Irish nationalism: various shots of Irish republican leaders - Eamon de Valera, William Cosgrave and Terence MacSwiney - and of barricades and ruins.



Dublin, Eire (Southern Ireland, Republic of Ireland).



Opens with courtroom scene; trial in progress; looking toward judge; table in FG; a man stands at the table; speaking; presumably a lawyer arguing a case; 2 other men sit at table. CU intense-looking man (probably Terence / Tomas MacSwiney -SL) sits looking at camera; then looks at papers on desk. ECU of Eamon de Valera speaking; smiling (this is a really good and rare C/U - SL).



Next; some young boys stand by a street barricade of wood and barbed wire. Shots of more barricades running up steps and round building; more Irish kids standing around. A man (probably William Cosgrave) walks out of a door; sits in a chair on porch; opens book. Reading book. CU man speaking. Same guy with another. CU other guy.



Next; various shots of bombed and burned railroad equipment; still smouldering charred frames of railroad car; rebel arsonists finishing up the job. Fire burning under car on train tracks; some men and boys poking rags under the cars into fire.



Destruction; Irish Revolution; Sinn Fein; Irish Republican Army; terrorism; ruins; riots; children; Eamon de Valera; William Cosgrave; Terence MacSwiney.



Note: Some old records spell the name as 'McSwiney' or 'MacSwinney', the correct spelling - according to historical texts - is 'MacSwiney' .



Amendment October 2011: A visitor to the site has written in to correct the description of this clip. The shot listed as an ECU of Eamon DeValera is in fact Terence MacSwiney. The man sitting and reading is Arthur Griffith, and not William Cosgrave. Also, the steps with children on is in Cork, not Dublin.