Glasgow on Film with Dr Emily Munro (National Library of Scotland's Moving Image Archive)

In our first episode of Series 2 we welcome Dr Emily Munro, Curator and Learning Officer at the National Library of Scotland’s Moving Imagine Archive for an enlightening discussion about Glasgow on film. The Moving Image Archive is Scotland's national collection of moving image and is based in Kelvin Hall in the West End of Glasgow, where they care for 46,000 items. 

Dr Munro and Niall discuss film makers in and around Glasgow, and the great change that the city has seen over the last 100 years - but also some of the continuities. They also chat about some of the ‘hidden gems’ of the Moving Image Archive and what’s next for the Archive.

Some of the films discussed:
- Great Glasgow Fires https://movingimage-onsite.nls.uk/film/1733 

- Glasgow School of Art in 1950s https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/3352
- Eddie McConnell & Oscar Marzaroli later shot this Murray Grigor d. film about Mackintosh https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/2226
- Faces, 1959, d. Eddie McConnell https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/1942
- Our Transport Services, made by the Glasgow Corporation, 1949, https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/0057
- St Enoch Hotel and Station, 1966, https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/4004
- KH-4, starring Bill Forsyth, 1960s, https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/3631
- Mungo’s Medals, 1961, Glasgow Corporation film about new housing developments, https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/2102
- Demolition of Grand Hotel Charing Cross https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/2699 (onsite only)
- The Planner’s Approach, https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/4196 (onsite only)
- Battle of the Styles, 1968, https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/2319
- The Lamplighter, 1956, https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/1500
- Glasgow Gets to Work, 1935, https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/3246

Additional films:
- Spot the Spot, 1926, a quiz made for cinema patrons, https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/0863C
- Shieldhall Chemical Sundries Department, 1959, manufacturing everything from custard and jelly crystals to asprin and shoe polish https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/0616
- Glasgow Takes Care of Its Old Folk, 1949, Innovative Glasgow Corporation ‘cottage’ housing development, designed to provide accommodation for the elderly and to keep elderly couples together https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/0135 

- Tribute to Wartime Production, 1941, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth tour Templeton's carpet factory in Glasgow where women are making army blankets, https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/1625

This conversation was recorded on 22nd November 2022.

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This podcast was produced by Inner Ear for Glasgow City Heritage Trust. It is kindly sponsored by the National Trust for Scotland and supported by Tunnock’s.