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

		NAIROBI TO WICK [4618] Film documenting an aeroplane journey from Nairobi to Wick. Most of the film focuses on Wick and John O'Groats, featuring street scenes, harbour scenes, coastal scenery, Dounreay Power Station, and finishing with an old steamer crossing the Pentland Firth.		1957 silent col
		WEDDING [6513] Amateur general view of church exterior, crowds at wedding and then zoo.	Onsite only	1929 silent bw
		WYLLIE - STRAW LOCO [6766] Unedited footage of the installation of artist George Wyllie's "Straw Locomotive", a work which signified the decline of heavy industry on the banks of the Clyde. Includes shots of the loco's procession through the centre of Glasgow to the crane at Finnieston, where it is secured and hoisted above the Clyde.		1987 silent col

Films without videos

		BUTLIN'S FILM FOR EDINBURGH CINE SOCIETY WORKSHOP [6448] Amateur trim footage of unidentified Butlins camp. General views of facilities and events including donkey derby, Royal Marines display, and stage show.		1985 sound col
		BY ANY OTHER NAME [6419] Amateur film about the dedicated maintenance of a large unidentified rose garden containing several varieties of rose.		1968 sound col
		Caravan holiday in the Highlands [5847] Family " home movie" of a caravan holiday in a predominantly rural and unspoilt part of the Highlands.		1959 silent col
		PERSIL ADVERT [6432] Amateur comedy film in which a woman using Persil powder washes the stripes off a shirt. Intended as a 'send up' of conventional washing powder adverts.		1975 sound col
		PORTFOLIO TO TROUBLE [6444] Amateur fiction morality tale following a young man trying to find a place at Art School, despite having few qualifications. Refused admittance to College, he decides to travel to Paris- but failing to find a job, he turns to crime to pay his passage.		1981 sound col
		Q - UNICA MEETING [6279] Apparant trim footage of UNICA meeting in Glasgow, August 1951. Various scenes, no discernable order.		1951 silent bwcol
		SONG OF ROLAND [6476] Amateur travelogue through the Pyrenees district of France and Spain.		1979 sound col
		SUMMER 70 [6402] Amateur film about Edinburgh, featuring the city viewed from various different locations. Often elevated panoramas and views of landmarks such as the castle, Calton Hill and Princes Street Gardens.		1970 sound col
		WAVERLEY NEWSREEL 1939 REEL 1 [6650] Amateur newsreel featuring general views various events in early 1939. Intertitles.		1939 silent bw
		WEB, the [6398] Amateur morality tale about the potentially lethal consequences of adultery.		1968 sound col
		WEST COUNTRY HOLIDAY [6624] Amateur footage family holiday in West Country. Includes Tolpuddle near Dorchester. Visits to ancient monuments, abbey.		1970 silent col