Edward McConnell

Take an egg and make it your star. You don’t have to pay it too much. Make sure it doesn’t crack under the strain. Not breaking like an egg should it refuses to be crushed. When the authorities finally put pressure on it a malevolent revenge results.

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Paddlesteamers focusses on the famous Waverley, which has travelled the Clyde for many years.

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A commentary-free documentary looking at the cotton-like down produced by thistles to disperse their seed. The film follows down drifting through various settings including the Water of Leith and the pitch at Partick Thistle Football Club.

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An experimental documentary that could be described as a meditation on clocks and clockwork.

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TV documentary made for Channel Four, focussing on steam railway enthusiasts.

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An artistic interpretation of the capability of the human hand.

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Images of lighthouses with eerie, otherworldly synthesiser music - no speech in the film apart from the shipping forecast. Shows the lighthouse keeper activating the mechanism of the lighthouse. Its mechanical innards are also seen and several examples of lighthouses are presented.

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Programme about the history of the Scottish New Year, presented by Jimmy Reid. The roots of Hogmanay festivities are traced back to winter festivals in megalithic societies. The origins of different traditions, such as the Comrie flambeaux, guising and first-footing are also explored. New Year celebrations and rituals are also observed in Shetland, Stonehaven, Biggar and Buckie.

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The passing of the seasons on Scotland's picturesque West Highland Railway.

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Following the journey of a drop of rain.

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Based on a story by Hans Christian Andersen, this film is told from the perspective of a pine tree as it experiences the journey of life. Growing from a small seedling to a great tree in the forest, it is eventually decorated as a Christmas tree, before being thrown in the garden shed and being burned in a fire - which the tree sees as its 'Blaze of Glory'. Winter and growing seasons are described. Commentary written by Liz Lochhead.

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The sculptor Benno Schotz at work in his studio in Glasgow, and demonstrating his technique. The film examines his working methods and the themes running through his work. Much of his work is as a modeller in bronze and metals, and as a sculptor of stone, wood, iron and plastic.

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A look at life on the Inverness to Kyle railway line in Scotland.

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A look at botanical gardens in Scotland.

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A tour of the Scottish new town of East Kilbride.

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The story of Harris Tweed and its Hebridean homeland.

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A tour of the streets of Edinburgh, Scotland with local art gallery director Richard Demarco.

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A small boy inherits a steam road roller. A film fantasy by Edward McConnell.

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The story of John G Stein & Co., MANUFACTURER of INDUSTRIAL REFRACTORIES.

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The colour of Scotland as seen through the eyes of Eddie McConnell. Abstract shapes in nature.

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A look at water in Scotland within the context of global water supply issues.

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The traditional songs and singers of Scotland.

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An Englishman has just got off the train at St. Enoch Station and is asking a cab driver to show him around Glasgow. Naturally, the cab driver is happy to oblige and the visitor gets to see the City first hand.

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A year in the life of Youth Hostel workers and patrons in Scotland.

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A look at the Scottish woollen industry.

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The screening of the short film 'Faces' at the 1961 Edinburgh and London Film Festivals kick started the film career of young McConnell, then studying at Glasgow School of Art. 'Faces', a comment on the personas we adopt, was inspired by a visit to the Brussels Experimental Film Festival of 1958 where McConnell saw the work of many European film makers, films of a genre unseen at that time in Britain. Many were without words, telling their stories in a variety of genres, live action, animation, puppetry, and making social comments on their times.

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A drunken man staggers around Glasgow's Royal Exchange Square and George Square on a beautiful sunlit morning. He seems to be troubled by the drunken events that led him here...

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Observations on life in the GLASGOW SCHOOL of ART.

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A father murders his son's girlfriend.

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British Transport film.

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Documentary focusing on the two most successful football clubs in Scotland; Celtic and Rangers. This film outlines the origins of the clubs, their accomplishments and the socio-economic importance of the clubs to their home city; Glasgow, Scotland.

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Two visitors enjoying Scotland, an enthusiastic but inexperienced golfer improving on the world's greatest courses; his wife exploring spectacular places visited by the first known lady golfer in history - Mary, Queen of Scots. The commentary of Scot's actor Andrew Crawford links romantic past with sporting present in a film which captures the flavour of the country and its national game.

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A story of youthful rivalry in a Highland fishing port.

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An Englishman has just got off the train at St. Enoch Station and is asking a cab driver to show him around Glasgow. Naturally, the cab driver is happy to oblige and the visitor gets to see the City first hand.

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