from the mainland.