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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'CRAWFORD'S BISCUITS' added to 'My films'.

Films with full length videos

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ACTION FOR DISASTER [2066]

The work of the emergency services in Glasgow, dealing with a hypothetical train disaster in Pollokshaws Road.

Full length video available

Onsite only

1973

sound

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CRAWFORD'S BISCUITS [1740]

Crawford's Biscuits sales campaign in 1935 at the time of the Bakery and Biscuits trade Exhibition in the Kelvin Hall, Glasgow. Their campaign includes their stand at the Exhibition, being a reconstruction of an early 19th century kitchen and a Victorian-style horse-drawn William Crawford & Sons' carriage.

Full length video available

1935

silent

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FREEDOM OF THE CITY [4025]

Winston Churchill arrives in Aberdeen to receive the Freedom of the City and an LLD of its University. He parades along a crowded Union St. [See also refs. 2797, 4563]

Full length video available

1946

silent

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MINING REVIEW 8 No. 8 TWELFTH YEAR [5692]

Progress Report: A survey of progress in the field of underground transport during the last 12 years; Sacked: The latest development in 'packed coal'. Miss England inaugurates a new service; Retirement: Retiring as Secretary of the N.U.M, Mr Arthur Horner, in an interview for Mining Review, looks back over 44 years of coal industry history; Baby Tower: A made on the spot, do it yourself sea boring tower in the Firth of Forth, helps in plotting the coal seams under water [synopsis from booklet Films on Coal Withdrawn from General Circulation].

Full length video available

Onsite only

1959

sound

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PORTSOY SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC [2659]

A Sunday School picnic at Portsoy with a tug of war, a mothers' race and children eating ice cream. The picnicers are seen disembarking from the train at Portsoy station.

Full length video available

Onsite only

1953

silent

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RACE, the [7693]

Duncan and George compete to be Alasdair's best man. A race against time, against tradition and against their better judgement.

Full length video available

Onsite only

2004

sound

col

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ROBINSON CRUSOE 1944 - 1945 [1137]

Scenes from the pantomime "Robinson Crusoe" starring Harry Gordon and Will Fyffe.

Full length video available

Onsite only

1945

silent

col

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SCHOOLS MUSEUM SERVICE [10230]

Footage of services and activities provided by Glasgow's Schools Museum Service around 1955 - 1960.

Full length video available

1960

silent

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