Margaret Tait Movies
- 1955
All These New Relations
All These New Relations01955HD
Affectionate observational shots of toddlers, school age girl and very new baby.
- 1964
Where I Am Is Here
Where I Am Is Here71964HD
"Starting with a six-line script which just noted down a kind of event to occur, and recur, my aim was to construct a film with its own logic, its...
- 1981
Land Makar
Land Makar61981HD
"This is a landscape study of an Orkney croft, with the figure of the crofter, Mary Graham Sinclair, very much in the picture. The croft is West...
- 1955
Princes Street Edinburgh
Princes Street Edinburgh01955HD
A short piece of film recording general views of Edinburgh's Princes Street in the 1950s.
- 1964
Palindrome
Palindrome01964HD
A palindrome created on film. Features interaction between a couple with the recurring line 'Madam I'm Adam'.
- 1955
Edinburgh General
Edinburgh General01955HD
General shots of Edinburgh City Centre taken by film-maker Margaret Tait, focussing on the Royal Mile, Holyrood House and Princes Street Gardens.
- 1966
Splashing
Splashing71966HD
An experimental piece of film-making by Margaret Tait, featuring three children at play in a burn and garden, splashing and having fun playing with...
- 1938
Empire Exhibition
Empire Exhibition01938HD
Views of some of the main pavilions and exhibits of the Empire Exhibition in Bellahouston Park in Glasgow, including shots of Don and margaret...
- 1978
Hydro Poles by Helicopter
Hydro Poles by Helicopter01978HD
Poles, presumably to be used to carry electricity wires, are seen being carried over a wintry landscape by helicopter in Sandwick, Orkney.
- 1957
The Drift Back
The Drift Back01957HD
The first in a series of films for the Rural Cinema Scheme in the Orkneys, it records the return to the island of Wyre of Neil Flaws, a farmer, and...
- 1976
Tailpiece
Tailpiece01976HD
"The film was conceived as a coda to a longer (colour) film, Place of Work, made in the same year. It covers the time of finally emptying a long-time...
- 1978
Shop!
Shop!01978HD
A series of interiors exploring the work of various businesses - presumably in Kirkwall.
- 1970
Painted Eightsome
Painted Eightsome01970HD
Margaret Tait described this title as 'An eightsome reel played by Orkney Strathspey and Reel Society, recorded in about 1955 - 1956, later...
- 2014
Before Words
Before Words02014HD
Every time the task of drawing a circle is performed, it results in a unique shape, a slightly different 'version' than the previous and next...
- 1976
Survivor
Survivor01976HD
Unedited slates from a film called 'Survivor' filmed by Margaret Tait. Footage includes outdoor landscape and garden scenes, a fire burning in field...
- 1976
Start of a Race, end of a show, etc.
Start of a Race, end of a show, etc.01976HD
Footage of a yacht race and a (Highland?) Show in Kirkwall, as filmed by Margaret Tait. [this is possibly incomplete footage from her 'Aspects of...
- 1969
A Pleasant Place
A Pleasant Place01969HD
Film seems to tackle frustrations in communication in the relationship between two men and a woman, which are resolved in the end? Shot in Kirkwall...
- 1950
Perugia in Umbria
Perugia in Umbria01950HD
Scenes in and around the old city of Perugia in Umbria, Italy. Kodachrome
- 1958
Edinburgh
Edinburgh01958HD
General views of Edinburgh Royal Mile and Princes Street.
- 1973
On the Mountain
On the Mountain01973HD
"Made in Edinburghs Rose Street, On the Mountain incorporates the whole of a previous film (Rose Street, 1956), including the leader and the titles....