Queen Mother at Ballymena Gallahers Factory

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Queen Mother at Ballymena Gallahers Factory

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Location

Ballymena

Year

1963

Date

Production 31/10/1963

Length

06min 37sec

Audio

mute

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Funded by the Broadcast 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

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother’s visit to Northern Ireland in autumn 1963 included a number of official public engagements and this one took place on the fourth and final day of her tour as she visited the modern Gallaher’s tobacco factory in Ballymena. After being given a tour of the work carried out by the mainly female workforce the Queen Mother is then seen departing from the new Aldergrove airport, which she officially opened just three days earlier.

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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