The Fate of the Clyde Valley

From the collection of

Northern Ireland Screen's Digital Film Archive
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.

The Fate of the Clyde Valley


Captain Black talks about Clyde Valley and predicts its doom as scrap in Lancaster. This old and rusty ship had ventured on many hazardous journeys. Alongside the SS Fanny, the Clyde Valley played an important role the Larne gun-running, a major gun smuggling operation in April 1914 in Ireland, for the Ulster Unionist Council to equip the Ulster Volunteer Force. In these news rushes from Ulster Television Carrickfergus residents express their views on the ship’s fate.


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