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

		CALEDONIAN ACCOUNT, the [3094] The Caledonian Canal, built between 1803 and 1822 by Thomas Telford, to stimulate Highland social and economic regeneration in the post-Colloden era, while at this time Sir Walter Scott was romanticising the area in his writings. In the course of an autumn journey through the present day canal from Inverness to Fort William, Telford and Scott discuss their differing attitudes.	Onsite only	1976 sound col
		FIRST REELS OPENING TITLES / STINGS [8540] Opening titles and stings for Scottish Film Council and Scottish Television First Reels scheme., 1993.	Onsite only	1993 sound col
		NITRATE WON'T WAIT [8196] Woman trying to find out about her natural parents from her new found unhelpful uncle. She finds out some family secrets and a piece of decaying nitrate film. [cutting copy, no credits]	Onsite only	1996 sound bwcol
		OLD GOVAN FAIR 1985 [7419] Amateur footage of the Govan Fair procession.		1985 sound col

Films without videos

		FIRST REELS INTERVIEW: Edward Davey, Learning To Care [8094] Raw interview footage with director Edward Davey, concerning his short film LEARNING TO CARE, made under the Scottish Film Council and Scottish Television's First Reels scheme. [see also ref. 8017]		1993 sound col
		FIRST REELS INTERVIEW: Jim McBride, Lunik [8082] Raw interview footage with director Jim McBride, concerning his short film LUNIK, made under the Scottish Film Council and Scottish Television's First Reels scheme. [see also ref. 7990]		1993 sound col
		FIRST REELS INTERVIEW: Leonie MacMillan, Ship of Fools [8532] Raw interview footage with director Leonie MacMillan, concerning her short animated film SHIP OF FOOLS, made under the Scottish Film Council and Scottish Television's First Reels scheme.		1993
		OUTPOST II: BLACK SUN [13929] The year is 1945, the closing stages of WW2, and a German scientist by the name of Klausener is working on a frightening new technology that has the power to create an immortal Nazi army. Flash forward to present day, and a NATO task force is hurriedly deployed to Eastern Europe, where a sinister enemy appears to be mercilessly killing everything in its path. But this is no ordinary foe.		2012 sound col
		PEOPLE I'VE SEEN [8189] A documentary studying how the public respond to being on camera, filmed on a trip to Glasgow [mostly on the underground]		2001 sound col
		WHIRLPOOL, the [7599] Hugh, 17 years old, looks after his alcoholic mother. He's the adult, she's the child. She frequently disappears. The police are constantly at the door and the neighbours are always put out. This time she ends up in Carlisle. What should he do? Let her face up to her responsibilities or feed the addict by taking her back. Set over 24 hours, Hugh finally confronts his mother on a deserted street about the Little God and the whirlpool that binds them.		1996 sound col
		WILD CHILLIES [8279] Music video produced for '4 Minute Wonders' scheme, featuring the track 'Wild Chillies' by Deadly Avenger. A nightwatchman finds a mysterious woman in the swimming pool.... but is it all a dream?		2003 sound col
		WISH [7901] A short, humorous tale about two young girls realizing the difference between daydreaming and reality.		2002 sound col