Bloody Sunday (2002) - full transcript
Documentary-style drama showing the events that led up to the tragic incident on January 30, 1972 in the Northern Ireland town of Derry when a protest march led by civil rights activist Ivan Cooper was fired upon by British troops, killing 13 protesters and wounding 14 more.
( gentle orchestral theme
playing )
( wind blows quietly )
MAN ( on radio ):
...7-0, this is 5-4...
Positions 1-8-1-9, 2-0-2-1
and 2-2 and 2-3
are now complete.
The 2-4 is
in the position...
is in the, uh, uh...
being complete in about
five minutes. Over.
( indistinct radio
transmissions continue )
Excuse me, folks.
Good to see you.
How are you?
Excuse me.
Afternoon.
MAN:
Ladies and gentlemen,
Major General Ford.
( applause )
( camera shutters clicking )
IVAN: We are marching
because ever since
the partition of Ireland
Catholics here in the North
have suffered discrimination
in a Protestant
dominated land.
That's why we're marching.
-( applause )
-( shouts of agreement )
FORD:
In view of the continuing
adverse security situation
in the Province, all parades,
processions and marches
will be banned
until further notice.
IVAN:
We're marching because
the British government
promised us reform
and all we've had
are excuses and curfews
and the single issue that
cuts to the very core
of civil rights
mass internment
without trial.
That's why we're marching.
( applause )
FORD: Anyone
either taking part in
or organizing such an event
is liable to
immediate arrest.
The law is the law
and must be respected.
IVAN: So we say this
to the British government.
We will march peacefully
this Sunday
and march, and march again
until Unionist rule
is ended in this Province
and a new system,
based on civil rights
for all
is put in its place.
Thank you.
( applause )
FORD:
And I would say
to the leadership
of the civil rights
organization
any responsibility
for any violence
which may take place
must rest
fairly and squarely
on your shoulders.
Thank you.
( applause )
( applause continuing )
CROWD:
* We shall overcome
* We shall overcome
* Someday...
Yeah, thank you.
Yeah, see you later.
* ...Deep in my heart...
-( bell chiming )
-( gunshots firing
in distance )
( chiming and gunshots
continuing )
MAN ( on TV ):
You must have jets
on your feet.
WOMAN ( on TV ):
My launching pad is only
three blocks away, remember?
MAN ( on TV ): Yeah.
Let's continue,
to the Moon.
To the Moon.
( baby crying in other room )
Can't we spend
a quiet evening,
like, alone?
Well, we're expecting
Professor Reaburn
to notify us.
-( baby continues crying )
-The fellas ought to all be
together in case he does.
He's grand.
What's wrong with him?
He's just tossing
and turning.
( TV playing )
( baby crying )
( laughs )
Gerry.
I'll get him.
( laughs )
I'll get him.
I'll settle him down.
( groans )
( sighing )
( door opening )
Anyway, Mum's home.
Hi.
WOMAN:
Oh, God.
What a night, huh?
Hello.
How'd you enjoy
baby-sitting?
-All right.
-You been feeding him?
Hello, wee man.
Hello.
Was he good for you?
Aye, he was good
as gold, so he was.
-( baby whining )
-Oh, see him
playing up now for me.
That's always the way.
-Where'd youse go?
-Up the Stardust.
The usual, you know,
just for a few drinks.
That's all I need
on a Saturday night.
( chuckling )
Look, I'm just
taking Hester back
down to town.
Right, okay.
You be careful.
Aye, I'll be grand.
No, I mean it.
I don't want you
getting lifted again.
I'll be all right.
Ta-ra.
Right.
GERRY: See ya.
( door opening )
( Hester coughs softly )
Are you going
next week?
Aye, may as well.
Be a good crack.
Aye, I'll be all right.
Hopefully they'll keep
the boys out.
( chuckles ) Aye.
HESTER:
I'll keep them
away from you.
( pipe playing lilting tune )
-Come around Jackie's...
