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Crofter Boy |
| A dramatised documentary of life in a crofting community. |
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Steel and Engineering |
| Shots of the “Empress of Britain” leaving Greenock for Canada and of the interior of the Parkhead steel works. |
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They Made The Land |
| Shots of thatched houses, digging turf and detailed construction of a field drain. |
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Eilean An Fhraoich (Isle of Lewis) |
| Scenes of life in the Outer Hebrides showing herring fishing, crofting, cutting peat, and roof thatching. The Lewis Hospital Carnival is also featured with a pipe band, floats and a display of Highland dancing. |
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Progress Report |
| A survey of Municipal Housing Activity in Glasgow. New council housing at Knightswood, Cranhill, Pollock and Tollcross. |
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Granite |
| Shows the extraction of granite from a quarry followed by dressing and various uses of the material. |
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Restoration of the Church of the Holy Rude |
| Restoration of the Church of the Holy Rude |
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Locharbriggs Sandstone |
| Sandstone at Locharbriggs. |
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Council's Enterprise |
| The Town Council have decided to make Saltcoats more attractive to visitors |
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Lime Burning |
| Shows small scale lime burning including the production of lime from sea shells. |
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Construction of Dumfermline's War Memorial |
| Shots of stone masons at work and building of stonework. |
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Iona - We Shall Rebuild |
| Shots of the restoration of Iona Abbey including re-roofing. |
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Carrick Know - Church of Scotland |
| Stone work and slating taking place at Carrick Know Church. |
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Build Me Straight |
| Building of a wooden fishing boat. The draftsman is seen working on the plans, then slowly we see the men in the yard building the vessel up from the keel. Finally the boat is launched and taken out to sea. |
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Construction of Bell's Sports Centre |
| Records the construction of Bell’s Sports Centre, Perth concentrating on the erection of the domed structure and the logistics of transporting materials. |
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Aberdeenshire Abbey |
| Aberdeenshire Abbey and devotional artworks created there. |
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Construction of Ritz Cinema Ednburgh |
| Shows bricklaying, laying of roof beams and mixing and pouring of concrete. |
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Glasgows Housing Problem and Its Solution |
| Shows mortar mixing in a mill, building work taking place and dressing stone. |
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Wealth of a Nation |
| One of a group of seven documentaries made for screening at the 1938 Empire Exhibition, the film compares and contrasts the old and new industries of Scotland. |
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Luichart and Meig; Gammies at Norwood Strichen |
| Detailed evidence [mostly in black and white] of the construction of Luichart Power Station and Meig Dam by Logans of Dingwall Also shows Logan staff working in the office, in the canteen, and workmen at their trades. The film also contains a short colour section of the Logan family walking in their garden. |
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Re-laying Dingwall High Street |
| Shows the re-laying of a road in tarmacadam. |
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Homes for a Highland Town |
| Records the changes made to housing conditions in Inverness, showing the move away from old, crowded tenement conditions to the newly constructed housing estates with gardens and leisure amenities nearby. Also shows Inverness town centre. |
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The Old and New |
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Cargo for Ardrossan |
| The industries and domestic activities of the west coast of Scotland (Glasgow, Ayrshire and Islay), highlighting the importance to the area of a cargo of oil carried to Ardrossan by the tanker “Trocus”. |
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Glenboig Clayworks |
| Clay being mined and firebricks being moulded at Glenboig Clayworks, Lanarkshire. |
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Construction of Oswald Street Bridge |
| Shows the construction of a bridge in detail including the laying of the deck. |
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House That John Built |
| Footage of two men building a house, including laying the foundations and bricklaying. |
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Fair Isle - A Glimpse of Life on a Lonely Island |
| Crofting and fishing on the island of Fair Isle with footage of the islanders’ daily lift. |
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Restoration of Iona Abbey |
| Amateur footage shot during 20 years of restoration work on the Abbey and buildings on Iona. |
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Church Hut, Tayport |
| The conversion of the Battery Factory canteen hut into Tayport’s Sunday School. |
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The Sawmill in the Forest |
| Shots of men felling trees and transporting logs by horse to a small sawmill, where the timber is cut into lengths. |
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Leaded Lights |
| Shows laying out of templates, cutting the glass, melting lead and the finished window in situ. |
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Falkirk |
| Made as a promotional film for screening at the 1938 Empire Exhibition in Glasgow, it documents the history and industries of the town of Falkirk. |
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Greenock Plans Ahead |
| Highlighting the main industrial and housing problems facing the Corporation of Greenock and solutions proposed. |
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Uist Joinery |
| Detailed descriptions of carpentry and joinery work including the Gaelic names for tools and the uses of several tools which had fallen out of use on the mainland due to the use of machinery (side 1). |
