Reuben Feffer è un uomo mite, che non ama i rischi e gli estremi. Rimane calmo anche quando i suoi sogni di tranquillità sono scossi dal tradimento della moglie in piena luna di miele. Ma tutto cambierà dal momento in cui si ripresenta nella sua vita la vecchia amica d'infanzia Polly.
Una venticinquenne, Joan Webster, che non ha mai avuto alcun tipo di esitazione nel corso della sua vita finisce per arrabbiarsi sul serio quando il maltempo le impedisce di raggiungere un'isola dell'arcipelago delle Ebridi. Su quell'isola la ragazza dovrebbe convolare a giuste, non per lei, nozze con un anziano e soprattutto ricco industriale. Non è un caso se proprio durante questa sosta la ragazza conosca l'affascinante Torquil.
In seguito ad una ferita di guerra, al caporale Charlie è stato asportato un rene ma l'uomo non sa che l'operazione non è servita a salvargli la vita e che gli restano pochi mesi. Trascorrerà serenamente gli ultimi giorni.
Scozia, secondo dopoguerra. Il colonnello Sinclair (Guinness) è un veterano, un alcolizzato e un ufficiale dai modi piuttosto rilassati. Temporaneamente alla guida di un reggimento, attende la nomina ufficiale ma scopre, con sorpresa e amarezza, che l'incarico va al colonnello Barrow (Mills). Questi, insediatosi, cerca di riportare l'ordine nel reggimento e viene ostacolato da Sinclair e dagli altri ufficiali. Lo scontro tra i due si acuirà fino al sopraggiungere di un evento finale e decisivo.
A dark and stormy night in a drugstore. The druggist mixes a potion and falls asleep. The skull-and-crossbones on the bottle comes to life and drips the potion on the druggist.
In a town where half the men die down the coalpit, Margaret MacNeil is quite happy being single in her small Cape Breton island town. Until she meets Neil Currie, a charming and sincere bagpipe-playing, Gaelic-speaking dishwasher. But no matter what you do, you can't avoid the spectre of the pit forever.
Christmas Eve. A poor orphan boy trudges through the snow, pathetically. He finally arrives at his miserable cabin. While he is crying, Santa arrives and, singing the title song, offers to take the boy to his workshop. They arrive, and the toys go wild. He plays with a few toys. A candle falls off the tree and starts a fire. The toys try in vain to fight the fire; the boy hooks up a hose to a set of bagpipes and takes care of it.
In Scotland, Bugs Bunny rescues a woman from a monster. The "woman" is a kilted Scotsman, and the "monster" is his bagpipe. The Scotsman then challenges Bugs to a game of golf.
Major Jim "Lance" Lansing, an American ex-pilot of the U.S. Air Corps, returns to Scotland after the war and finds much trouble in the glen where he settles because of the high-handed activities of the local laird, Sandy Mengues, a wealthy South American who, with his daughter Marissa, has returned to the land of his forefathers. Led by Lansing, the people eventually prevail upon Mengues to restore peace to the glen, but not before a brief and unconvincing fight between Lansing and Dukes, the Mengues foreman. Written by Les Adams
JJ Chalmers and Jennifer Reoch celebrate the annual spectacular at Edinburgh Castle, featuring an array of global talent led by the famous Massed Pipes and Drums. Performers include the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force Steel Orchestra, the Swiss Armed Forces Central Band, His Majesty the King of Norway’s Guards and Drill Team, the US Air Force Band and the RAF King’s Colour Squadron.
This film shows the kit and equipment that the 42nd of Foot, The Black Watch wore and used at Waterloo. The Battalion was in 9 Bde of Picton's 5th Division and fought at Quatre Bras and Waterloo. The 8 British Battalions in Picton's Division were all Peninsula Battalions and most probably the most relaible in Wellington's Army. Hence their use at Quatre Bras and their position at Waterloo. The Division lost 43% of its men as casualties at Waterloo including Picton himself, Wellington's greatest fighting general.
In December 2005, Gordon Duncan, from Perthshire, was quite simply unique as a piper of his generation. He was a multi-instrumentalist and prolific composer. Just for Gordon is a documentary about his life and the tunes he wrote that have quickly become a mainstay of the Scottish traditional music repertoire. His tunes had true significance, not just in their unique and original arrangement, but also in their very inspiration - often from entertaining occurrences in Gordon's life. His tunes can be heard at T in the Park, Celtic Connections, Celtic Colours in Canada, the Lorient festival in Brittany and the Fleadh Cheòil in Ireland. Gordon Duncan helped to put piping on the map for a whole new generation and for his pupils. The programme features the musicians that knew and played with him and those who continue to play and be inspired by his music, especially his own pupils.