Faces of Scotland Blu-ray - AB - BLU1001

Only available on Blu-ray High Definition Disc. Not suitable for DVD players.

A collection of nine films from the Films of Scotland Collection at the Scottish Screen Archive. All meticulously restored and digitally transferred to High Definition Blu-ray for superb picture and sound quality.

Almost three and a half hours of classic cinema.

The programme comprises:

Seawards the Great Ships (1960, colour). An elegy to shipbuilding on the Clyde. Scotland’s first Oscar winner.

The Big Mill (1963, colour). Sheet steel production at Ravenscraig and Gartcosh.

The Silver City (1957, colour). The delights of Aberdeen as a holiday destination.

Pleasure Island (1960, colour). Holidays on the Firth of Clyde, Rothesay and the Isle of Bute.

A Kind of Seeing (1967, colour). The colours and shapes of the Scottish landscape.

The Face of Scotland (1938, b/w). The character of Scotland and its people, made for the 1938 Empire Exhibition.

Still Life with Honesty (1970, colour). Sir William Gillies speaks of his life as a painter.

New Day (1959, colour). Life in Glenrothes New Town seen through the eyes of a miner and his family.

Glasgow 1980 (1971, colour). A journey round Glasgow to see how it would look in 1980.

Comes with a 24 page illustrated colour booklet about work of the Films of Scotland Committee.

This release coincided with the six-part BBC Scotland series Films of Scotland about the Collection which began in December 2010.