Films

A series of films that reveal the wonderfully diverse history and heritage of Aberdeen will be shown at Aberdeen Maritime Museum, Shiprow.

The films have been loaned to the museum from the Scottish Screen Archives; Scotland's national moving images collection.

The archive preserves over 100 years of Scottish social, cultural and industrial history on film and video which provide a fascinating insight into the lives of ordinary Scots across the generations.

The films will be repeated throughout the day on the following dates:

6 April - 19 April
Drifters
John Grierson's landmark 1921 film of the herring fisheries. Also features the 1947 film 'Caller Herrin' .

20 April - 3 May
Last Voyage of the Taioma
An Aberdeen built tug now a sport-diver's wreck in New Zealand.

4 May - 17 May
Aberdeen's Black Friday
Original footage of the aftermath of the biggest German air raid on Aberdeen during the Second World War.

18 May - 31 May
RMS St Helena
Documentary film of the 2004 voyage of Aberdeen's last ship as it travels to the South Atlantic.