Aftermath of Attack on the Queen’s Car

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Aftermath of Attack on the Queen’s Car

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Location

Belfast, Belfast City Centre, Great Victoria Street

Year

1966

Date

Production 04/07/1966

Length

01min 18sec

Audio

mute

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Funded by the Broadcast Authority of Ireland under the Archiving Scheme 2

Courtesy

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Department for Communities, ITV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

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Description

One of the forgotten stories of the 1960s is that the Queen’s car was attacked on a drive through Belfast city centre when a young man tipped a breeze block from the top of some scaffolding at her car. It was while travelling along Great Victoria Street that the block fell from the top of a building undergoing works and it narrowly missed causing injury to those inside the car, hitting the bonnet. A seventeen year old called John Morgan was subsequently arrested and sentenced to four years in jail under the Treason Act. This footage shows some of the aftermath of the attack, including the dent to the car.

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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