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  • Short Summary

    An item about security measure taken at the anniversary of the Easter uprising.

  • Description

    Dublin, Ireland.

    Intertitle: EASTER TIME IN DUBLIN. All roads leading in and out of the city were barricaded and all vehicles closely examined".

    Tough security measures are brought into play to prevent trouble over the anniversary of the Easter uprising.

    On a country road, two soldiers stop a chauffeur driven car and ask the occupants to get out. A man and a woman get out and stand at the edge of the road, the soldiers make a thorough examination of the car. The chauffeur chats to the soldiers and the couple - everyone seems very amiable, no animosity. The couple get back inside the car.

    M/S of troops (British?) marching past a large house.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    208.32
    Media URN:
    21460
    Group:
    Pathe newsreels
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    08/04/1920
    Sound:
    Silent
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:00:56:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:37:29:00 / 01:38:25:00
    Canister:
    G 657

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