Portadown Rally

Portadown Rally

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Details

Location

Belfast, Portadown

Year

1986

Date

Production 15/04/1986

Length

03min 38sec

Audio

sound

Format

Betacam

colour

Source

Digitised as part of the BFI Heritage 2022 project.

Courtesy

British Film Institute, ITV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

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Description

 A rally is held in the centre of Portadown to commemorate the death of Keith White, a protestor of the Anglo-Irish Agreement who was killed by a plastic bullet fired by the RUC during violent clashes two weeks earlier. Alan Wright, leader of the Ulster Clubs organisation, speaks at the rally, accusing the government of being responsible for his death through their support of the Agreement.

Wright is interviewed by Ivan Little for Good Evening Ulster, and suggests that the use of plastic bullets should be outlawed. Shipyard workers at Harland and Wolff leave work for a service conducted on the Sydenham Bypass by Ian Paisley in memory of Mr White, with Paisley calling upon the community not to engage in any acts of retaliation against the police forces.

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.
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