The Films of Scotland Documentaries
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1937 - 1943

1955 - 1965

1966 - 1974

1975 - 1982

 Holiday Scotland extract
Holiday Scotland (1966)

St Kilda, the Lonely Islands
The elegaic St. Kilda, the Lonely Islands (1967).

Mackintosh extract
Mackintosh (1968) directed by Murray Grigor for the Scottish Arts Council.

Glasgow 1980
Glasgow 1980 (1970)

Isle of Rhum
Isle of Rhum (1970)

 

 

 

 

Clydescope extract
Billy Connolly sings of the delights of travelling down The Clyde by paddle steamer in Clydescope (1974).

 

Introduction

1966 - 1974

1966

Holiday Scotland produced by Campbell Harper Films for Films of Scotland.

 

Make Way for Steel produced by Templar Film Studios for Colvilles Ltd.

 

Hebridean Highway produced by Glasgow Films for David MacBrayne Ltd.

 

The Hollow Mountain produced by Templar Film Studios for North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board.

1967

Loch Lomond and Water, Water Everywhere, both produced by IFA (Scotland).

 

St. Kilda, the Lonely Islands directed by Christopher Mylne for the National Trust for Scotland.

1968

Mackintosh and Highland Capital, produced by Alan Harper for the Inverness and Loch Ness Tourist Association, are completed.

1969

Sir Walter Scott: the Practical Romantic is sponsored by Bank of Scotland, Royal Bank of Scotland, British Linen Bank, and Clydesdale Bank.

 

Edward McConnell directs another Films of Scotland documentary, Weave me a Rainbow, this time for the National Association of Scottish Woolen Manufacturers.
1970 The Borders: Where Scotland and England Meet. Sponsored by the County Councils of Berwick, Northumberland, Peebles, Roxburgh and Selkirk.

 

Oscar Marzaroli directs Glasgow 1980 for Glasgow Corporation.

 

Christopher Mylne directs Isle of Rhum for the Nature Conservancy.
1971 Aberdeen: By Seaside and Deeside produced by Templar Films for the Corporation of the City of Aberdeen.

 

Edward McConnell directs Island of the Big Cloth on behalf of the Harris Tweed Association.

1972

IFA (Scotland) produce The Erskine Bridge for the Erskine Bridge Joint Committee and The Water of Life for William Grant and Sons Ltd.

 

Oscar Marzaroli directs Highland Holiday for the Highlands and Islands Development Board and Hugh MacDiarmid: No Fellow Travellers for the Scottish Arts Council.

 

Bill Forsyth directs Islands of the West for the Highlands and Islands Development Board. His production company, Tree Films, also produce A Place in the Country for the County Council of Renfrew.

 

Campbell Harper Films produce Royal Stirling for Stirling Town Council, Stirling University and the National Trust for Scotland.

1973

Edward McConnell directs Gardens by the Sea for the Scottish Tourist Board and the National Trust for Scotland.

 

Oscar Marzaroli directs Highland Crafts for the Highlands and Islands Development Board.

1974

Murray Grigor directs Billy Connolly in Clydescope for the Clyde Tourist Association.

 

Mark Littlewood directs Lothian Landscape for the County Council of East Lothian and the Town Councils of Dunbar, East Linton, Haddington, North Berwick and Prestonpans, St. Andrews by the Northern Sea for the Royal Burgh of St. Andrews, and A Town Called Ayr for the Royal Burgh of Ayr.

 

Ogam Films produce Sorley Maclean's Island (for the Scottish Arts Council and Tayside the Tayside Development Authority.

 

Mike Alexander directs Dunfermline for the Royal Burgh of Dunfermline.

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Author: Richard Butt Images are drawn from the SCRAN database.