Rat Racing

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.

Rat Racing

Northern Ireland Screen's Digital Film Archive
Crumlin
1969-05-16
Sound
15m

Are champions made with a diet of cereal and Guinness? See the world recording breaking rat in his prime before he gets eaten by his owner's cat.

A Northern Irish town becomes an unlikely centre of 1969's sporting craze. Should you put your money on Mohammad Mustang Alley or Tully Tornado? Or will the Mad Barber overcome his bad luck and beat the favorites? Join Gordon Burns in Crumlin to meet the rats, check the form and watch the race. See if you can spot the gerbils amongst the rats or perhaps you'll see a familiar face in the crowd. Then join Leslie Daws in Bangor as the local hopefuls prepare for the world championships.

This material is Courtesy of the UTV Archive.

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