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crossgar, Stormont, Various
1955
28/11/1955 (first transmission)
11min 57sec
silent
35mm, film
black and white
BBC NI
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A locally made fortnightly magazine programme. This episode features scenes at Nutts corner, preparations for a press conference at Stormont and a ploughing competition.
00:00 People disembark from BEA plane at Nutts Corner. BBC OB (outside broadcast) links truck and generator drive through wood. Scanner and vans drive through Stormont gates. Camera dolly cables, cameras rigged, dishes on roof, panning to link on Divis, rigging PM's office, Marconi Mk 3 cameras. Telerecording of part of press conference and interview with the Prime Minister Lord Brookborough. Shots of John Sayers (Belfast Telegraph), William Hardcastle (Daily Mail), Henry Fairlie (Spectator), Francis Williams (interviewer) Shot of Chandos committee. 07:45 Ploughing competition at Crossgar. Tractors, horses, ploughs.
Film Cameramen - Doublas Wolfe, Ronin Still; Film Editor - Valerie Best; Narrators - Wensley Pithey, Sam Pollock; Script and Production - Harry Govan.
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