Northern Ireland Screen's Digital Film Archive is a free public access resource for teachers, students, historians and anyone who has an interest in moving images. Spanning from 1897 to the present day, the films in the Digital Film Archive cover all aspects of life in Northern Ireland and includes everything from dramas to documentaries, newsreels and features, animation to amateur footage.
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The National Trust in Ulster
A quirky tour of Trust properties, from international landmarks such as the Giant's Causeway, to lesser known gems like Springhill House.
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Overview
The centrepiece of this travelogue is a grand tour of Northern Ireland’s great houses. From the modesty of the 17th century, note the thatch-roofed Hezlett House, or plantation era features of Springhill, through to the ornate, late-18th and early-19th century neoclassical style of Mount Stewart and Castle Coole.
Architecture buffs will perhaps find the clash of styles represented by Castle Ward particularly intriguing. The building's identity crisis is a manifestation of its owners' - Lord Bangor and his wife, Lady Ann Bligh - contrasting tastes. The result is a building that is part classical Palladian, part Georgian Gothic. This material from the E.T. Green collection is courtesy of Waddell Media Ltd.
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