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At Home and Abroad Part 1 of 2

Reel Number: 220487-09

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1918,1960s

Country: USA. Ireland

Location: Dorchester, Massachusetts. Derry, Belfast

TC Begins: 04:27:45

TC Ends: 04:39:49

Duration: 00:12:04

At Home and Abroad Part 1 of 2 The Newsreel - Radical Documentary Re Irish immigrants, IRA, African-Americans. Slow motion shots of young white people. Family thrift store. Streets. City rooftops. Float reads “God and Country in street. Factory (?), entrance locked. Men around campfire, sign reads “GE workers on strike” . Car past crowd with sticker “ I am a scab” and into factory grounds. Workers outside building. 04:29:23; View Dorchester, Mass. with statistics re Irish population. Crossroad. Kids playing hockey in street. Irish immigrants or of Irish descent talk re money, poverty, welfare money (several people around table). Two young Irish men doing construction work. Italian-America talks of clashes between Blacks and Irish. Irish woman says improvements from generation to generation. 04:36:05: Flashback to Ireland with narration summary of Irish history: countryside landscapes, waves crashing. Early footage Queen (?) curtsies to decorated dignitary, Irish soldiers (??) parade. Irish rebellion leaders (?), newspaper headlines says were shot (Easter Rising?). Masses of people in street re Sinn Fein rebellion (ca 1918?. IRA soldiers marching. Newspaper headlines re Sinn Fein victory. Voice over interview Sinn Fein leader explains goals: independence and control of means. Sinn Fein banners in front of building ca 1960s. Parades in streets with Guinness float. Shipyard. CUs Irish people incl. Bernadette Devlin smoking. Sign ‘on strike against general Electric Company. Woman weaving. Fishermen on ship. Strike signs. Night Sinn Fein demonstration.

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