Reprisals By Order (1921)

Item title reads Reprisals by order. 7 houses destroyed by military authorities for failing to report ambush in which 3 policemen were killed. Midleton, Ireland. M, S of a shop with signs saying Michael Ahern above the door. Horses and carts, and people walk about outside. M, S of another house with the roof partly off, another house has its roof and windows missing. M, S of ruins of the houses which are completely destroyed. Children and adults walk among the wreckage. M, S of the house with no windows again. L, S of a street with people walking along it. We see the Michael Ahern shop again. M, S of an armed policeman talking to a woman, others walk down the street. M, S of two men stood outside a gate which says Motors for Hire. The camera pans across the wreckage of the houses, M, S of the wreckage. FILM A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES.