Boat Trip to Rathlin

From the collection of

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.

Boat Trip to Rathlin

Northern Ireland Screen's Digital Film Archive
Ballycastle
1 Jan 1957
Silent
3m

Travel across the Sea of Moyle towards the island that sheltered Robert the Bruce in 1306.

Leave the gently bobbing rafts in Ballycastle, board the Rathlin ferry and begin the 6 mile journey across the choppy straits of Moyle. Drink in panoramic views of the north coast of Antrim from a passenger's perspective. Watch as Fairhead fades into the distance and the sky fills with birds. With flocks of gulls in constant pursuit of the ferry you could mistake these Northern Ireland Tourist Board rushes for uncanny outtakes from Hitchcock's 'The Birds'.

These colour rushes by the Northern Ireland Tourist Board come from the collection of National Museums Northern Ireland.

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