My films

The 'My films' feature allows you to build a personal list of films from the Moving Image Archive catalogue. To add films to your list use the 'Add to my films' button on the full description page for each film or in your search results.

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Films with full length videos

		BLEASDALE [UCS0188] Dredger built by Simons-Lobnitz in 1963. Views inside control house and the vessel at work.	Onsite only	1964 silent col
		CONSTRUCTION OF A HOUSE [T0714] General shots of houses under construction in Stanely, Paisley.		1969 mute bw
		FAMILY AT OVERDALE AND NAIRN, 1929 [3229] Scenes of the two Bowser brothers playing at their home 'Overdale' in Dunblane with shots of the family at Nairn - featuring a pageant and a visit from the Boys Brigade.		1929 silent bw
		KODAK PRACTICE LOADING FILM AND ADVERTS FOR KODAK SERVICES [4518] Practice loading reel from Kodak. It also advertises other Kodak services such as the Kodascope library, Cine Kodak magazine, Kodascope Library News, Cine-Kodagraphs and a help service.	Onsite only	1949 silent bw

Films without videos

		BIRD OF PARADISE [7974] Clay animation dealing with a man who gets more than he bargained for when he helps hatch a golden egg containing the Bird of Paradise.		1993 sound col
		BLIND FLIGHT [4443] Brian Keenan and John McCarthy spent four and a half years confined together, held underground for much of their captivity, at times chained to each other and to the walls of their prisons. The two men, who could have easily found themselves at opposite ends of a gun barrel in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, instead forged a relationship which transcended all that appeared to divide them. Blind Flight tells the compelling story of this extraordinary relationship as they both resurrect their deepest memories, feelings, fears and loves.		2003 sound col
		BREATHING EARTH [9177] 75-year-old Japanese artist Susumu Shingu converses with nature through his sculptures.		2012 sound col
		HOME AND AWAY NO. 13 [1523] One of a series of 20 films made for Babcock and Wilcox (Steam) Ltd. between 1954 and 1961. A meeting held by the Auto section of the Babcock and Wilcox Club; members of their Renfrew Club at a dog training class and Babcock boilers at work in the Ravenscraig Steel Works, Motherwell. [See also refs. 1517-1522, 1524-1528].		1958 sound bw