Lord Mayor IRA Mcswiney AKA Lord Mayor I.R.A.… 1920

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Ireland.

Intertitle: "Lord Mayor's Hunger Strike. Exclusive Pathe picture of Alderman T. MacSwiney of Cork".

C/U of the Mayor, a man in his thirties, sitting at a desk in a dark room - possibly a prison cell. He stares intently at the camera before turning to some papers on his desk...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
21549
Sort Number:
G 0697
Time in/Out:
01:29:52:00 / 01:30:37:00
Canister:
G 697
Film ID:
212.24
Issue Date:
27/08/1920

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