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This is a black and white photo, marked 1956, of a Rank Organisation trip to Cobh, County Cork. The photo shows a small group of film festival visitors, dressed in daywear, both seated and standing on the deck of a boat. In the background, we can…

This is a black and white photo of a man identified as Ray Atkinson making a presentation to an unidentified recipient. The photograph is undated but from the clothes we might guess the picture was taken in the 1960s or 1970s. Atkinson in a dark suit…

This is a black and white photo of Richard Attenborough with Lord Mayor Dan Wallace and others at a civic reception in the Lord Mayor’s office in 1985. Attenborough is signing the visitors' book seated next to the Lord Mayor and festival chairman…

This is a black and white photo of the Irish politician Richard (Dick) Burke seated on a stairs with eight participants for the 1975 Miss Movie Girl competition. We recognise the winner of that year’s competition, Mary Tilson, seated on the right of…

These black and white photos are of festival director Robin O’Sullivan and unidentified colleagues. They show the convivial Robin O’Sullivan, in photos marked 1980s, in conversation with festival attendees. O’Sullivan stepped in to run the film…

This is a black and white photo of festival committee members Robin O’Sullivan and Dan Donovan with the English actor George Baker and unidentified colleagues. O’Sullivan, on the left of the photo stands in between a festival attendee identified as…

This is a black and white photo of the festival director Dermot Breen standing with the English comedy actor Ronnie Shiner and others. The group, dressed for a cold day, all smile for the camera with Dermot Breen, on the far right, hand in pocket.…

This is a black and white photo of a man identified provisionally as Roy Disney at a press briefing. He is shown, elbows resting on the table holding up a cigar in his left hand, listening to someone out of sight.The date of the photo is '1960s'…

This is a black and white photo of the Russian director Stanislav Rostotsky with festival director Dermot Breen and two unidentified female colleagues. The small convivial group, all dressed in evening wear, stand together smoking and laughing. The…

This is a black and white photo of the Japanese actor and film director Sachiko Hidari with a colleague, both of whom are holding awards. Standing on the left Hidari is holding a St Finbarr statue, the design of which is attributed to the Cork-born…