With Heart and Hand Interview: Ernest Fitzsimon

With Heart and Hand Interview: Ernest Fitzsimon

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Details

Location

Year

1966

Date

1914-18 (of events)

Length

24min 12sec

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, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

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Description

This interview has been edited from a series of interview rushes conducted for With Heart and Hand: Battle of the Somme, a programme commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme. It features Ernest Fitzsimon, who speaks about an extraordinary chapter of his wartime experiences: his pivotal role in the story of the Unknown Warrior. The interview contains other striking stories, with details about kit, rationing, and identification of soldiers.

Credits

An Uster Television Production
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