A Complete Italian Triumph Topical Budget 991-2

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A Complete Italian Triumph Topical Budget 991-2

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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.

A Complete Italian Triumph Topical Budget 991-2

Northern Ireland Screen's Digital Film Archive
Ards
1930-08-25
Silent
1m

Alfa Romeos fill first three places in hair-raising race for Ulster Tourist Trophy.

The Tourist Trophy race was held over the famous Ards circuit in Northern Ireland for only nine years 1928-1936. The 1930 race was considered one of the most thrilling in Ulster T.T. history with Alfa Romeos coming first, second and third. The course was subsequently abanded in 1936, following one of the worst motor-racing accidents in history.

Tazio Nuvolari was known as 'Il Mantovano Volante' (The Flying Mantuan) and was described by Ferdinand Porsche as "the greatest driver of the past, the present, and the future." Giuseppe Campari was another hero of Italian automobile racing and a professional soprano. He died tragically in a racing crash in 1933. Achille Varzi was considered one of the greatest between wars racing drivers.

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