| MOUNT JOY PRISON A good item about a demonstration outside the Mountview Prison in Dublin. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 5204 | |
| Catalog #: | 243233 | |
| Clip Number: | 243233-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 659 | |
| Timecode: | 01:40:47 - 01:41:46 | |
| Location: | Dublin, Ireland. | |
| Year Shot: | 1920 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DEMONSTRATIONS: Protest LAW: Enforcement, Prisons LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Ireland (Eire), Dublin WAR & CONFLICT: Revolution, Irish War of Independence 1916-1922 | |
| Description: | MOUNT JOY PRISON A good item about a demonstration outside the Mountview Prison in Dublin. Dublin, Ireland. GV Massed crowds outside prison. Tense scenes outside Mountview Prison as crowds gather (possibly in connection with the Sinn Fein prisoners on hunger strike). L/S of the prison gates. MS Tank at side of crowd. L/S of a tank driving through the crowd outside the prison. Various shots crowd outside prison. MS CU Various armed vehicles loaded with troops passing through the crowd led by an armoured car. Panning shot of crowd cut to armed troops who are controlling crowd. L/S of armed soldiers holding back the crowd with bayonets, the tank hems them in and prevents them from escaping. A man in the crowd lifts himself up and brandishes the Irish flag at the soldiers, the crowd cheer - very evocative. L/S of an armed road block, in the distance we can see the crowd. | |
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