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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'TEA TIME' added to 'My films'.

Films with full length videos

'CORONATION PICNIC' thumbnail

CORONATION PICNIC [10081]

Amateur footage of family activities, including loch-side picnics and boating, and a trip to London.

Full length video available

1938

silent

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'HIGHLANDS FOR WILDLIFE' thumbnail

HIGHLANDS FOR WILDLIFE [4675]

The film highlighted the importance of Scotland's Wildlife Trust, in educating people to enjoy their local countryside and Nature Reserves in a way that is not detrimental to the animals welfare.

Full length video available

Onsite only

1980

sound

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'PEEBLES GALA DAY AND GALASHIELS COMMON RIDING' thumbnail

PEEBLES GALA DAY AND GALASHIELS COMMON RIDING [10017]

Amateur footage of the Beltane Festival in Peebles and the Braw Lads' Gathering in Galashiels.

Full length video available

1932

silent

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'TAYPORT EVENTS 1946 - 1949' thumbnail

TAYPORT EVENTS 1946 - 1949 [2294]

The coming of electric light to the streets of Tayport, a local pageant and the Royal Highland Show in Dundee attended by HM Queen Elizabeth. The end of the black out? [See also refs. 2290 2292-2299 2301-4 2307]. For further information about Tayport, including photographs from this period of Tayport's history, visit: http://www.tayport.org.

Full length video available

Onsite only

1949

silent

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'TEA TIME' thumbnail

TEA TIME [4006]

Harvesting, processing and exporting tea leaves in India, Ceylon, Kenya and Indonesia for McGavins tea factory, with sampling and testing of tea, packaging and cargoes to be shipped across the globe.

Full length video available

1961

sound

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'YARROW'S SHIPYARD' thumbnail

YARROW'S SHIPYARD [T0669]

General exterior views of Yarrow's Shipyard on Clydeside.

Full length video available

Onsite only

1972

mute

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