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The National Library of Scotland's Moving Image, Sound and Music Collections at Glasgow's Kelvin Hall gives you access to thousands of digital resources in our collections, together with a jam-packed programme of events throughout the year.

"No there’s none, there’s none, O no there’s none,Nor can you long be, what you now are, called fair,Do what you may do,...
21/08/2026

"No there’s none, there’s none, O no there’s none,
Nor can you long be, what you now are, called fair,
Do what you may do, what, do what you may,
And wisdom is early to despair"

As we slowly creep towards autumn across Scotland, enjoy the contemplative beauty of Margaret Tait's THE LEADEN ECHO AND THE GOLDEN ECHO, her 1955 film interpretation of a Gerard Manley Hopkins poem of the same name. Watch it here for free: https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/6217

To mark the end of Disability Pride Month, we are shining a light on some of the stories in our collection that centre S...
31/07/2026

To mark the end of Disability Pride Month, we are shining a light on some of the stories in our collection that centre Scottish disability history and disabled experiences.

Founded in 1871, Glasgow Deaf Athletic Football Club is older than both Celtic and Rangers, and is actually the oldest deaf 11's football team in the world. In 'Glasgow Deaf Athletic F.C.' [ref 21790], director George McGowen interviews players past and present, breaks down the club's storied history, and explores why deaf football is still needed in the 21st century. Many d/Deaf people identify as disabled, and GDAFC demonstrates how vital it is to continue improving access to sports and leisure activities across Scotland.

For more information on how to watch this film - and others featured - see our Letterboxd list here: https://boxd.it/MFtkO

10/07/2026

"Here in Scotland I'm free," says Mutiat, "This is who I am. Nobody can change me. Nobody."

Join us for a very special screening of 'Exiled for Existing' (2026) on July 15th. This new film features the accounts of over forty LGBTQ+ refugees and asylum-seekers in Glasgow who have had to flee their homes to be themselves.

The screening begins at 6pm and will be followed by a Q&A with some of the film-makers. Book your free place now to avoid disappointment: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exiled-for-existing-lgbtq-refugees-in-scotland-tickets-1988389556690

25/06/2026

Scotland's national film archive holds 26,000 films – from Clyde shipyards to St Andrews parades. But half are on decaying formats, and time is running out to preserve them.

This year's Annual Appeal is raising funds to digitise and restore them, before they're lost > https://auth.nls.uk/support-us/ways-to-give/appeal-new/

11/06/2026

"Umbrellas are largely useless here on Europe’s windy edges..." ☔️


This coming Wednesday we welcome the University of Glasgow's Dr Andrew Hoolachan for a discussion rethinking our city's relationship with rain. The talk is based on his influential report (which inspired both a motion passed by Glasgow City Council and a sound art album), that moves beyond technical drainage to focus on the everyday lived experience of a wet climate. Before and after the talk you can drop in to the access centre to hear the sound piece ‘Experiences of Rain’, which was created by a local group of artists in collaboration with the National Library of Scotland. For more information visit: https://www.nls.uk/whats-on/living-with-rain-in-glasgow/


We are lucky to hold many of Scotland's iconic rain films, and we especially love the aerial shots of soggy pedestrians crossing George Square that open Eddie McConnell's exquisite hostelling documentary AS LONG AS YOU'RE YOUNG from 1962. Watch the film for free here: https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/2804

Scottish filmmaker, botanist, and Arctic traveller Isobel Wylie Hutchison was born in 1889.In KODIAK ISLAND from circa...
30/05/2026

Scottish filmmaker, botanist, and Arctic traveller Isobel Wylie Hutchison was born in 1889.

In KODIAK ISLAND from circa 1935, her explorative spirit is made apparent as Hutchison documents the people, landscape, and wild flowers between the Aleutian Islands and Kodiak Island, Alaska.

This film can be viewed at any National Library of Scotland site for free. For more information about how to find us, please visit: https://www.nls.uk/visit/

🎂 Happy birthday to the late, great Eddie McConnell. An avid filmmaker in his lifetime, McConnell utilised various audio...
15/05/2026

🎂 Happy birthday to the late, great Eddie McConnell. An avid filmmaker in his lifetime, McConnell utilised various audio-visual techniques to push against the leading idea that documentary had to be an explicitly 'social art' (being "more into...the beauty, the wonder...as opposed to social realism or contention"). In THE BIG MILL (1963) - a highly commended film about sheet steel production that earned McConnell a photography credit - this ethos comes apparent in its indulgent tracking shots, dramatic use of light, and aesthetic fascination with the hands of workers (which would later be elaborated on in his directorial work SECOND GLANCE 'HANDS').

Watch THE BIG MILL for free today: https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/0387

"Why go on May Day procession at all?""To show that you're there and that you can march [...] it's a statement about wor...
01/05/2026

"Why go on May Day procession at all?"

"To show that you're there and that you can march [...] it's a statement about workers and their solidarity with each other."

This International Workers' Day we're looking back at 'GLASGOW BY THE WAY: May Day Rally' [ref 4898] from 1987. Scotland has a strong history of worker solidarity, and May Day is often commemorated locally with marches, rallies, and other actions.

This film can be viewed at any National Library of Scotland site for free. For more information about how to find us, please visit: https://www.nls.uk/visit/

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