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

		MINING REVIEW 12 No. 12 ELEVENTH YEAR [5690] Westfield: early stages at Britain's biggest open-cast site. Motor Rally: mining motorists compete in a rally at Fryston, Yorkshire; Royal Rothes: visit of H.M. the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh to Rothes colliery in Fifeshire where H.M. The Queen goes underground for the first time [synopsis from booklet Films on Coal Withdrawn from General Circulation].	Onsite only	1958 sound bw
		NIGHT SCHOOL [8218] A young couple break into an abandoned school. Strangers to one another they struggle to achieve the intimacy they desire.	Onsite only	2008 sound col
		PERFECTLY FRANK [7660] The moving tale of architect Frank Gehry’s desire to create a very special building in memory of a dear friend – the eponymous Maggie’s Centre, a cancer support centre in Dundee, Scotland.	Onsite only	2003 sound col
		WIND FALL [8145] Windfall is a short film, which has an essence that is emotive, spiritual and nostalgic. The film aims to create a narrative that is more implicit than explicit, thus on the surface there is no obvious story, no dialogue or clear narrative to dictate the film.	Onsite only	2002 sound bwcol
		WOOLLY'S MAGICAL DAY [3468] One of a series of ten animation films made by children in small village primary schools in Scotland, also involving the local community. The series was broadcast on Scottish Television and Grampian Television, and distributed on video through schools and libraries.	Onsite only	1997 sound col
		WOTHERSPOON FAMILY 1938 - 1942 [3565] A family summer holiday at Millport and winter games in the garden.		1942 silent bw

Films without videos

		FIRST REELS INTERVIEW: Peter Paterson, Rutherglen Day Nursery Environmental Project: That's Recycling [8533] Raw interview footage with director Peter Paterson, concerning his short film Rutherglen Day Nursery Environmental Project: That's Recycling, made under the Scottish Film Council and Scottish Television's First Reels scheme.		1993 sound col
		FIRST REELS INTERVIEW: Kevin Cameron, Shoot the Refugees [8209] Raw interview footage with director Kevin Cameron, concerning his short film SHOOT THE REFUGEES, made under the Scottish Film Council and Scottish Television's First Reels scheme.		1993 sound col
		FIRST REELS INTERVIEW: Sarah Tripp, Weather Vain [8208] Raw interview footage with director Sarah Tripp, concerning her short film WEATHER VAIN, made under the Scottish Film Council and Scottish Television's First Reels scheme.		1993 sound col
		PARROT ROOM, the [8190] The Parrot Room tells the story of Bruno. He is a man constantly haunted by the images of his desires and so he has adopted a strategy of life, experiencing only through fantasy and the experience of others. Throughout the film, Bruno creates an empty space of simulations where the pain of his unresolved desires can't reach him.		2000 sound col