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

		ROYAL VISIT - JUNE 1953 [6282] Royal visit to Edinburgh, streets, castle and Murrayfield in 1953. Various ceremonies and processions in different locations.	Onsite only	1953 silent col
		TEN MINUTES OF MAGIC [3138] Various amateur magicians of the Night Owls club perform tricks of dexterity and illusion to camera.		1959 silent bw
		TRUMP: An Tilleadh [16876] Billionaire Donald Trump is famous, confident and controversial. He is also only one generation away from being a Gaelic speaker. Patricia Macleod travels to New York and Lewis to speak to his family, his colleagues and himself. She aims to discover who the real Donald Trump is, and she is behind the scenes for his homecoming to Lewis as he meets his relatives there for the first time [Source - MG Alba]	Onsite only	2009 sound col

Films without videos

		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
		SCENES IN EDINBURGH [5858] Family film covers diverse topics including football match at Hampden, the family cat, winter scenes in Blackford Park in Edinburgh, beach scenes at North Berwick and the Edinburgh Tattoo.		1954 silent col
		SWANS [6515] Amateur general views people outside, smiling. Close up swans on riverbank.		1930 silent bw
		VICTORY FESTIVALS PARIS [6592] Compilation reel of nine different films spliced together - Victory festivals in Paris, Niagara Falls, Elephant having a bath etc.		1929 silent bw
		WATER DIVINING [5856] Film depicts three men in an Edinburgh garden, a policeman, a Justice of the Peace and an elderly man. They test the elderly man, who divines for coins, quite successfully.		1952 silent bw