Margaret Tait Movies

  • 1949
    Milano

    Milano

    Milano

    01949HD

    Young women in Milan, rooftops and children. One of the women is possibly Margaret Tait. [shotlisted from MiniDV] gvs Milan main square, bustling...

    Milano
  • 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
  • 1955
    Orquil Burn

    Orquil Burn

    Orquil Burn

    01955HD

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

    Orquil Burn
  • 1964
    Palindrome

    Palindrome

    Palindrome

    01964HD

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

    Palindrome
  • 1954
    Happy Bees

    Happy Bees

    Happy Bees

    01954HD

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

    Happy Bees
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1970
    Painted Eightsome

    Painted Eightsome

    Painted Eightsome

    51970HD

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

    Painted Eightsome
  • 1951
    Three Portrait Sketches

    Three Portrait Sketches

    Three Portrait Sketches

    01951HD

    The three portrait sketches of the title are called 'Claudia', 'Fernando Birri' and 'Saulat Rahman'. Presumably made when Margaret Tait was a student...

    Three Portrait Sketches
  • 1981
    Aspects of Kirkwall 6: Some Changes

    Aspects of Kirkwall 6: Some Changes

    Aspects of Kirkwall 6: Some Changes

    01981HD

    Views in and around Kirkwall concentrating on things that have changed. These include a new grammar school building, model yachting on the Peedie...

    Aspects of Kirkwall 6: Some Changes
  • 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