A Tale Of Two Libraries- Falls Road Library
Archive film made during the centenary of the Falls Road library in 2008.
A Tale Of Two Libraries-Shankill Road Library
Archive film from 2008, the year of the Falls Road Library centenary.
Insider Revisited: Cairn Lodge Amateur Boxing Club
“Our enjoyment is seeing the kids do well, at all levels. From school to intermediate and senior. That’s our aim, if they do well then we do well.” Tommy Waite Senior. Formed in 1982, the Cairn Lodge Amateur Boxing Club has produced a wealth of boxing talent through the decades. When the Insider first visited […]
A Moment in Time: Seamus Heaney interview
From the archives, an interview with Seamus Heaney about his work in Ballymurphy, west Belfast.
McGurk’s Bar Bombing: Loss of Innocence
Relatives of those who were killed and injured in the McGurk’s Bar bombing talk of that night and its aftermath. On 4 December 1971, the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), exploded a bomb at McGurk’s Bar in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The explosion caused the building to collapse, killing fifteen civilians and wounding seventeen more. It was […]
I Remember the Holocaust: Helen Lewis
A Belfast-based author and choreographer who survived the Auschwitz concentration camp recounts her harrowing story and has been remembered as remarkable, inspirational and brave. Helen Lewis, the Czech-born mother-of-two spent three months in the Nazi concentration camp and survived two so-called selections by the notorious Angel of Death‚ Dr Josef Mengele. During one such selection […]
HMS Caroline
A tour of the ship with Commander Martin Quinn and reflections on its history by those who served on her.
Belfast 1792 – The Hub of the Harp
Film about the 1792 Belfast Harpers Assembly, which took place in the Assembly Rooms building at the junction of Donegall and Waring streets. 2012 was the 220th anniversary and an event took place in the Central Library to commemorate it. This event revealed research about the life and times of Arthur (Art) O Neill, one […]
Barrack Street 1929-1998
Barrack Street Christian Brothers School closed in 1998 after 69 years. Through interviews with teachers and past pupils the film is a fascinating insight into the history of this West Belfast institution.
Our Wedding Video
Set on either side of the peace line at Short Strand/East Belfast, this “fly on the wall” documentary, gives a unique insight into community theatre in Belfast. From inception to final performance the film charts the highs, the lows, the tantrums, as community theatre groups from all over Belfast merge in a theatrical pilgrimage performing […]