Belfast City Centre in the 1930s

Details

Location

Belfast City Centre

Year

1937

Date

Date estimated

Length

01min 25sec

Audio

silent

Format

8mm

black and white

Source

Ingrid Skinner

Courtesy

Ingrid Skinner

Rights Holder

Ingrid Skinner

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

Description

This short reel reveals how Belfast’s City Centre used to look in the 1930s. Perhaps the most striking aspect of this film is the Titanic Memorial in its former location in the middle of the road on Donegall Square North. The monument was moved within the grounds of the City Hall in 1959 following a spate of traffic accidents. Another highlight is the sight of a fire engine with firefighters hanging from the sides. The hustle and bustle of the city centre is on full display as cars and trams battle for dominance on the roads. Views of Belfast’s famous City Hall and the grand gothic revivalist architecture of the Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corporation Building are also on full display.

Credits

Footage from the collection of Reverend Harold Allen

Film donated by Ingrid Skinner 

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