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Uist Window Making |
| Gaelic language recording of detailed descriptions of carpentry and joinery work including the Gaelic names for tools and the uses of several tools which had fallen out of use on the mainland due to the use of machinery (side 2). |
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Uist Window Making |
| Gaelic language recording of detailed descriptions of carpentry and joinery work including the Gaelic names for tools and the uses of several tools which had fallen out of use on the mainland due to the use of machinery (side 1). |
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Uist Joinery Work |
| Gaelic language recording of detailed descriptions of carpentry and joinery work including the Gaelic names for tools and the uses of several tools which had fallen out of use on the mainland due to the use of machinery. (side 2). |
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The INFORM Church |
| Rolling demonstration of the INFORM Church interactive CD-ROM. |
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Shelling Building |
| Gaelic language recording of describes the building of a shielling, thatch being replaced by slate, wattle made of rope used for doors and couple construction made of bog fir. Also the making of lime from shells and the construction of stone and turf gables. |
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Uist General Building |
| Gaelic language recording of building in Uist |
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Wattle House Construction Spean Bridge |
| Gaelic language recording of a description of the making of wattle houses. |
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Wattle House Construction and Thatch |
| Gaelic language recording of a description of the making of wattle houses and heather thatching. |
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Argyle Thatching Fern |
| Gaelic language recording of descriptions of thatching practice including the use of fern for thatching and other materials. |
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Argyle Thatch, Turf |
| Gaelic language recording of description of thatching including the use dried turf as a basal layer for thatch and the fixings used for this layer and the oat straw above it. |
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Shetland Oat Straw Thatching |
| Use of oat straw for thatching described and the use of timber to hold down turf. |
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Heather Thatching and Rope Making |
| Gaelic language recording of descriptions of thatching with heather thatch being noted as lasting the longest. Also details of the method of making ropes with a twist handle from heather and horse hair. |
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07 SA1969-045-B2-Thatch |
| Audio. |
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Uist Joinery Work |
| Gaelic language recording of information on joinery and building work. |
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Shell Lime Production, Shetland |
| Description of the burning of lime with peat, the lime being slaked whilst it was still hot. |
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Orkney Thatching and Construction |
| Thatching techniques described, applied over a layer of simmens wound round the couples. Also describes flagstone floors and plaster walls. |
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Orkney Carpentry |
| Description of woodworking and carpentry. |
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Orkney Thatching Over Flagstones |
| Local thatching techniques described, thatch put over flagstones. |
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Orkney Thatch Over Turf |
| Description of thatching technique and the use of couples with heather divots used as basal layer. |
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Ullapool Vernacular Building |
| Gaelic language recording of couple construction, couples made of fir wood and tied at the top with seaweed. Straw or heather thatch then applied. Wattle houses constructed with no stone, reinforced with straw and clay. |
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Wester Ross, Stone, Clay and Turf Walls |
| Gaelic language recording of describes the construction of a double wall, cemented with clay. Walls built of stone with upper half of gable made of turf. |
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Bracken and Heather Thatch, Shetland |
| Thatching described including the use of bracken roots which lasted for 4 generations. Heather was used at eaves, straw considered too valuable. |
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North East thatch, Clay Washed |
| Describes the thatching process, worked from bottom up. Thatch then washed over with clay, extra clay being applied to the ridge, sheaves would be covered in clay before being applied. |
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SA1962-030-B2-Thatch |
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Speyside Roofing |
| Description of roofing methods, some houses had turf roofs only, others with outer covering of rye straw and reeds. |
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Marram Thatching |
| Description of cutting marram grass for thatching, lasted 3 years. Also rope making. |
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Caithness Thatch |
| Detailed description of thatching including the use of simmens, and divots. |
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Building with Cruck Frames, Caithness |
| Account of cruck frame construction, flags and divot used as wall head. |
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Shetland Thatch Including Flagstones |
| Oat straw used for thatching, threshed with flail, beams of barn came from shipwreck. Flagastones at wall head, hanging lum construction. |
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Vernacular Building, Jura Including Clay |
| Thatching and the making of heather ropes described along with the use of clay plaster and infill to walls. |
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SA1971-159-B4-B13-Thatch |
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Shetland Dyke Building |
| Description of the construction of dykes with whole left in to allow wind to pass through as well as local names for parts of a house. |
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Thatching Including Driftwood Base |
