Farewell, the Derry Road

Farewell, the Derry Road

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Details

Location

Various

Year

1965

Date

The line closed 14 February 1965 - Programme first transmitted 30 Jan 1995

Length

39min 51sec

Audio

sound

Format

film

black and white, colour

Source

BBC NI

Courtesy

BBC NI

Rights Holder

BBC NI

It is illegal to download, copy, print or otherwise utilise in any other form this material, without written consent from the copyright holder.

Description

A film detailing the closedown of the Belfast - Derry railway line on 14 February 1965.

Shot List

Film which details the decline in the railways and in particular the close-down of the route from Belfast to Derry via Dungannon, Omagh and Strabane in 1965. It features interviews with politicians, railway workers and the public. People identified are Billy Kerr - Foreman, Billy Ross - Stationmaster, Jock Milne, Paddy Donaghy - Signalman, Jimmy Swarrigg - Stationmaster at Dungannon, Albert Anderson - Unionist Mayor, Eddie MacAteer - Nationalist MP.

Credits

Principle Filming - Fred Cooper; Writer and Producer - David Dillon

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