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- This is a film made as an elaborate advert for the Insurance Industry. A group of criminals conspire to rob a warehouse which has also been spotted as a vulnerable target by an insurance salesman who suggests precautions, including buying insurance. Will the works be done in time and sufficient to stop the robbers?
- Two boys thwart the efforts of antique smugglers at a British estate.
- A robot is used by children to carry out their chores.
- An excellent swimmer, Michael Scott is chosen to represent his school at a swimming competition but his nerves unfortunately fail him and he does not stand on the podium. His parents try to comfort him but in vain. His mother, a former circus artist, then urges him to accept an invitation to spend a month at the big top where she once worked. Mrs Prada, Mrs. Scott's former partner, has indeed invited the boy to join her and her two children and to share their lives during this time. Michael finally accepts and soon makes friends with Florence and George. Brother and sister are currently training for a funambulist act. Interested in their specialty, Michel starts learning how to walk on a tightrope too.
- The National Committee for Visual Aids in Education was behind this informative film that illustrates the arrival of the "special time" for young women. She's growing older. Her body is changing. What's it all about? GROWING GIRLS is here to explain.
- 1954. Thriller. Director: Joe Mendoza. Stars Peter Illing. A ski champion uncle tries to kill his nephew in order to gain his inheritance in this British crime mystery short film.
- A look at the United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation, including the Royal Observer Corps, and their work warning the public of a nuclear attack and then monitoring its effects.
- A film promoting check books and bank accounts for women, particularly young women. Lizl writes a letter to a friend explaining describing moving into a flat for the first time with her friend Anne. Liz opens a bank account, whilst Anne is put off by her brother-in-law, causing financial problems. By the end of the film Liz has a new love, Anne has her old one and her own bank account. Contains short animated sequences and titles, and makes comic use of silent movie footage.
- A broad cross-section of life in Edinburgh on a typical day - the Edinburgh of the railway fireman, coal-man, student, sailor, office worker and businessman.
- Pakistan was formed by the division of India half a century ago, and founded in the name of Islam. Few Western people venture here but as traveler Neil Gibson discovers it offers some of Asia's most mind-blowing landscapes, a kaleidoscope of cultures and a deeply generous people.
His journey begins in Karachi, a bustling port town. He comes across a film crew making a movie on the life of Jinnah, and takes the opportunity to find out more about the founder of Pakistan. Leprosy is still a massive problem amongst the poor in Karachi and Neil visits one of the hospitals that treats lepers. Neil then takes a horse and cart to the Saddar Bazaar, Karachi's main shopping area, and gets himself kitted out in a shalwar kamiz, Pakistan's native dress.
From Karachi, it's a 17 hour train ride north to the sufi city of Multan, inhabited by the ancient Indus valley civilization. The 4000 year old city is home to the mystical side of Islam and Neil arrives in time for the Urs festival, where every year the holy men come to chill out and trance out. Neil has his fortune told by a bird, has his turban stuffed with onions and rides a camel to the spectacular Derawar Fort in the midst of the Cholistan desert.
Neil's next stop is Lahore, once the centre of the Mogul empire and considered to be Pakistan's cultural and artistic capital. Here, Neil visits the last bastion of British colonialism, Aitchinson College where Imran Khan was once a pupil, and visits the incredible Badshahi mosque, one of the largest mosques in the world. Neil learns about the strict lifestyle required by the Koran and takes part in some Kushti wrestling.
A bus journey 440 kilometers north-west takes Neil to the frontier town of Peshawar. Due to it's proximity to Afghanistan, the town is full of smuggled goods and as Neil discovers, it is possible to buy almost anything in the markets. Neil then visits
- Spoken extracts from Shakespeare's works blend with visuals of scenes in Britain which illustrate his references to countryside or childhood and the sea or to the taverns and trades of London.
- A portrayal of The Royal Life Boats based in Teesmouth and an example of when they are really needed.
- Exploring the daily life of a large family in Yorkshire, at work in the textile mills and at play.
- Commissioned for the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, the film shows the mixed blessings of the automobile.
- An old fisherman compares his life with that of a modern fisherman and farmer. Film shows North East Scotland's industries, its scenery and its history.
- In a dry unforgiving part of Australia, a man and his wife have set up home and live stock to make their living. Just when it seemed the drought and lack of finances were getting to be too much, things change: BP is looking for a suitable area to attempt the world land speed record.
- Documenting the pollution of natural resources and the misuse of technology.
- A Guinness advert in the form of a short comic film set in a traditional country pub.
- The history of money told in amusing terms covering the stages from barter to credit cards and the Bank Giro.
- The business of banking.
- The story of the Mosquito fighter bomber used so successfully by the Allied forces in World War 2 and the De Havilland that made them.
- Mr. Pastry shows how to stop accidents in the home.
- A day in the life of insurance agent Mr Smith, who will die as a result of a road accident.