-( vehicle approaching )
No, he's not.
How're you doing?
Protestant?
Eddie wants you out?
Yeah, a right
little turncoat.
-What?
-So he is.
What about
the way he dogs me?
Keeps me young.
Oh, he's hardly
gonna do that.
It's your
sister's husband.
MAN: Come on!
Get a move on!
( indistinct radio
transmission )
Looks like they
might threaten us.
Aye.
You better leave me here.
You'll be careful
tomorrow?
I'll be fine.
It's only a march.
And what if
trouble starts?
There'll be no trouble.
It's a peaceful march
for civil rights.
All right.
Look, I'll meet you here
tomorrow about 6:00, okay?
Right.
See you tomorrow.
Bye.
( siren wailing )
( man on radio
speaking indistinctly )
MAN ( on radio ):
Come in, One-Seven.
This is One Alpha.
Uh, one of your
roadblocks further out
has reported movements.
Three people in the green
Volkswagen Variant 1500.
Uh, the registered number
is G...
( engines rumbling )
MAN 1: She was winking
earlier at that guy.
MAN 2:
She knows.
MAN ( on radio ):
One Alpha.
Registration number Golf,
Uniform, Lima, 2-1-5-5. Over.
Right.
Get some team commanders
on base soonest.
Come on,
let's get moving.
Let's get some pace
till where we're secure.
He's going to get
a brief from Corporal.
Sigs on me.
Get HQ up on
the net now.
Move the vehicles out
of that line of sight.
Tell me where
the sentries are
fully posted.
Okay, if there is a
sniper threat today
it's coming
from over there.
Make sure you've
got that covered.
Yes, Colonel,
we're currently putting
a covert O.P.
out on to the derelict
site down William Street.
I'll let you know
as soon as that's in place.
( conversing quietly )
We've got the whole,
I've got the company in?
We're established.
Can you just confirm
we're gonna brief up
the troop commanders
shortly?
Yeah, okay.
-( knocking )
-( radio playing )
MAN: Is Gerry about,
is he?
Ah, come on, Mary,
we have to go to Mass here.
Come on now, Mary,
open the door.
-MARY: Keep it down, okay?
-Ah, the wee man's asleep,
is he?
Shh.
( men talking all at once )
What's the crack
with you?
Hey, the Brits are here.
( all talking at once )
The Pigs are
everywhere here.
The Bogside's
crawling with 'em.
-Geez. Holy shit.
-Okay, I'm up, I'm up,
I'm up. Okay.
-Lads, I count a dozen
for APCs as well.
-Aye.
But there's more
at the bottom of
Rossville Street.
At the corner of the
Craigavan Bridge as well.
( all talking at once )
...are everywhere, hey.
It was on the radio
this morning!
-Shh...
-Come on!
Get a move on, man.
Oh, fuck's sake,
are your trousers too tight
or your balls too big?
Ah, you're just
jealous, man.
-( baby whining )
-( all talking at once )
Oh, sorry.
Wee man, you all right?
Aye, we'll be
all right, Mary.
( all talking at once )
One day, Mary,
he'll grow up to be a good
stone thrower himself.
Go on, youse. Eh...
Where are you going now?
I'm going to Mass, Mary.
I'll be back later on.
( all talking at once )
Gerry!
Can you see any, aye?
Oh, yeah.
( laughing ) Look, look.
Look at this, hey.
( crowd yelling )
Go on, Brits, out!
Get out!
Go on back home!
( yelling continues )
Go on, you
British scum!
Get out!
Hey, we'll see you later
at the Guildhall!
Go back!
They better not try
and stop us today.
It'll take more
than rubber bullets
and barbed wire.
-( laughing )
Brits out!
-Come on!
( whistling )
MAN ( on TV ):
...troops, including members
of the parachute regiment...
( phone ringing )
Oh, shit.
The army... has warned
that time and place
to stop the march.
