Battle of Belleek.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

British Film Institute, owner.

Topical Film Co., production company.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Armed Forces.

Social conflict.

Northern Ireland.

Sinn Fein.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (1 minute, 44 seconds)) : silent, black and white.

Place of Publication:

[Great Britain] : Topical Film Company, 1922.

Summary:

"Topical's exclusive pictures of the recapture of the Ulster border town seized by the Sinn Feiners. Troops moving into action." Troops marching down country lane. Close shot of artillery gun being taken into action. Armoured vehicles passing down same lane. "Shelling the village". Rear view long shot of artillery gun being fired in a field. Panning long shot looking down on the town of Belleek. Side-on long shot of artillery gun firing. "General and Staff watching operations". Medium long shot behind them as they look through binoculars. "Entering the village". Officers walking up hill. Men in civilian clothes (reporters?) enter through passage-way in wall. Pan shot of troops, officers and reporters in shelled area of the town. Close shot of troops resting in the street. "Lads who took the Town". Group of soldiers pose for the camera.

Notes:

Issue number: 564-1 ; Story number within issue: 1 of 4

Series: Topical Budget.

With intertitles.