Life in Springtown Camp

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Life in Springtown Camp

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Location

Springtown

Year

1964

Date

Production 22/01/1964

Length

06min 14sec

Audio

sound

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Funded by the Broadcasting 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

Further interviews with residents of Springtown Camp in Derry. Charles Witherspoon talks to people living in Springtown Camp. Some were told they would be in the camp for two weeks and are still here 12 years later. “We don’t exist” says one man.

Their campaign for decent housing had begun in 1946, when the Springtown US military camp was abandoned by the troops and impoverished families moved in. The camp was unfit for habitation and became increasingly crowded over time but the Londonderry Corporation refused to build new homes for the occupants. 

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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