My films

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Films with full length videos

		COCOZZA, GLASGOW [6489] Amateur footage of the Cocozza family (?) relaxing at home.	Onsite only	1942 silent bw
		DOUNREAY [5528] Shots around the Dounreay nuclear plant, including brief views of chemical processes, and procedures checking equipment.		1965 silent bw
		EAST PARK CHILDREN'S HOME [5040] A documentary film about East Park's Children's Home for the infirm.	Onsite only	1949 silent bw
		HORSES / ZOO [6532] Amateur footage of an agricultural show and animals at a zoo [possibly Edinburgh Zoo?]	Onsite only	1930 silent bw
		INTRUSION [6601] Amateur film about a man who has a suspected burglar only to discover it is a mysterious woman, his wife?	Onsite only	1978 sound col
		JAPANESE LILIES [6547] Educational short about two different kinds of lilies, the Superbum and Tigrum (Tiger).		1930 silent bw
		MUCKITALLUP [6481] Amateur short about the carelessness with litter of visitors to the countryside. A young family leave a trail of litter along their trip, only to find visitors with a similar habit have been to their picnic spot before them.		1970 sound col
		ROYAL VISIT TO LORETTO SCHOOL 1958 [5085] The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh visiting Loretto School in 1958.	Onsite only	1958 mute bw
		SUMMER IN SCOTLAND [2750] A wee girl enjoys a summer day on the farm where she watches a shepherd and his border collie rounding up a flock of blackface sheep which are shorn and dipped.		1950 silent col

Films without videos

		'SERENIA' [5388] General views of the tanker ship 'Serenia', including interior shots.		1965 mute bw
		CORONATION OF THE GALA QUEEN / Davidson's Mains Public Park [5857] Two films, one showing scenes of the crowing of the 1951 Gala Queen, a children's ceremony in Davidson's Mains, a suburb to the north west of Edinburgh, the second film show a race day at South Queensferry Harbour circa 1950.		1951 silent bw
		CRAFTSMAN ADVERT [5400] A cartoon advertisement for 'Craftsman Overalls'.		1960 sound bw
		CULTYBRAGGAN CAMP [8448] Interior and exterior shots of Nissen huts at Cultybraggan Camp south of Comrie, which housed Italian and German prisoners of war during World War II.		1960 mute bw
		EDINBURGH CINE SOCIETY PICNIC, DUNBAR [6429] Amateur film showing an Edinburgh Cine Society picnic, probably at Dunbar. Includes people eating, talking and flying kites in overcast weather.		1980 sound col
		ELECTRIC TRAINS [5526] Film following an electric train along part of its route, including shots of drivers' cab and Hyndland station. [possibly for a BBC news piece regarding the inauguration of the electric suburban train system (the blue trains) in Glasgow in November 1960 – the first railway electrification in Scotland]		1965 silent bw
		GORDONSTOUN SCHOOL [5248] General views of Gordonstoun School.		1969 mute bw
		HOVERCRAFT [5242] Shots of a hovercraft test in the Clyde, near Dumbarton.		1959 mute bw
		LADY ALBA - NUCLEAR LOVE [12412] Music video for the song 'Nuclear Love' by Lady Alba.		2014 sound col
		LAWYERS' DEBATE, the [12142] Webcast of a debate at the Faculty of Advocates in Edinburgh, featuring academics, advocates and solicitors from both sides of the independence debate.		2014 sound col
		LIVE IN GEORGE SQUARE [12177] Webcast of activities in George Square, Glasgow, as pro-independence supporters gather in advance of the independence referendum.		2014 sound col
		MR. KIHATA VISITS THE CLYDE [5068] Mr. Kihata visits Gorbals flats and takes a tour of Lithgows Shipyard in Greenock. Presumably a ship is being built for him there?		1965 mute bw
		STOBHILL HOSPITAL [5454] Trims of Stobhill hospital in Glasgow including shots of baby unit, midwife, workmen and maintenance.		1959 mute bw
		TOUR OF THE I.N.S. 'KIRPAN' [5196] A ceremony and tour of the ship I.N.S. 'Kirpan'.		1961 mute bw