| COSGRAVE - OR - DE VALERA? Scenes from Irish General Election - De Valera and Co | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5481 |
| Catalog #: | 51375 | |
| Clip Number: | 51375-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 33/8 | |
| Timecode: | 01:33:57 - 01:35:33 | |
| Location: | Dublin, Eire, Southern Ireland, Republic of Irelan | |
| Year Shot: | 1933 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ELECTIONS: Voting LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Ireland (Eire), Dublin OCCUPATIONS: Politicians / Statesmen PERSONALITIES: De Valera, Eamon PERSONALITIES: O'Kelly, Sean T POLITICS: Political Party, Irish, Fianna Fáil | |
| Description: | Cosgrave or De Valera? Electors register record polls in General Election fraught with importance to the future history of the Irish Free State. Dublin, Eire, Southern Ireland, Republic of Ireland. CU of Fianna Fail election poster - among the candidates mentioned is Sean T O’Kelly. SV of Eamon De Valera standing at microphone. MS of car decorated with Fianna Fail posters. CU of posters for William T Cosgrave. His slogan is Peace and Plenty. Shot of man leaning on car decorated with Vote Cosgrave posters. Shots of Cosgrave and his wife leaving a building. Shots of Alderman Alfred Burn, Lord Mayor of Dublin, going to vote. Shots of people holding posters in his favor. The voiceover tells of how Burn was later knocked to the ground by a by a youth. Shots of people coming out of Polling station. | |
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