Pigeon Show in Belfast

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Pigeon Show in Belfast

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Location

Belfast

Year

1965

Date

Production 23/01/1965

Length

01min 54sec

Audio

mute

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland under the Archiving Scheme 2

Courtesy

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Department for Communities, ITV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

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Description

A pigeon show in Belfast and a great many people have turned up to see the birds. Lord Mayor Jenkins presents the prizes. 

Pigeons are still big businessHoming pigeons have been used for millennia and pigeon racing became a popular sport after WWII. The most expensive racing pigeon sold for $1.9 million in China in 2020. 

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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