Government film shows festive season during conflict.

Traditional holiday activities and images - Santa, the tree outside City Hall, a children's choir - are punctuated by reminders that not all is as it should be - army jeeps prowl the streets, shoppers have their bags searched at security checkpoints. 


 

The film concludes with interviews with religious representatives of the Catholic and Protestant communities. Despite the difficulties that are apparent, they sound a note of optimism and envisage better times ahead. This government film comes from the BFI collection.

Digitised as part of the BFI's Unlocking Film Heritage project.

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