( ringing continues )
Which means that it could
cover a considerable
distance...
Ma, can you get that?
The Nationalist Bogside
Brigadier is in the city...
-( ringing stops )
-WOMAN: This is...
...at the no-go areas
for six months
the local residents
barricaded the streets...
( phone ringing )
Organizers of the march...
Jesus.
Morning. How are you all?
-( all talking at once )
-( phone ringing )
Yes, yeah.
Yeah, I know, I know.
Ma, Ma, Ma.
I can't see them now.
( phone ringing )
No, I will.
I'll be there.
Can I get through here?
I just want to get
to the phone there.
Yeah, okay.
We're all getting ready
for the march here.
Yeah?
How many?
Any sign of the Paras?
Yeah.
What about the square?
Okay, I'll meet you
at Aggro Corner.
Folks...
I'll be with you.
I understand.
Just getting ready
for the march here.
Yes, right,
I know I'm going to sort it.
I'm going to sort it.
They've been waiting
for over an hour, Ivan.
-Well, tell them I'm
gonna see the Bishop.
-Hah!
-No, the Cardinal.
-Oh, aye, the Pope.
Uh-huh.
They mightn't believe you,
but it's worth a try.
( sighing )
-All right, Dad?
-Take care of yourself.
I am. I'm grand,
I'm grand.
Okay. Now,
it's just a Sunday
afternoon stroll.
-Have you no...?
-Don't worry about it.
Have you no coat,
darling?
No, no, I'll be fine.
I'll be fine.
I'll see youse
later, okay?
Take care
of yourself, son.
I will, I will. It's fine.
Nothing to worry about.
Look after yourself,
darling.
Sort them out,
would you please?
-( phone ringing )
-I'm sorry.
Mr. Cooper, have
you got a moment?
-Uh, surgery's canceled today.
-It's about my TV.
Well, it's civil rights
we're marching for
not TVs, Mr. O'Keefe.
Well, Mrs. Doherty,
sleep well last night?
Aye, I did that,
Mr. Cooper.
Are you coming
to Mass?
Mrs. Doherty,
a good Protestant like me?
March against internment.
Hello, folks.
See you later.
March again internment.
There you are, son.
See you later.
( indistinct radio
transmission )
-There's the church,
and we're in this yard here.
-Roger.
Proposed route
of the march
is along here
and then along the street.
Runs that way.
Yes, I see.
Our job is to catch
these hooligans
and pinch them
-between ourselves
and C Company.
-Yes.
Okay, so it's gonna
be through the wall
then down the street
and hopefully
we'll catch them coming
straight into us.
William Street
runs parallel
behind you guys
behind this wall.
Plan is
machine-gun platoon
will make the breach
with their Pigs.
We'll follow through
on foot.
It's about 150 yards
of waste ground
through the derelict
buildings
and we'll be on William Street
and behind the marchers.
So, what about
the, uh, stickies
and pyra presence
over in the Bogside?
Are we gonna...?
Well, they're there,
and-and...
Do we reckon the players
are gonna be out today?
-They're bound to be.
-Okay.
They're absolutely
bound to be
and we've got
to be ready for 'em.
Okay, well,
we got the guys from...
The primary...
the primary job is
picking up 200 or 300
of the Derry young
hooligans, all right?
Okay, and tell the lads
we want maximum aggression.
We want a lot of arrests today
and if the shooting starts
we're gonna shoot back
plenty of rounds.
Roger.
How do? Morning, ladies.
There you are.
All right, ladies?
Okay, see you later.
All right, boys.
Here, hand some of
these out at Mass.
Walk away, lads.
Walk away. Don't worry.
Don't be intimidated.
It's all right.
( engine rumbling )
Aha.
Sorry. Excuse us,
it's all right.
It's okay, I know him.
Go on, this is a
peaceful march.
Peaceful march
we're having today.
I hope you boys
are the same.
Hey, lads, lads, lads.
I know him, I know him,
I know him, I know him.
