International Tourist Trophy Race at Dundrod (1955)

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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.

International Tourist Trophy Race at Dundrod (1955)

Northern Ireland Screen's Digital Film Archive
Dundrod
1955-09-01
Silent
7m

Drivers compete in the roads around Dundrod

Taking place in May 1955, the Ulster Trophy Race would be won by Cultra man, Desmond Titterington. This success promised to be the prelude to even greater things, with Titterington competing in the Formula One Grand Prix the following year. Here we see shots of the main stand, cars hurtling round corners and the dangers of the route, as one competitor's car lies crumpled in a field.

Dundrod Circuit is a motorsport street circuit used for the RAC Tourist Trophy for sports cars between 1950 and 1955 and for the motorcycle Ulster Grand Prix from 1953 onwards.

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