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This is a black and white photo of the Italian film director and actor Vittorio De Sica stepping out of a car at Kent train station in Cork. The photo notes that he is accompanied by Ken Rives and the festival director Dermot Breen. A third man,…

This is a black and white photo of the Italian film director and actor, Vittorio De Sica, arriving at the Savoy cinema, escorted by an entourage of seven men dressed in evening suits. The group include the festival director Dermot Breen at the far…

This is a black and white photo, dated 1970, of a smiling festival delegate playing with a child. The young girl, standing amidst luggage, is laughing as she raises her hands. The location is not identified but it might be the front of the old Cork…

This is a black and white photo of the poet Theo Dorgan with an unidentified companion at Cork Airport. They are both sheltering from the rain under a Ford-sponsored umbrella in front of the old terminal of Cork Airport. Prior to the arrival of Cork…

This is a black and white photo of the art deco façade of the Cork Savoy cinema on Patrick Street, advertising the 1959 festival. Flags of the participating countries adorn the building in a daytime street scene. A group of boys on the left of the…

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 the British documentary filmmaker Paul Rotha standing with a group of colleagues including festival director Dermot Breen. The group of seven, dressed in travel attire, pose genially for the camera in front of the…

This is a black and white photo of the English actor Mollie Peters reclining on the bonnet of a car. The photo is dated 1968, taken a few years after her infamous role as Nurse Fearing opposite Sean Connery in Thunderball (Terence Young, 1965). In…

This is a black and white photo of Miss Movie Girl 1973, Betty Philbin, taken at the airport. Philbin, wearing a white suit accessorised with large sunglasses, and surrounded by her luggage, is accompanied by her sister, also in similarly large…

This is a black and white photo, taken at Dublin airport, of film festival delegates at the Aer Lingus check-in desks. We recognise some of the delegates from the archive including the film director Terry Gilliam and the actor Linda Hayden, together…