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 clips

HOVERCRAFT [5199] The Denny D2 hoverbus was the first in the world produced for commercial operation. Showing the hovercraft moving over the Firth of Clyde. Includes interior shots of control room, and operation of the vessel.

1963 mute bw

Films with full length videos

		AROUND DUNOON [9478] Amateur holiday footage of locations around Dunoon, including Loch Lomond, Gare Loch, Inveraray and Rothesay.	Onsite only	1954 silent bw
		CORONATION GLASGOW [9274] New film record New video An amateur film recording the coronation celebrations for Queen Elizabeth II around Glasgow in 1953.		1953 sound col
		COUNTER COURTESY [0606] A training film for employees of the Co-op - how to present themselves, how to deal with different types of customer and how to learn as much as possible about the trade.		1947 sound bw
		GPO CONTRACTS [9908] Shots of cable-laying and trunk road work carried out by Alexander Thomson (London) Ltd in north-east Scotland and the Highlands.	Onsite only	1966 silent col
		STRATHDON AND GLENBUCHAT JULY - SEPT. 1946 [3499] Family film showing family members at church, young daughter at college and even younger children at nursery school. Black and white footage of a younger family members school sports day.		1946 silent bwcol

Films without videos

GOING FOR GOLD [6425] Amateur comedy film about a young man in training apparently for a race but we discover at the end that it is for another reason entirely!

1980 sound col