People’s Democracy Protest in Belfast

People’s Democracy Protest in Belfast

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Location

Belfast City Centre

Year

1969

Date

Production 13/03/1969

Length

53sec

Audio

mute

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

The People’s Democracy parade down Cromac Street in Belfast in a peaceful protest over housing. The police try to prevent them from entering City Hall. 

Notes

People's Democracy was a political organisation that, while supporting the campaign for civil rights for Northern Ireland's Catholic minority, stated that such rights could only be achieved through the establishment of a socialist republic for all of Ireland. It demanded more radical reforms of the government of Northern Ireland than the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association it came from. Its leaders included Bernadette Devlin, Kevin Boyle, Michael Farrell and Eamonn McCann. 

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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