ULSTER FOLK AND TRANSPORT MUSEUM

Description

Founded in 1958, the Museum holds a sizable audiovisual archive which includes film and videotape material. Material from BBC Northern Ireland is also held in the collection. Northern Ireland’s new Digital Film Archive (see note below) includes newsreel footage of the Belfast-built Titanic, World Wars I and II, aviatrix Amelia Earhart’s accidental landing at Derry in the 1930s, and the reconstruction years of the 1950s. TV footage includes the Beatles interviewed on UTV in the early 1960s, documentaries, television news, drama and feature films. The Digital Film Archive is available free of charge on PCs to six educational centres around Northern Ireland - St Partick’s Trian in Armagh, Omagh College, the University of Ulster at Coleraine, the Nerve Centre in Londonderry, W5 at the Odyssey in Belfast and at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum.

Website

http://www.uftm.org.uk/

Keywords

World War II; Northern Ireland; Transport; World War I; Pop music; Folklore; Beatles, The; Earhart, Amelia; Shipbuilding industries; Titanic

Access

Access varies, depending on source of collection agreements etc. Generally, material is available for educational and research use.

Moving Image, Audio and Related Documentation Holdings

Video/Film

Video components: VHS Video, hi-band U-Matic, lo-band U-Matic, 1-inch Video, 2-inch Video.
Film: The subject matter of the collections covers all aspects of everyday life in the Province.
Film components: Positive Film, negative film, final mix.

Catalogues

Digitised catalogue

Northern Ireland’s first Digital Film Archive was launched at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum in November 2000. This gives the public access to over 50 hours of moving images reflecting the history and culture of Northern Ireland from 1897 to 2000.

Additional Information

Notes

Various retrieval techniques. All material is classified under a museum system.

Conservation policy

Policy under development.

Main Contact

Name

Mr. Kenneth Anderson

Job title

Head of Photographic Archive

Telephone

02890-428428

Fax

02890-428728

Email

clifford.harkness4@btinternet.com

Address

National Museums and Galleries of Northern Ireland
Cultra
County Down
Holywood
BT18 0EU

Alternate Contact

Name

Ken Anderson