| Describes thatch applied over turf and driftwood purlins and held down by nets or simmens. |
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Rush thatching |
| Gaelic language recording of thatching, rushes do not make good thatch, wire or fishing net used to hold down the thatch. |
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Construction of a Blackhouse |
| Gaelic language recording of description of building blackhouses, partitions made of strips of wood or tree bark plastered in clay. |
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Uist Joinery |
| Gaelic language recording of description of joinery work, local man used driftwood for some work and made local church windows. |
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Invernesshire Vernacular Cnstruction and Thatching |
| Description of thatching, construction of wooden chimneys, timber floated down the Spey, always used wooden pins rather than nails where possible. |
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SA1967-046-A5-A6-Thatch |
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Vernacular construction of whole building |
| Gaelic language recording of building practices, cruck construction, thatching, double skinned wall with clay in between, not lime coated. |
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Tile making in Southern Scotland |
| Description of the process of making drain tiles |
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Building turf dykes |
| Describes the process of building turf dykes |
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Rope making and thatching |
| Gaelic language recording of making ropes and thatching techniques. |
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Construction of sheilings in Fortingall |
| Describes the building of sheilings, stone inside, earth outer walls |
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Vernacular construction in Killin |
| Describes thatching practice, construction of buildings, 4 corner stones laid first, roof trees next then larch then turf before thatch. |
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Thatching and wall construction Tiree |
| Describes the use of bent grass for thatch, a filling of well pounded sand used as filling for the wall. |
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Uist Joinery work |
| Gaelic language recording of description of joinery work.. |
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Vernacular construction in Loch Broom |
| Gaelic language recording of description of house construction with clay infill between wall skins, also thatching, turf then heather or rushes. |
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Shell lime production and lime wash |
| Gaelic language recording of description of lime washed houses, applied inside and out, lime made from shells. |
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SA1969-001-B3-B6-General Construction |
| Gaelic language recording of describes living in clay floored house, walls covered in mixture of dung and clay, walls also lined with heather rope woven like a net and plastered with clay and dung. Lime made from shells and used to cement walls. Also thatching with bent. |
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Wattle houses in Spean Bridge |
| Gaelic language recording of description of wattle houses, also includes some information regarding thatch |
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Wattle houses in Spean Bridge |
| Gaelic language recording of description of wattle houses, also includes some information regarding thatch |
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House building |
| Describes different types of houses and stone masonry |
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Building a farmhouse |
| Discusses stone masonry including building farmhouses and the construction of a lighthouse |
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Wattle houses in Spean Bridge |
| Discusses thatching and various house structures |
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Vernacular building in Lewis |
| Describes the building of a sheiling, turf walls and roof. Also buildings with clay floor and thatching, could be 18 inches thick, walls 2 skins with turf in between. |
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Vernacular building in Lewis |
| Describes the building of a sheiling, turf walls and roof. Also buildings with clay floor and thatching, could be 18 inches thick, walls 2 skins with turf in between. |
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Thatching with bent grass |
| Gaelic language recording of description of thatching process, straw with turf underneath and making bent grass ropes |
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Manufacture of heather rope and lime from shells |
| Gaelic language recording of description of making heather rope, this had to be gathered some distance away. Also description of making lime from shells and using this on the inside and outside of the walls. |
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Thatching in Mull |
| Describes the manufacture of straw rope and the method of tying down thatch. Also English translations of Gaelic terms. |
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Thatching in Mull |
| Describes the manufacture of straw rope and the method of tying down thatch. Also English translations of Gaelic terms. |
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Islay vernacular construction |
| Description of clay floor finishing, every 10 years. Partitions were made of wattle plastered in clay. Reeds used for thatching with sea weed sometimes used. Also details of houses of turf and wood. |
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Islay vernacular construction |
| Description of clay floor finishing, every 10 years. Partitions were made of wattle plastered in clay. Reeds used for thatching with sea weed sometimes used. Also details of houses of turf and wood. |
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Uist joinery work |
| Details of joinery work including work on windows. |
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Uist heather thatch |
| Gaelic language recording of description of gathering thatch and using it to make rope and for thatching. |
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Vernacular building in Iona |
| Describes houses with clay floors and wooden internal partitions, outer walls sometimes plastered with mud. Corn used for thatching and held with net. |