Watch: Lost footage of international stars on Leeside in 1965 screened at Cork Film Festival

A chance discovery led to the restoration of footage featuring the likes of James Mason and Trevor Howard on their trip to Cork sixty years ago 

It could so easily have never been found. The Cork International Film Festival team moved headquarters several years ago. As she was leaving one of the offices, festival CEO Fiona Clark noticed a cupboard previously hidden behind a filing cabinet. There, she discovered a pile of film reels, which she stored in boxes.