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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'WEDDING' added to 'My films'.

Films with full length videos

'WEDDING' thumbnail

WEDDING [6513]

Amateur general view of church exterior, crowds at wedding and then zoo.

Full length video available

Onsite only

1929

silent

bw

'WYLLIE - STRAW LOCO' thumbnail

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.

Full length video available

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

WAVERLEY NEWSREEL 1939 REEL 1 [6650]

Amateur newsreel featuring general views various events in early 1939. Intertitles.

1939

silent

bw

WEST COUNTRY HOLIDAY [6624]

Amateur footage family holiday in West Country. Includes Tolpuddle near Dorchester. Visits to ancient monuments, abbey.

1970

silent

col