The City Of Terror AKA Londonderry - Dublin Aftermath (1920)

Londonderry - Dublin Aftermath. Titles read: ’“THE CITY OF TERROR“ - First pictures from Londonderry taken at great risk.’ Soldiers in street in Londonderry, Northern Ireland (shot is blurred - decomposing?). Intertitle reads: ’The AFTERMATH - Shelled and gutted buildings in Dublin have been condemned and are now being pulled down.’ (Eire, Republic of Ireland, Southern Ireland). Ruins in Dublin; bombed / burned buildings. Part of building collapses - falling from 3rd or 4th floor. More of collapsing buildings. Actually; workers are pulling them down so they won’t collapse on someone later - looking closer; one can see ropes. Michael Collins (man with moustache on platform) making speech after the Treaty had been signed; he adopted a moustache just before the Treaty talks in 1921. Some of crowd in BG. Shots of some of the Republicans posing by Dublin Castle (?). CU Michael Collins smiling at camera and looking down, modestly. Another speaker (TP O’Connor?) of Irish Republican Army. Sinn Fe
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