| Description | Date | |
![]() | Super 8 Stories: The Exiles Beatband Teddy Palmer from The Exiles beatband of the 1960s reminisces about his early career playing rock and roll at small venues with footage of one of his performances and contributions from one of his fans, Carol Menown. This clip appeared in Series 1, Programme 1 of Super 8 Stories. | 1969 |
![]() | Super 8 Stories: Lough Erne Escape With their Belfast city centre shop being caught up in the bombing of the early Troubles, Paddy and Margaret Brand escape at the weekends to find fun and leisure in the lakelands of Fermanagh. The footage includes scenes of them waterskiing and enjoying outdoor parties by the waterside as an antidote to the stressful times back in Belfast. This clip appeared in Series 1, Programme 1 of Super 8 Stories. | 1969 |
![]() | Super 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 |
![]() | Super 8 Stories: Diving off Rathlin Island John Cole demonstrates his equipment for filming underwater with an 8mm camera and shows footage of his diving club exploring the wreck of HMS Drake off the coast of Rathlin Island with added reminiscences from fellow diver, Mike Clarke. This clip appeared in Series 1, Programme 3 of Super 8 Stories. | 1969 |
![]() | Super 8 Stories: The Undertones Seminal punk band The Undertones are remembered by fan, Linus McLaughlin, and Martin Bradley, a brother of a band member, with footage of them making their first appearance on Top of the Pops and performing at the Rocking Chair bar in Londonderry in 1978. This clip appeared in Series 1, Programme 3 of Super 8 Stories. | 1978 |
![]() | Super 8 Stories: The Sixties in Armagh Cathal McSherry recounts his days of growing up, partying and following the showbands in County Armagh with added memories his wife, Marie and band member, Simon Scott. As well as footage of showbands in concert there are scenes of Cathal's family life as he gets married and settles down. This clip appeared in Series 1, Programme 4 of Super 8 Stories. | 1969 |
![]() | Super 8 Stories: Winter Fun in the Big Freeze During the Big Freeze of 1963 not everything came to a halt and one hardy bunch of cylcists endured the extreme conditions to have fun in the winter landscape. Billy McCormick and Paddy McAteer look back at their antics on frozen ponds and cycling into snowdrifts. This clip appeared in Series 2, Programme 1 of Super 8 Stories. | 1963 |
![]() | Super 8 Stories: The Carpetbaggers Richard Morrow began film-making as a young boy in Bangor during the 1950s. Here, he guides us on a journey from boyhood to fatherhood including footage of his band, The Carpetbaggers, heading to London to seek their fortune during the 1960s and finishing with scenes from his family life during the 1970s. This clip appeared in Series 2, Programme 1 of Super 8 Stories. | 1969 |
![]() | Super 8 Stories: Fossett's Circus Eddie Fossett recalls the glory days of the travelling circus with the help of two of the performers who worked in his family show and archive footage of the circus visiting Ballycastle in the 1950s and Belfast in the 1970s. This clip appeared in Series 3, Programme 1 of 'Super 8 Stories'. | 1959 |
![]() | Super 8 Stories: The North West 200 Footage from three local film makers (Stanley McIlreavy, Colin Sittlington and Fred Cooper) are combined to show the thrill of local road racing at the annual North West 200 during the 1960s. Stanley and Colin both share their memories of following the sport as spectators while ex-rider Richard Creight tells us of his experience of riding the circuit. This clip appeared in Series 2, Programme 3 of Super 8 Stories. | 1965 |
![]() | Super 8 Stories: Margo and the Marvettes Donaghadee couple, Margo and Trevor Burns, recall their days as members of 1960s band Margo and the Marvettes and show footage of concerts at Maine Road football stadium in Manchester, photo shoots in Hyde Park, London and tours to Germany. This clip appeared in Series 2, Programme 4 of Super 8 Stories. | 1969 |
![]() | Super 8 Stories: The Lammas Fair The Lammas Fair in Ballycastle is an important tradition in the Northern Ireland calender and much-loved to this day. With the help of several amateur film-makers, and interviews with some of the children who attended it annually, we are able to look back on the hey-day of the fair during the 1950s and 60s with its traditions of farming markets, fun rides, Yellow Man sweets and dulce seeweed. This clip appeared in Series 3, Programme 2 of 'Super 8 Stories'. | 1959 |
![]() | Super 8 Stories: The Back Garden Train Line Local train enthusiast, Billy McCormick, tells the story of his dream to operate a train line with fully working steam engine in his back garden off the Kings Road in Belfast. With Billy's own footage of the events we follow the story as he and his friends labour to build the track and restore the engine. When Billy decided to move house he donated the train to Shane's Castle and footage of the train in operation there together with contributions from Lord O'Neill complete the story. This clip appeared in Series 3, Programme 1 of 'Super 8 Stories'. | 1969 |
![]() | Super 8 Stories: Ulster Grand Prix Motorcycles Road racing is a sport which has always thrived in Northern Ireland and the Ulster Grand Prix at Dundrod has always been one of the most events in its calendar. This important amateur roadside footage shot by spectators and keen followers of the sport in the 1960s helps bring back to life the glory days of the race. Interviews with brothers David and John Elder, who watched from the hedges, and one of the top riders from the time, Tommy Robb, help to explain the passion people hold for this particular discipline of bike racing. This clip appeared in Series 3, Programme 3 of 'Super 8 Stories'. | 1965 |
![]() | Super 8 Stories: Cullybackey Scouts Join one of the leaders and some of the ex-Scouts from the Cullybackey Scout Group as they remember their time in the boy's club from the 1970s. Camping and outdoor activities abound in the amateur footage from their annual scout trips back in an age when outdoor pursuits still reigned before the advent games consoles. This clip appeared in Series 3, Programme 4 of 'Super 8 Stories'. | 1979 |
![]() | Super 8 Stories Extra Footage: Fossett's Circus Visits Ballycastle | 1959 |
![]() | Super 8 Stories Extra Footage: At the Bottom of Our Garden Sections of this footage were included in the Super 8 Story, 'The Back Garden Train Line'. | 1969 |
![]() | Super 8 Stories Extra Footage: My Fair Lady Sections of this footage were included in the Super 8 Story, 'The Lammas Fair'. | 1969 |
![]() | Super 8 Stories Extra Footage: Lammas Fair at Ballycastle Sections of this footage were included in the Super 8 Story, 'The Lammas Fair'. | 1959 |
![]() | Super 8 Stories Extra Footage: A Day Trip from Ballycastle to Rathlin Island Sections of this footage were included in the Super 8 Story, 'The McBride Family'. | 1959 |
![]() | Super 8 Stories Extra Footage: Spectator's View of 1964 Ulster Grand Prix Sections of this footage were included in the Super 8 Story, 'Ulster Grand Prix'. | 1969 |