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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'SELKIRK 1962' added to 'My films'.

Films with full length videos

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BEACONS [7272]

A film about the relationship we have with electrical light.

Full length video available

Onsite only

1996

sound

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'CHEMICAL SUNDRIES DEPARTMENT' thumbnail

CHEMICAL SUNDRIES DEPARTMENT [0616]

Inside the SCWS (Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society Ltd) Chemical Sundries factory, Shieldhall, Glasgow, demonstrating methods of quality control and product testing carried out by the laboratory, as well as processes of manufacture.

Full length video available

1959

sound

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KYLE RAILWAY [T0175]

Progression of a train along the Kyle railway line moving from Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh. Plenty of scenic shots as well as some station footage and shots inside goods / mail carriage and driver's cab. [mute, unedited rushes]

Full length video available

1972

sound

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'PATHE SUPER SOUND GAZETTE No 38/17, PICK-A-BACK PLANE DEMONSTRATION FLIGHT' thumbnail

PATHE SUPER SOUND GAZETTE No 38/17, PICK-A-BACK PLANE DEMONSTRATION FLIGHT [1893]

Footage of a demonstration of the two aircraft in flight over the Firth of Tay. [The Mercury Maia aircraft flew from Dundee to Cape Town in 1937].

Full length video available

Onsite only

1938

silent

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SELKIRK 1962 [7695]

Amateur footage of participants in the Selkirk Common Riding in the streets of the town and in the countryside.

Full length video available

Onsite only

1962

silent

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