On the 14th August 1969 the British Army were deployed onto Northern Ireland’s streets for the first time, to relieve an exhausted RUC in the wake of the Battle of the Bogside. As they entered the city the troops were confronted with a ring of barricades surrounding the Bogside area and manned by the rioters, presenting them with an instant dilemma – to attempt to remove the barricades and provoke a confrontation, or to leave the barricades intact and allow the Bogside to remain beyond official law & order?
Genre: Documentary, TV Movie
Stars: Bernard Hill, Jim Callaghan, Gregory Campbell, Ivan Cooper, Paddy Doherty, Bernadette Devlin
Crew: John Peto (Writer), John O'Neill (Original Music Composer), Mark McCauley (Director of Photography), Kevin Murray (Editor), Billy Gallagher (Sound), Vinny Cunningham (Director)
Country: Ireland, United Kingdom
Language: English
Studio: Open Reel, BBC
Runtime: 60 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Sep 06, 2006
IMDb: 10
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