The read
It runs a compact 1h 0m.
Synopsis
On the 14th August 1969 the British Army were deployed onto Northern Ireland’s streets for the first time, to relieve an exhausted RUC in the wake of the Battle of the Bogside. As they entered the city the troops were confronted with a ring of barricades surrounding the Bogside area and manned by the rioters, presenting them with an instant dilemma – to attempt to remove the barricades and provoke a confrontation, or to leave the barricades intact and allow the Bogside to remain beyond official law & order?
Ratings
IMDb8.4/10
Key crew
- John PetoWriter
- John O'NeillOriginal Music Composer
- Vinny CunninghamDirector
Cast
- Bernard HillNarrator (voice)
- Jim CallaghanSelf (as Lord James Callaghan)
- Gregory CampbellSelf
- Ivan CooperSelf
- Paddy DohertySelf
- Bernadette DevlinSelf
- Eamonn McCannSelf