ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME

We’re all going on our summer holidays!

Join us every Monday and Wednesday for free lunchtime screenings of short films from the IFI Film Archive collections.

PROGRAMME 1:
AMHARC EIREANN COMPILATION
Stories from Gael Linn’s newsreel showing holiday camps for children and dogs! Directed by Colm O Laoghaire.
FILM INFO: 7 minutes, 1956 – 1964, Black and White

THE IRISH COLLEGE RANAFAST
The townland of Ranafast comes alive each summer as thousands of students from all over Ireland arrive to attend Colaiste Bhride, stay with local families and improve their Irish. A Radharc film.
FILM INFO: 12 minutes, 1962, Black and White

PROGRAMME 2:
BUTLINS MOSNEY WEEKLY NEWSREEL
Jolly scenes from the very early days of Butlins Holiday Camp. Directed by John Tomkins.
FILM INFO: 7 minutes, 1951 – 1952, Black and White

HOLIDAY ’72: RADIO TRAIN
One in a series of British travel programmes, this film takes us on a well-catered train journey from Dublin to Killarney featuring a live radio broadcast. ‘Blarney on the move, something only the Irish could have thought of.’
FILM INFO: 10 minutes, 1972, Colour