The changing face of the River Clyde
This is the Clyde Waterfront video gallery containing everything from promotional video and on-site film through to archive footage.
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Over the last five years, the regeneration of the Clyde has brought massive change to this post-industrial area. Find out how far-reaching change has already taken hold along the river and learn about future development plans.
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Watch time-lapse film that tells a story of transformation as the titan Crane in converted into Clydebank's newest tourist attraction.
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View the Clyde Arc ("Squinty Bridge") being built - using time lapse photography. Opened in 2006, the bridge is the first new surface level road bridge to cross the River Clyde since 1969.
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Made by Ogam Films for Films of Scotland. This film was the first of a proposed pair of films tracing the development of the city in the 1970's. Filming for the sequel was halted in 1978 as 'there seemed to be no end to the urban renewal in sight'.
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Filmed by Templar Films for Films of Scotland, this was until recently Scotland's only Oscar winning film. Also a prize winner at twenty international festivals. Directed by Hilary Harris, treatment by John Grierson.
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Watch this short film clip for a sense of the busyness and scale of ship-building along the Clyde in the 1950s.
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Rare cinefilm showing a typical day out in the 1950s. Travel 'doon the watter' and experience the activity on the river.
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The River Clyde, a survey of Scotland's greatest river 1939.
Made by Scottish Film Productions for the Clyde Navigation Trust. The "Athenia" was the first non combatant navel vessel to be attacked by U-boats during the Second World War.