Launched in 2000, Northern Ireland Screen’s Digital Film Archive spans from 1897 to the present day and currently contains an ever-expanding catalogue of 13,000 items. It comprises material from a variety of depositors including feature films, sport, documentaries, animation, amateur footage, light entertainment, and a significant proportion of broadcast material from the UTV Archive.
American WWII Veterans in Northern Ireland
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United States military personnel recall their time stationed in Northern Ireland during the Second World War
Members of the United States 1st Ranger Battalion talk about their time stationed in Northern Ireland during World War II. Milburn Henke chats about being the first American GI to land in Northern Ireland. The veterans recall memories of the people and places in Northern Ireland and old friends reunite.
An estimated 300,000 American service personnel were based, or passed through, Northern Ireland from the beginning of 1942 to the end of the war in 1945.
Northern Ireland’s genial chat show king shares time with a host of famous names from across the world of entertainment, sport and politics.
From 1989 to 2005 there was one unrivalled claimant to the crown of Northern Ireland’s favourite talk show host – UTV’s Gerry Kelly. Kelly’s easy-going interviewing style and his always-eclectic mix of guests and musical acts ensured that his show was one of the weekly jewels in the crown of Ulster Television’s schedules.
This collection of highlights from the series includes his talks with famous faces from Northern Ireland such as George Best, Dame Mary Peters and a young Rory McIlroy, who spoke to Gerry when he was just a primary school child embarking upon his golfing career. Also included are longer chats from the ‘Gerry Meets...’ series where he sits down to talk with Hollywood legends such as Maureen O’Hara and Robin Williams. Always with a friendly twinkle in his eye, Gerry demonstrates how he became one of Northern Ireland’s most beloved television personalities.
