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Various
1956
19 March 1956 (first transmission)
12min 20sec
silent
35mm, film
black and white
BBC NI
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A locally made fortnightly magazine programme. This episode includes the Monte Carlo rally, a cross country race, the opening of Stormont and construction work at Queens University.
00:00 Monte Carlo Rally, Northern Ireland entry - Jaguar 130. 00:58 Motor Bikes - off-road cross country race. Officials and racers at staggered starts. Good views of race on muddy track. After race riders having a cup of tea. 02:54 State opening of Stormont by Governor Lord Wakehurst, arrival by car (statue of Carson in distance), greeting, guard of honour, speaker of Commons, gun salute (with Stormont building in background). 04:33 Civil servants leave the Ministry of Finance, climb gangway to ship (Sir Thomas Dixon?). The Duke of Lancaster (ship) in background, harbour power station. 05:37 Harbour with small fishing boats (Kilkeel?). 05:47 Workshop making badges and crests. 08:15 Cutting and polishing granite for Ashby building at Queen's University. 09:44 construction work at Queen's including pouring concrete.
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