The year is 1940 and Pilot Officer T.B. Baird arrives straight out of flight school to join a front line RAF squadron at the height of the Battle of Britain. After an unfortunate start and a drumming down from his commanding officer, Baird must balance the struggle to impress his Group Captain, regain his pride, fit in with his fellow pilots, and survive one of the most intense air battles in history.
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 the work of the Scottish artists John Maxwell, Joan Eardley and Robin Philipson.
Documents a visit of Queen Elizabeth to Scotland.
A look at the Scottish woollen industry.
A look at the work of Glasgow's Medical Officer of Health.
Life in the Scottish new town of Glenrothes in the Kingdom of Fife, including a royal visit.
The history and modern day industry of Stirlingshire, Scotland.
Construction work on the Cruachan dam in Scotland.
Documenting the construction of two major steelworks in Scotland.
The building of a hydro electric station in Scotland.
The building of the Ben Cruachan pumped-storage hydro-electric scheme.
