| Description | Assembly of clips from actuality recordings compiled by Philip Donnellan with people in Derry and Belfast on sectarian disturbances and the events of 'Bloody Sunday' in Derry 30 January 1972
Tracks 1-5: man gives an account of his experiences during the events of 'Bloody Sunday', describing being shot at by British soldiers, his friend being shot in the leg, and his shock at seeing people being shot. He talks about attending the demonstration against the internment of political prisoners, the attitude of the police towards the demonstrators, and remembers stones being thrown by a small minority of the crowd. Another man joins the conversation to describe his shock at the behaviour of the British soldiers on 'Bloody Sunday' and how the events of that day alienated him from the policies of the British government. He talks about his cousin being shot and killed on that day.
Tracks 6-7: A child talks to a woman about the presence of the British soldiers and her feelings about them and describes witnessing people being shot.
Track 8: A prayer recorded at a church service 0.55 mins
Track 9: A hymn recorded at a church service 1.50 mins
Track 10: A reading from the First Letter of St Paul to the Thessalonians 1.52 mins
Tracks 11-13: A sermon recorded at a church service to commemorate the first anniversary of the events on 'Bloody Sunday'
Track 14: A hymn recorded at a church service 1.57 mins
Tracks 15-17: Paddy Brown discusses an independent radio station that he used to run in Derry, the material that was broadcast including Irish music and political speeches, the people who worked at the station and the audience that they received
Tracks 18-19: A woman talks about applying for a job in England through an advertisement in the 'Belfast Telegraph' and her experiences of working in Birmingham and Wolverhampton in 1971
Tracks 20-24: A recording with Eleanor Dalton at the community hall on the Creggan estate in Derry, 28 January 1973. She talks about the presence of British paratroopers in her Belfast Catholic neighbourhood, the sealing off of the local area and her relatives being searched, and the raiding of her father's pub. She talks about the resentment of British soldiers amongst people who have had their homes and business premises raided and have been harrassed, and goes on to discuss her experiences working in England and Northern Ireland and the different attitudes she noticed towards religious differences between the two countries.
Track 25: Recording of unidentified song 2.33 mins
Total: 1.05.09 mins
Dubber's reference number: KF565D0361680 |