Margaret Tait Movies

  • 1955
    All These New Relations

    All These New Relations

    All These New Relations

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    Affectionate observational shots of toddlers, school age girl and very new baby.

    All These New Relations
  • 1964
    Where I Am Is Here

    Where I Am Is Here

    Where I Am Is Here

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    "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...

    Where I Am Is Here
  • 1981
    Land Makar

    Land Makar

    Land Makar

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    "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...

    Land Makar
  • 1955
    Princes Street Edinburgh

    Princes Street Edinburgh

    Princes Street Edinburgh

    01955HD

    A short piece of film recording general views of Edinburgh's Princes Street in the 1950s.

    Princes Street Edinburgh
  • 1964
    Palindrome

    Palindrome

    Palindrome

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

    Palindrome
  • 1955
    Edinburgh General

    Edinburgh General

    Edinburgh General

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    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
  • 1966
    Splashing

    Splashing

    Splashing

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    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
  • 1938
    Empire Exhibition

    Empire Exhibition

    Empire Exhibition

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    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
  • 1978
    Hydro Poles by Helicopter

    Hydro Poles by Helicopter

    Hydro Poles by Helicopter

    01978HD

    Poles, presumably to be used to carry electricity wires, are seen being carried over a wintry landscape by helicopter in Sandwick, Orkney.

    Hydro Poles by Helicopter
  • 1957
    The Drift Back

    The Drift Back

    The Drift Back

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    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
  • 1976
    Tailpiece

    Tailpiece

    Tailpiece

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    "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!
  • 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
  • 2014
    Before Words

    Before Words

    Before Words

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    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
  • 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
  • 1958
    Edinburgh

    Edinburgh

    Edinburgh

    01958HD

    General views of Edinburgh Royal Mile and Princes Street.

    Edinburgh
  • 1973
    On the Mountain

    On the Mountain

    On the Mountain

    01973HD

    "Made in Edinburghs Rose Street, On the Mountain incorporates the whole of a previous film (Rose Street, 1956), including the leader and the titles....

    On the Mountain