Selected African Holdings

Selected African Holdings

National Library of Scotland

Items selected from the online resources at National Library of Scotland with African origination.


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NLS: National Library of Scotland · 1975 English

General views of L.N.E.R. locomotive exhibition in Kirkcaldy. Shots of steam locomotive "Union of South Africa" at platform at Crail station. General views of track maintenance.


NLS: National Library of Scotland · 1965 English

Steam trains at Aberdeen and Ballater stations, watched by enthusiasts. The trains include "Sir Nigel Gresley", "Union of South Africa" and "City of Aberdeen".


NLS: National Library of Scotland · 1964 English

Christian Missionary activities in Malawi after the country gains political Independence.


NLS: National Library of Scotland · 1949 English

Promotional film for North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow with coverage on how the locomotive "Bartholomew Diaz" was manufactured and sent to South Africa. It was named by the South African …


NLS: National Library of Scotland · 1934 English

Guid Nychburris Day festival including the procession and coronation ceremony. The film also shows football matches between Queen of the South v Hibernian and Queen of the South v Rangers …



NLS: National Library of Scotland · 1864 English

" ... chiefly translated from original manuscripts in the library of His Excellency Sir George Grey, K.C.B ... by W.H.I. Bleek."


NLS: National Library of Scotland · 1857 English

South African periodical. (New series, Volume 17, no. 101 (Sept. 1878).)


NLS: National Library of Scotland · 1846 English

A guide historical, moral, and commercial, to India, China, Australia, South Africa, and the other possessions or connexions of Great Britain in the eastern and southern seas / by Leitch …