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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'FIGHTER JET AERIAL DISPLAY' added to 'My films'.

Films with full length videos

'SOUTH SHAWLANDS SUNDAY SCHOOL' thumbnail

SOUTH SHAWLANDS SUNDAY SCHOOL [3281]

South Shawlands Sunday School outing with games, ice cream and tea and buns.

Full length video available

Onsite only

1939

silent

bw

'WALKERS SUGAR REFINERY I' thumbnail

WALKERS SUGAR REFINERY I [5151]

Offcut footage of Walkers Sugar Refinery, Greenock. Shows manufacturing processes inside sugary refinery, including testing and packing.

Full length video available

1965

mute

bw

Films without videos

BUY A TILE [6577]

Amateur comedy with man brazenly selling Edinburgh Cine Society floor tiles for cash.

1968

silent

col

COMMANDO WAR MEMORIAL [5618]

General footage of Fort William and the Commandos War Memorial.

1965

mute

bw

FIFE SCHOOL OF WEAVING [5315]

Inside the Fife School of Weaving.

1959

mute

bw

FIGHTER JET AERIAL DISPLAY [8468]

News footage of formation flying displays by RAF squadron teams, including shots of Hawker Hunters and De Havilland Vampires.

1960

mute

bw

FINAL FLIGHT OF BEA PIONAIR FROM RENFREW AIRPORT [8451]

News footage of the last of BEA's fleet of Douglas Dakota Pionairs taking off from Renfrew Airport for the last time.

1962

mute

bw

FREEDOM CONVOY - ABERDEEN TO GLASGOW [12140]

Webcast of a journey from Edinburgh to Strathclyde Park as part of the Freedom Convoy from Aberdeen,and a rally in Strathclyde Park.

2014

sound

col

GOODS TO DECLARE [6466]

Amateur general views various chateaux in France, featuring their architecture and surrounding landscape.

1970

sound

col

GOVAN HIGH SCHOOL [5201]

Shots of a very derelict building - Govan High School?

1963

mute

bw

GREENOCK [5067]

Brief evidence of marine engineering at Greenock, c1965 - possibly shots of Royal Naval Torpedo factory?

1969

mute

bw

LACE-MAKING EXHIBITION [5168]

An exhibition of lace-making.

1961

mute

bw

MARK MCGOWAN, ARTIST TAXI DRIVER [11440]

Webcast of a talk by Mark McGowan, Artist Taxi Driver, at Queen's Park Railway Club in Glasgow.

2014

sound

col

MILAN FAIR [6486]

Brief amateur general street scenes in Milan, 1957.

1957

silent

col

Royal Navy SCIMITAR JET FIGHTERS [8488]

News footage of Royal Navy Supermarine Scimitar jets on the ground, possibly at RAF Lossiemouth, and flying in formation over the coast and countryside.

1960

silent

bw

STERNE REFRIGERATED VEHICLE [8837]

News footage of a refrigerated truck setting off from Sterne's factory in Hillington, Glasgow, on a trip to Moscow.

1958

silent

col

T.S.S. NEVASA [8844]

The troopship TSS 'Nevasa' is released from dry dock in Glasgow and starts her first voyage down the Clyde for trials on the Firth of Clyde.

1956

silent

bw

TELE ADS [5380]

Advertisements on a television screen in close up, shot from a Scottish Television broadcast. Includes a section of what may be a consumer review programme.

1965

silent

bw