A compilation of nine classic documentaries from the Films of Scotland Collection at the Scottish Screen Archive. All restored and digitally transferred to High Definition for superb picture and sound quality.
Contains Seawards The Great Ships (1960) - Scotland's First Oscar Winner, the story of Clyde shipbuilding; The Big Mill (1963) - Steel making in the West of Scotland. Gartcosh, Ravenscraig and more; The Silver City (1957) - the delights of Aberdeen as a holiday destination; Pleasure Island (1960) - holidays on the Firth of Clyde, Rothesay and the Isle of Bute; A Kind of Seeing (1967) - the colours and shapes of the Scottish landscape; The Face of Scotland (1938) - the character of Scotland and its people, and how they were shaped by history; Still Life with Honesty (1970) - Sir William Gillies speaks of his life's work, while the camera lingers on his paintings; New Day (1959) - A look at the industries of Fife and life in Glenrothes New Town as seen through the eyes of a miner and his family; and Glasgow 1980 (1971) - A journey around Glasgow to see how it would look in 1980 after redevelopment.
