SWINGING ‘60s
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Notes by Sunniva O’Flynn

PROGRAMME 1
FRIENDLY IRELAND
FILM INFO: 26 mins, Ireland, 1966
British holidaymakers travel with their motor car on board an Aer Lingus cargo plane to explore the wonders of Ireland from Dublin to Ballybunnion.

PROGRAMME 2
TIDE ON THE TURN
FILM INFO: 16 mins, Ireland, 1963
Taoiseach Seán Lemass is lauded for promoting Ireland to overseas industrialists. Production line footage at Volkswagen, Jacobs, and Erin factories demonstrate that ‘the standard of intelligence of Irish workers is comfortably above the world average!’

IRELAND: THE NEW CONVENTION COUNTRY
FILM INFO: 12 mins, Ireland, 1966
Robert Monks’s film shows facilities for state-of-the-art international events in Ireland and a range of colourful activities for delegates.