The National Library of Scotland's Moving Image Archive, located in the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow, holds over 46,000 items including film cans, VHS tapes, and digital files.
Over…
National Library of Scotland | Moving Image Archive HQ
Events
Stories
Creators, filmmakers head to Media Festival Western Isles News
Isobel Wylie Hutchison: A Natural Treasure National Library of Scotland
Outlander's Scotland: Myth, Romance and Adventure in the Scottish Film Archive
Inspired by the captivating television series 'Outlander', us on a time-travelling tour of Scotland on film through our moving image collections. Whether you’re a scholar or a fan, delve into the romance and reality of Scottish history through both documentary and imaginative works.
Returning to Newcraighall: The Bill Douglas Trilogy, By Amaya Bañuelos Marco Cinema Rediscovered
Lists
Events 6 films
film screenings and other events at the Moving Image Archive in Kelvin Hall. Click on ‘List view’ for more…
Saturday Screenings 9 films
Films that we've shown as part of our Saturday Screenings series - come down every Saturday to discover a new…
An Introduction to the Films of Isobel Wylie Hutchison 11 films
To mark 136 since the birth of pioneering female filmmaker Isobel Wylie Hutchison, we're shedding a light on her incredible…
An Introduction to the Films of Margaret Tait 47 films
Margaret Tait trained in medicine, graduating from Edinburgh University in 1941. She was called up into the Royal Army Medical…
An Introduction to the Films of Eddie McConnell 30 films
A collection of films directed by the late great Eddie McConnell in honour of what would have been his 89th…
IWD '25: Female Filmmakers from the Archive 44 films
This year, in honour of International Women's Day, we are highlighting works by female filmmakers in the collection. All of…
Recent reviews
Happy Birthday to Charles Rennie Mackintosh, who was born on this day in 1868. This film from 1968, directed by Murray Grigor, tells the story of the life and work of one of Scotland's most celebrated architects, artists and designers who is forever associated with The Glasgow Style. You can watch the full film for free via our online catalogue here.
Translated from by
Oscar Marzaroli is most famed for his post-war urban photography of Glasgow, but did you know that he also directed several documentaries for the Films of Scotland Committee in the 60s and 70s? Today in the archive, we're showing his travelogue, Highland Holiday. This film is a montage of all the activities and attractions the Highlands has to offer as a holiday destination, all set to a 70s psychedelic folk soundtrack by Bread Love & Dreams. Come along to the Kelvin Hall before 5pm today to watch, or click here to watch from home.
Translated from by
This week, the 46th edition of the Celtic Media Festival is underway in Newquay, Cornwall. This annual celebration has been running since 1980 with the aim of promoting film and television produced in the Celtic nations of Scotland, Ireland, Wales, the Isle of Man, Galicia, Cornwall, and Brittany. In 1980, the Outer Hebridean islands of South Uist and Benbecula played host to the festival's inaugural edition.
In our archive, we hold copies of many of Scotland's contributions to the festival…
Translated from by
Today in the Moving Image Archive, we're screening our complete collection of Isobel Wylie Hutchison's films all day long in our screening room. Come along before 5pm to watch 🇬🇱
Translated from by
Liked reviews
This wisely avoids any voiceover narration and shows people (acting at) doing their daily routines to give a sense of how the space is used, which deepens the engagement with form and light.
I had a professor who wrote a couple books on architecture who complained that contemporary buildings are designed to be experienced through 3D rendering on a computer, not by actual human beings experiencing them. Some of the pans and lateral movements suggest this future, as we are…
Translated from by
Translated from by
THIS IS MY JAM - SIMULTANEOUSLY FUNKY & CHILL SCOTTISH FUNK JAZZ PLAYED OVER ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF PEOPLE LIVING ON A TINY ISLAND IN THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND! JUST HOOK IT TO MY VEEEEIIINNNSSSSSS.
Translated from by
There’s some glorious shots here and I’d love to know whatever happened to the director Jon Schorstein. I could only find 3 short films, two with Bill Forsyth as the lead.
As someone born in Glasgow in the early 1970s a lot of this resonated with me, at least geographically and socially. Bill Forsyth plays an artist who wanders the streets of Glasgow and uses the landscape as inspiration for his work. But the destruction of the urban landscape seems…
Translated from by
film screenings and other events at the Moving Image Archive in Kelvin Hall. Click on ‘List view’ for more information.