THIS IS A FREE EVENT BUT TICKETS CANNOT BE BOUGHT ONLINE – JUST COLLECT THEM AT THE BOX AT ANY TIME.

EMERGENCY ECHOES    

Immerse yourself in the WWII world of Echoland – this year’s One City One Book Choice. On Saturday April 1st at 13.00, author Joe Joyce will introduce the programme double-bill.

Archive at Lunchtime screenings are free – simply collect tickets from the IFI Box Office.

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PROGRAMME 1

DUBLIN CAPITAL CITY OF IRELAND

Dubliners bask in the peace of their neutrality.

FILM INFO: 11 mins, 1940, Silent

NORTH STRAND BOMBING-NEWSREEL

FILM INFO: 2 mins, 1941, Silent

ULSTER

A British Forces recruiting film aimed at of Ulster civilians shows Ulster landscapes, shipyards and factory workers.

FILM INFO: 11 mins, 1940

PROGRAMME 2

MARCH OF TIME: IRELAND

Ireland, North & South, at end of World War II: Cork’s Ford and Dunlop factories, which are busy manufacturing tyres and welly-boots; the Shannon Hydro-Electric scheme; Dublin’s Guinness Plant, where barrels are being coopered out in the yard; turf-cutting in Kildare; and maternity hospitals in Dublin.

FILM INFO: 14 mins, 1945

LIFELINE

A young boy learns how Irish Shipping provided a Lifeline for the country during World War II.

FILM INFO: 19 mins, 1949

Join us for free films from the IFI Irish Film Archive. Simply collect tickets at IFI Box Office – please see www.ifi.ie for times.