Digital Film Archive

DescriptionDate
thumbnailUlster Mirror. Programme 11

A locally made fortnightly magazine programme. This episode includes a scout camp, Circuit of Ireland car trial (05:15), motorcycle grass track racing and the reconstruction of Portavogie Harbour.
1955
thumbnailSix Nations In Motoring Derby

Six Nations in Motoring Derby. The world's finest drivers compete in Great International Tourist Trophy Races in Ulster.
1929
thumbnailIrish Travelogue

A journey around Northern Ireland - from Portrush to Belfast and Bangor, featuring Richard Hayward.
1935
thumbnailUlster TT race

This film was recorded in 1936, the first time that women drivers took part in the International Tourist Trophy Motor Race. One of the cars crashed in Newtownards killing eight spectators.
1936
thumbnailHartle wins 500cc

Hartle wins Ulster Grand Prix at Dundrod.
1956
thumbnailLand of Magic, Part 1

Film produced in the 1960s for the Northern Ireland Tourist Board.
1962
thumbnailUlster scenes

Amateur silent footage featuring horse racing, motorbike racing (01:05), scenes in Bangor, the Giants Causeway, fishing and pony trekking.
1969
thumbnailBetween the Hedges

A documentary on motorbike road racing.
1993
thumbnailExtract from Strictly TT

A sequence about the Ards International Tourist Trophy Race which ran from 1928 – 1936.
1994
thumbnailEddie Irvine in Japan

This BBC sports item features Newtownards-born Formula 1 driver, Eddie Irvine, in Japan in 1999.
1999
thumbnailRAC Ulster TT Race Programme

Programme for the 1936 RAC Ulster TT Race. (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
thumbnailSuper 8 Stories Extra Footage: 1951 Ulster Grand Prix at Dundrod

Footage of the famous Ulster Grand Prix at Dundrod from 1951 featuring immortal drivers such as Stirling Moss. Sections of this footage were included in the Super 8 Story, 'Dundrod and Ulster Motorsport'.
1951
thumbnailSuper 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
thumbnailSuper 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

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