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

		ARGATY PEOPLE & PLACES [3118] Scenes of estate workers working on Argaty estate in 1928. (just over 7 mins)	Onsite only	1928 silent bw
		ART OF COOPERING, the [4614] Made by the Wick Society, this film documents in detail the craft of coopering (barrel making) in the workshop of coopers John Swanson & John Gunn, Wick.	Onsite only	1973 silent col
		GIFT, the [7501] A young girl rescues a seal and meets a sea prince in his underwater palace. As she leaves, he gives her a beautiful and mysterious shell.	Onsite only	2005 sound col
		HALFWAY TO PARADISE: D.C. THOMSON [2322] Interviews with writers Bill Graham and Martin Lindsay who talk about their storylines for D.C. Thomson's illustrated "Football Picture Monthly". [Film insert from channel 4 magazine series.] [See also refs. 2323-2331 and 2401-2406].	Onsite only	1988 sound bw
		HAP DANCES, the [2862] "The Paladians", "Erle Blue Stars" and "Prohibition Pete" playing to crowded dance floors where the "twist" and other '60s dances are in evidence at "The Hap Dances" organised by the owner of the Haparanda Cafe in Dundee. [See also ref. 2861].	Onsite only	1965 silent bwcol
		HOUSEHOLD PESTS [6566] Story of a housewives continued interruptions [taken from synopsis in Edinburgh Cine Society file].	Onsite only	1966 sound col
		TAYPORT PICNICS 1951 / '52 [2301] A picnic at Craigtown Park, St. Andrews and at Bottomcraig Farm, Balmerino. [See also refs. 2290 2292-2299 2301-4 2307]. For further information about Tayport, including photographs from this period of Tayport's history, visit: http://www.tayport.org.	Onsite only	1951 silent bwcol