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.

For general enquiries about the archive please see the contact page or email MIAEnq@natlibscotland.mail.onmicrosoft.com.

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To create a list that you can access from any computer at any time, you need to register online and get a National Library of Scotland password. If you have an NLS password, you can log in now to create your films list.

'MINING REVIEW 8 No. 8 TWELFTH YEAR' 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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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' thumbnail

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boring tower in the Firth of Forth, helps in plotting the coal seams under water [synopsis from booklet Films on Coal Withdrawn from General Circulation].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

bw

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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

bw