The Apprentice Boys in Derry

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 Apprentice Boys in Derry


The Apprentice Boys annual march in the walled city contrasts the cliff top gathering of Irish dancers. Both summer displays of pageantry are captured on film by the Northern Ireland Tourist Board to promote the region as a holiday destination. These rushes would later be set to music and woven into short films used to encourage Americans and people from British industrial towns to holiday across the water.


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