Queen's University Graduation Day Procession (1959)

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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.

Queen's University Graduation Day Procession (1959)


All the pomp and pageantry of the academic procession at Queen's University, Belfast.

Graduation Day is marked by this vibrant footage of the academic procession, including the Vice-Chancellor, Pro-Vice-Chancellors, Deans, Heads of School and Professors. The line of academics is seen snaking from the front of the iconic university and into the Sir William Whitla Hall. Once inside the Hall, the academics are greeted by graduands dressed in the traditional garb of gowns and hoods.

Rushes by the Northern Ireland Tourist Board. Vice Chancellor, Lord Alanbrooke, is clearly identifiable and can be seen attended by his page.


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