Digital Film Archive

DescriptionDate
thumbnailInternational Cross-Country in Northern Ireland

Six Mile Race at Balmoral Showgrounds Belfast.
1942
thumbnailKing and Queen visit the Ulster Canteen

George VI and Elizabeth arriving at the Ulster Canteen in London in 1942.
1942
thumbnailDig For Victory

Food production was one of the areas which Northern Ireland contributed to in the war effort - even the grounds of Stormont were ploughed.
1940
thumbnailExtract from Ulster

This film shows Ulster's contribution to the war effort. It details the natural and industrial resources of Northern Ireland, from flax to shipbuilding and aircraft manufacture.
1940
thumbnailUlster's New Prime Minister (J.M. Andrews)

J.M. Andrews became the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland in 1940.
1940
thumbnailThe Blitz

Children's documentary made for the BBC's Ulster in Focus series.
1969
thumbnail 'Dough-Boys' In Ulster

Wartime newsreel item on American troops (popularly known as 'dough boys') stationed in Ulster during World War Two.
1942
thumbnailEire Border Check Up

This newsreel comes from British Paramount Newsreel Company and shows security measures put in place to stop German and Japanese spies entering Northern Ireland from the neutral 26 counties during World War Two.
1944
thumbnailThe Story of the Ulster Home Guard

Army information film showing the work of the Ulster Home Guard - a civilian army who supported the work of the regular army during World War Two.
1944
thumbnailUlster at Arms

This film looks at Northern Ireland's contribution to the Allied war effort.
1944
thumbnailThe U-Boats Come In

This newsreel looks at the surrender of German submarines throughout Britain. U-Boats on the River Foyle can be seen at 2:07-2:58.
1945
thumbnailParade in Omagh

Amateur film showing the visit of a Judge to Omagh.
1949
thumbnailRiver Fishing

Amateur film showing fishermen in Omagh during the 1940s.
1949
thumbnailSimple Silage

A government sponsored post-World War Two documentary to encourage farmers to make silage to feed their stock rather than importing grain.
1949
thumbnailElections in Northern Ireland

This newsreel places great emphasis on the importance of voting Unionist and maintaining the link with Britain.
1949
thumbnailTractors

A clip looking at the development of a more efficient ploughing system.
1940
thumbnailBelfast After the Blitz

Belfast City (with the Albert Clock in the background) following the bombing of the city by German aircraft during World War Two. (Photograph Reproduced with the Kind Permission of the of the Trustees of the National Museums & Galleries of Northern Ireland and the Ulster Museum, Belfast)
2005
thumbnailBelfast Blitz booklet

Booklet published after the war showing damage done to the city centre after the German bombing of Belfast. (Courtesy of PRONI)
2005
thumbnailRoyal Irish Fusiliers War Diary

Extract from Major BA Somerville's war diary (World War Two). (Courtesy of PRONI)
2005
thumbnailSuper 8 Stories: Dundrod and Ulster Motorsport

Brian Metcalf and Ernest McMillan recount the glory days of Ulster motorsport from the 1940s and 1950s with footage of bike trials and the famous Ulster Grand Prix at Dundrod featuring immortal drivers such as Stirling Moss. This clip appeared in Series 1, Programme 3 of Super 8 Stories.
1950

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