Hunger Strike for Housing

Hunger Strike for Housing

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Details

Location

Derry, Derry/Londonderry, Londonderry

Year

1969

Date

Production 09/01/1969

Length

02min 13sec

Audio

sound

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Digitised as part of the UTV Archive Partnership Project (ITV, Northern Ireland Screen and PRONI)

Courtesy

Department for Communities, ITV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

It is illegal to download, copy, print or otherwise utilise in any other form this material, without written consent from the copyright holder.

Description

Leslie Dawes reported for UTV on a hunger strike taking place in Derry. The young men interviewed had taken to the hunger strike to increase pressure on the authorities to rehouse a number of families. The protest had started when the families moved in over New Year to squat in the city’s Guildhall chambers.

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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