It's all right.
He's full drunk.
I'll take him away.
Walk away, walk away.
Come on, walk away.
Thank you, thank you.
It's a peaceful march
we're having.
Hey, get ye away.
Go and get to bed,
go home. Sleep it off.
I'll see you later.
How are you, folks?
Don't worry. You're grand.
-It's a
peaceful march.
-See you later.
No riots today.
Don't be intimidated.
Good to see youse.
I'll see youse later.
Thank you.
There you are.
COMMANDER:
The Bogside is a fucking mess.
We've got to
go in there
get a grip of it.
We've got to teach
these people a lesson.
So make sure
the guys know
who the leaders of
these fuckers are.
-Yes, sir.
-Okay?
And let's go
and get 'em.
Everyone's got
to have a handle on
these key players.
I want them lifted
off the street today.
We're gonna have these guys.
That's why we're out there.
Make sure the guys know.
I wanna see all of them
in the bag. Quite clear?
It's the end of our tour.
Let's teach 'em
a fucking lesson.
Let's do the business.
Let's make the CO
proud of us.
I wanna show the Brigade
what One Para are made of.
-Is that all clear?
-Yeah, no problem.
Any questions?
Do we just go in
on our own?
We're not taking
anybody else with us?
Support Company,
Charlie Company, that's it.
( raucous shouting )
KEVIN: All right, boys?
Stewards!
Jesus.
What we've got
here is a pressure
cooker situation.
-Kevin.
-Just a minute.
Just bear with me
one minute.
So?
So, uh, whole city's
shut down.
No one's getting
in or out.
You've got Normandy landings
down there.
That's gonna be
the flash point
so I'm bringing everybody
down here.
The march is coming
down here.
These guys are gonna be
right here.
So, nobody's
getting through here.
William Street
is the key thing.
-Do we have
enough stewards?
-We have enough.
Michael, will you go
and ask the other fellas
to come down as quickly
as possible, please?
-Is that the Provos?
-The Provos are down there.
They're just...
What the hell
are they doing here?
Well, they're just
sniffing about.
Basically, I think
they must think
that the Brits have
invaded the place.
-Oh, Jesus, I've been
down William Street.
-Really?
Have you spoken
to them yet?
I'm-I'm gonna have
a quick word
-with the Commanding Officer
in just a moment.
-I will, I will.
-Well, I'll see you
down there.
-Right.
Stress to those boys
that we're in control
up here, will ya?
Yep. Yep.
How do?
My name is Ivan Cooper.
I'm a Member of Parliament
for this area.
-Come on, sir, back off.
-Uh, sorry.
You couldn't do us a favor
and move this back a bit?
-It's just the march is
coming...
-No, you're not, mate.
You're participating
in an illegal march, sir.
Now back off from
the barricade.
-But it's very...
-Back off from barricade, sir.
What gives you
the right to stop us
marching in our city?
-You're participating
in an illegal march.
-Who says that?
The sooner we can march
in our own city...
We're just doing
our job. Back off.
...to the Guildhall,
the sooner we'll have
civil rights.
We're just doing
our job. Back off.
Well, it's a basic principle
of democracy.
Northern Ireland
Government has
barred this march.
Right, thank you.
-Jesus.
-No, I can't get
through to them.
Oh, hold on.
Mrs. Hegarty, I hope
you're joining us today.
Now, no excuses.
I can't.
It's me Uncle John.
-He's been on bucket
all night.
-Uh-huh, that's right.
Was it the beer, aye?
No, it wasn't.
He's sick, Mr. Cooper.
-All right, Mrs. Hegarty.
-KEVIN: Listen up.
What are we gonna do?
-We're gonna march.
-Are you sure about this?
We've gotta march,
we've gotta march, Kevin.
I'll tell you, listen,
if we don't march
civil rights is
dead in this city.
The movement's dead.
We have got to march.
Sort the stewards out.
