Today is International Day of Peace. To celebrate we remember this 1977 clip from our Digital Film Archive of Betty Williams & Mairead Corrigan receiving a Noble Peace Prize from Aase Lionaes, the chair of the Nobel Peace Committee. The women were cofounders of the Peace People, an organisation established in response to the escalating violence in Northern Ireland during the 1970s. To watch the full clip, visit www.digitalfilmarchive.net/media/nobel-peace-prize-betty-williams-and-2575 | Northern

In August 1976, in the midst of the Northern Irish Troubles, Mairead Corrigan’s sister’s three children were killed in a shooting incident in Belfast. Another local woman, Betty Williams witnessed the tragedy and in a matter of days she, with Corrigan, gathered together local residents in a march for peace. The peace organisation they subsequently founded brought together Catholics and Protestants to advocate for a nonviolent solution to the Northern Ireland conflict. Corrigan and Williams were

A #TCMFF tradition has been watching a film poolside at the legendary Hollywood Roosevelt. The first screening was the lavish Esther Williams musical NEPTUNE'S DAUGHTER ('49) with Williams herself in attendance along with Betty Garrett and synchronized swimmers. #SummerUnderTheStars | Turner Classic Movies: TCM