Bloody Sunday

Civil rights march, which became riot resulting in death of 14 catholic people / Close shot of soldier firing live rounds behind armoured vehicle, shots heard / Troops firing, British military commander's voice heard 'Do not fire back for the moment, unless you identify a positive target' / Interview with priest Father Edward Daly (eyewitness) on number of dead he has seen, 'I would say there are probably about four dead at this moment...they seem to be very dead and they were thrown in as if they were dead meat' / Ambulance arrives at scene carrying dead and injured away / Injured man helped into car / Interview with British Paratroop Colonel Derek Wilford just after riot at scene, asked about the dead 'I suppose 5 is quite large under these circumstances, it is unfortunate...we came under fire from the bottom of the flats, from the flats we were also petrol bombed and some acid in fact poured on us' / Asked about local people claiming the army used excessive force during incident, 'Well, what is force, if you are being fired at you return fire and they know that perfectly well' / Asked about the shooting of civilians, if he has any worries about this action, 'None at all' / Asked about the alleged disrespectful mistreatment of dead bodies, 'Well I am sure we did not, in fact I was there when those bodies were recovered and I ordered in fact the vehicle to go forward to pick them up' / Arrested people with hands on head marched along, including one woman (Footage by ITN Archive Limited) Bloody Sunday on January 30, 1972 in Londonderry, Ireland (Footage by Getty Images)
Civil rights march, which became riot resulting in death of 14 catholic people / Close shot of soldier firing live rounds behind armoured vehicle, shots heard / Troops firing, British military commander's voice heard 'Do not fire back for the moment, unless you identify a positive target' / Interview with priest Father Edward Daly (eyewitness) on number of dead he has seen, 'I would say there are probably about four dead at this moment...they seem to be very dead and they were thrown in as if they were dead meat' / Ambulance arrives at scene carrying dead and injured away / Injured man helped into car / Interview with British Paratroop Colonel Derek Wilford just after riot at scene, asked about the dead 'I suppose 5 is quite large under these circumstances, it is unfortunate...we came under fire from the bottom of the flats, from the flats we were also petrol bombed and some acid in fact poured on us' / Asked about local people claiming the army used excessive force during incident, 'Well, what is force, if you are being fired at you return fire and they know that perfectly well' / Asked about the shooting of civilians, if he has any worries about this action, 'None at all' / Asked about the alleged disrespectful mistreatment of dead bodies, 'Well I am sure we did not, in fact I was there when those bodies were recovered and I ordered in fact the vehicle to go forward to pick them up' / Arrested people with hands on head marched along, including one woman (Footage by ITN Archive Limited) Bloody Sunday on January 30, 1972 in Londonderry, Ireland (Footage by Getty Images)
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Editorial #:
111896133
Collection:
Archive Films: Editorial
Date created:
30 January, 1972
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Licence type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released. More information
Clip length:
00:04:09:10
Location:
Londonderry, Ireland
Mastered to:
QuickTime 8-bit Photo-JPEG SD 720x576 25p
Originally shot on:
16mm OCN 24p
Source:
Archive Films Editorial
Object name:
10133_S11100601-1_29571_3_.mov