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:

5 May - 18 May
INVASION EUROPE 1944
Film of original wartime newsreels to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.

19 May - 1 June
TRAFALGAR 200
The International fleet review commemorating the 200th anniversary of the battle of Trafalgar.

2 June - 15 June
THE STORY OF OIL
The offshore oil industry’s first quarter century.

16 June - 29 June
TOILERS OF THE DEEP
Four nostal gic films from the 1950s from the archives of the Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen.

30 June - 13 July
FERGIE!
A documentary from the 1980s on the career of Sir Alex Fergusson.

14 July - 27 July
HISTORY OF THE RNLI (Heroes of the Sea)
The story of today’s R.N.L.I.

28 July - 10 August
OUT WITH THE TIDE
The trawl fishing industry from 1948 to 1953.

11 August - 24 August
SILVER CITY
The story of Aberdeen in the 1950’s.

25 August - 7 September
GREAT SCOT - MARY SLESSOR
A film from 1965 on the life of the Aberdeen born missionary.