07/09/2021
IT HAS LANDED✈✈- The GI Trail - Short Film
In the 1940's war came to with the friendly invasion of U.S Troops who were sent here in preparation for the allied invasion of Europe.
This short film features local historian Joe Boden, reliving a period of history through the eyes of a local person.
Kindly funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund delivered by Kilkeel Development Association. The film was curated by Leeanne Ferguson (Heritage Sustainability Officer) and the video was produced by .
Please click on the link below to see if you can recognise any of the familiar locations or people.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgBTx28vb8o
We would love you to your comments and visit us in the located in the Nautilus Centre that overlooks the scenic Kilkeel Harbour.
Check out the 'GI Trail' website;
https://gitrailni.com/
or the page;
https://www.facebook.com/gitrailni
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The GI Trail, a Heritage Lottery Funded Project, aims to map out all the sites at which the American G.I's were based in Northern Ireland during the Second W...
