Margaret Tait Movies

  • 1964
    Palindrome

    Palindrome

    Palindrome

    01964HD

    A palindrome created on film. Features interaction between a couple with the recurring line 'Madam I'm Adam'.

    Palindrome
  • 1956
    Rose Street

    Rose Street

    Rose Street

    61956HD

    The minutiae of daily life on Edinburgh's Rose Street in the fifties is presented in this impressionistic documentary piece.

    Rose Street
  • 1954
    Happy Bees

    Happy Bees

    Happy Bees

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    This film poem evokes childhood happiness on the island of Orkney. Footage includes wildflower meadows, toddlers playing in garden, friends fishing...

    Happy Bees
  • 1976
    Place of Work

    Place of Work

    Place of Work

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    Margaret Tait documents her house, studio and garden in Buttquoy, Orkney as the seasons pass. She had lived there from the age of seven and often...

    Place of Work
  • 1966
    Splashing

    Splashing

    Splashing

    71966HD

    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...

    Splashing
  • 1970
    John MacFadyen

    John MacFadyen

    John MacFadyen

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    Brightly coloured animated figures dance to the traditional tune 'John MacFadyen', as played by the Orkney Strathspey and Reel Society in this hand...

    John MacFadyen
  • 1955
    Edinburgh General

    Edinburgh General

    Edinburgh General

    01955HD

    General shots of Edinburgh City Centre taken by film-maker Margaret Tait, focussing on the Royal Mile, Holyrood House and Princes Street Gardens.

    Edinburgh General
  • 1976
    Tailpiece

    Tailpiece

    Tailpiece

    01976HD

    "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...

    Tailpiece
  • 1978
    Shop!

    Shop!

    Shop!

    01978HD

    A series of interiors exploring the work of various businesses - presumably in Kirkwall.

    Shop!
  • 1938
    Empire Exhibition

    Empire Exhibition

    Empire Exhibition

    01938HD

    Views of some of the main pavilions and exhibits of the Empire Exhibition in Bellahouston Park in Glasgow, including shots of Don and margaret...

    Empire Exhibition
  • 1957
    The Drift Back

    The Drift Back

    The Drift Back

    01957HD

    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...

    The Drift Back
  • 2014
    Before Words

    Before Words

    Before Words

    02014HD

    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...

    Before Words
  • 1951
    One Is One

    One Is One

    One Is One

    01951HD

    "Carlo and Rafaella are going to Rome for the first time. They have specially planned a journey they must make so that they can have a whole day...

    One Is One
  • 1955
    Orquil Burn

    Orquil Burn

    Orquil Burn

    01955HD

    Starting from its source, this film tells the story of the Orquil Burn, Orkney.

    Orquil Burn
  • 1970
    Painted Eightsome

    Painted Eightsome

    Painted Eightsome

    01970HD

    Margaret Tait described this title as 'An eightsome reel played by Orkney Strathspey and Reel Society, recorded in about 1955 - 1956, later...

    Painted Eightsome
  • 1983
    Margaret Tait: Film Maker

    Margaret Tait: Film Maker

    Margaret Tait: Film Maker

    01983HD

    A documentary about the life and works of Margaret Tait.

    Margaret Tait: Film Maker
  • 1976
    Survivor

    Survivor

    Survivor

    01976HD

    Unedited slates from a film called 'Survivor' filmed by Margaret Tait. Footage includes outdoor landscape and garden scenes, a fire burning in field...

    Survivor
  • 1976
    Start of a Race, end of a show, etc.

    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...

    Start of a Race, end of a show, etc.
  • 1969
    A Pleasant Place

    A Pleasant Place

    A Pleasant Place

    01969HD

    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...

    A Pleasant Place
  • 1950
    Perugia in Umbria

    Perugia in Umbria

    Perugia in Umbria

    01950HD

    Scenes in and around the old city of Perugia in Umbria, Italy. Kodachrome

    Perugia in Umbria