Title:THE KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS - ARMOY PROJECT; (also) NATO MINESWEEPERS, BELFAST DOCKS [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFB 60
Other titles:NORTHERN IRELAND ARMY INFORMATION SERVICES COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: I. Shots of Rathcoole housing estate in Newtownards, County Antrim, including the Rathcoole Youth Centre. The scene changes to a project near Armoy, also in County Antrim, where men of the King's Own Scottish Borderers attached to the Royal Engineers (training as assault pioneers) are helping to build an adventure playground. Interview with officer. Scenes (dorm, kitchen etc) inside the Breen Centre, a cross-community initiative aimed at getting youths from the towns to spend time in the country on visits (the adventure playground is in the grounds of the Breen Centre. Interview with Sandra, one of the people involved in restoring the once-derelict house, about the Breen Centre's educational and cultural aims, and how the army got involved. Views of the area including Breen Bridge, the Moyle Way etc.
II. Aerial shots of NATO minesweepers in and around Belfast Docks.
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Alternative Title:NORTHERN IRELAND ARMY INFORMATION SERVICES COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
