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This is a black and white photo of Roy Gunson, Margaret Savage, and the vice-chairman of the festival committee, Richard (Dick) Beamish, taken at a reception held at the Martini Terrace, New Zealand House, in London. On the far left the bespectacled…

This is a 1956 black and white photo of Dame Florence Marjorie Wilcox, DBE, known professionally as the English stage and film actor Anna Neagle (1904-1986). She is seen walking along the platform of the Cork-Kent train station in conversation with…

This is a black and white photo of the festival director, Dermot Breen, with the vice-chairman of the festival committee, Richard (Dick) Beamish, and Tom Nicholas (centre) from the London Friends of Cork. They are attending a reception at the Martini…

This is a black and white photo of festival committee member Dick Beamish in conversation with an unidentified colleague. She is dressed in a light-coloured jacket accessorised with a black handbag and sunglasses holding back her blond hair. She is…

This is a black and white photo of festival committee member Dick Beamish with guests. The unidentified guests stand together in a huddle and pose for the camera with a bespectacled Beamish at the centre. While the photo is undated we might guess…

This is a black and white undated photo of Gus Healy greeting an unidentified guest in a crowded room. The formally dressed pair, hands clasped in a handshake, seem pleased to meet each other. We can make out the festival committee member Dick…

This is a black and white photo of festival committee member Dick Beamish in a huddle with three colleagues identified as Liam Nolan, Frank O’Reilly, and festival director Dermot Breen. The small convivial group, wearing dark suits accessorised with…

This is a black and white photo of festival delegates posing on the tarmac of the airport runway. The convivial group are not identified but we recognise some from the archive. On the right, wearing a dark suit accessorised with a large cross on a…

This is a black and white photo of the German journalist and film critic Francis Koval in conversation with the Cork businessman and vice-chairman of the festival committee, Richard (aka Dick) Beamish. Koval, standing on the right with a martini…

This is a black and white photo of a formally dressed group of five, laughing and posing for the camera. The delegate at the far left of the photo, in a flowing puff-sleeved dress, is identified at the back of the photo as ‘Ida’. The others include…