Death Dive

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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.

Death Dive (Good Evening Ulster)

Northern Ireland Screen's Digital Film Archive
Belfast
13 Jun 1985
Sound

Death defying feats as the circus comes to Belfast

Fire eating? We got it! Stunt driving? Yessir! An exploding coffin? Why not?! This report covers the arrival of a circus stunt show to Belfast. The show has something for everyone, from puppet shows to magic tricks. The show's pièce de résistance? A man on fire diving into a pool of flames. Learn more in an interview with the show's organiser - also one of the performers - and see some of the stunts for yourself. But please do not try this at home!

Good Evening Ulster was the weekday tea-time local news round-up for Ulster Television throughout much of the 1980s and helped to launch the careers of household names such as Gloria Hunniford and Eamonn Holmes.

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A Walk on the Weird Side

The extraordinary, the absurd and the downright weird combine in this collection of reports from UTV’s nightly Good Evening Ulster news programme.

Despite the often bleak aspect of local news in Northern Ireland during the decades relating to The Troubles, ordinary - and sometimes extraordinary - life continued on. This series of some of the more off-the-wall reports from the UTV news archives shows the citizens of Northern Ireland engaging in unusual schemes, fundraisers, pastimes and humorous events. From Earl Bird attempting to set a new world record for non-stop yodelling to a nuclear bunker disco, from a pub with no beer to a canine snooker referee, you’ll find this collection full to the brim with the odd, the eccentric and the full-on weird.

23 videos in this collection

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A Pub With No Beer

Armagh
1984

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Window Cleaning World Record

Lurgan
1989

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The Garden Tiger

1985

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Bay City Rollers Fans

Newtownards
1985

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Model Car World Record Attempt

1989

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Buried Alive World Record Part 1

1998

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Buried Alive World Record Part 2

1999

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Cow Pat Throwing

Belfast
1985

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There's No Business like Gnomes Business

Belfast
1990

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The Dog Rufferee

Randalstown
1989

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There are Leprechauns in Those There Hills!

Carlingford
1989

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To Heaven and Beyond! A Con Brio Rock Odyssey

Belfast
1985

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Snooker Marathon

Belfast
1985

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Hula Hoop Champion

Belfast
1985

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Death Dive

Belfast
1985

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Come away from the Fairy RIng, O Builders!

Mourne Mountains
1997

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Whiskey Galore!

Ardglass
1997

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The Spirit of Radio

Newtownards
1998

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Laughter is the Best Medicine

Belfast
2000

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White Christmas

Belfast
1984

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Guinness World Record Breaking Weekend

Belfast
1994

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Clown Around at the Community Circus

Newcastle
1992

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The Belfast Circus School

Belfast
1990

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