I'm gonna talk to the Provos.
-Okay. All right.
-Keep it up.
STEWARD:
Right, gentlemen.
MAN: Be very careful.
Just go straight home.
PRIEST: There's a huge
military buildup,
and they've got
us surrounded.
Father, I'm going
to miss you.
Yeah. Keep your eye on the...
on the young people, okay?
Mind yourself.
Hiya, lads.
-Listen, there's a lot
of Army around, okay?
-Ah, don't worry, Father.
So be very careful,
lads, okay.
Listen, thanks very much.
Okay.
Hiya, Gerry, I wanna
have a chat with you.
Listen, lads, I'll see youse,
yeah, okay?
Ah, youse boys
wait for me, right.
I'll be up nigh.
How long have you
been out now?
I'm out three weeks now,
Father, so I am.
So, what's the plans?
Well, I'm trying
to get a job
but, uh, it's hard work
trying to get one
with a record.
Things will pick up,
you know
but the one thing, Gerry,
you gotta be careful
you don't get nabbed
rioting again.
I am, I'll be
rioting again, aye.
But, uh, there's an
awful lot of young lads
down there rioting
on Saturdays and so on, so...
Aye, but it's just
stones, Father.
You know, it's
not that bad.
Yeah, but Gerry,
you can't afford
to be caught.
Okay, take care, Martin.
Aye, I know what
you're saying.
Yeah, so how do you feel
having given yourself up?
-I feel it's better
for the long run.
-Sorry, Father.
Pray for us, Father,
because it's gonna be
a terrible day.
We will indeed.
Yeah, yeah.
Now, keep an eye
on the young people
going home, okay?
-I will.
-Get them to go home.
You know, it's better
for the long run.
At least I've no...
not worrying about
getting caught.
I don't know how I can
go on with me life.
I think you've done
the right thing
and you just can't
afford to be back
down there again.
Aye, I don't want to go
back, Father, so I don't.
No, I'll not be rioting.
So, are you going
to the big march today?
Aye, I'm going on
the march, so I am.
Me and all the boys
are going, you know.
-Yeah, well, you'd better
be very careful, all right?
-Right, Father.
So, listen, I'll probably
see you down there.
All right, Father.
Watch yourself.
I'll see you later on,
all right, Father?
Okay. Yeah, you mind
yourself, and God bless.
Take care.
-What did he say, Gerry?
-He just asked me
how I was getting on.
Up the Rah!
Here, boys, here, boys,
here, listen, here.
Don't want no trouble
today, now, I mean it.
There's women
and children gonna be
in this march, all right?
MAN ( shouting ):
Get out of the...
Yeah. No, listen,
come on.
You're gonna
make it worse if you start
antagonizing these boys.
Just leave them alone;
join us.
It's a big day for us.
Women and children
are gonna be safe now,
I mean it.
No acting the idiot.
Keep it calmed down.
( men shouting )
You bastards!
Go home,
you scum!
You bastard.
Get the fuck out, trash!
Just checking
you're keeping
the guns away.
That's no concern
of yours, Ivan.
You gave me your word.
Then take it.
We just want a
peaceful march.
This is our day.
People are fed up
with the shootings
and the...
Convoy has just come over
Craigavan Bridge
and they've
set up barricades
on William Street.
-Right. Any sign
of the Paras?
-No, not yet.
Right, okay.
Any sign of anything,
let me know, all right?
Right? Go on.
Ivan...
Ivan, it's all very well
for you sitting pretty
with your wee Westminster
paycheck every week.
Marching's not gonna
solve this thing.
Watch us.
( men continue shouting
in the distance )
( car engine revving )
( indistinct
radio transmission )
Welcome to the
Eighth Brigade, sir.
Thank you very much.
Good trip.
Where's Maurice?
Lieutenant Colonel
Steele, sir.
Okay.
-How are you, Pat?
-I'm very well.
Thank you, sir.
-It's good to see you.
-And you, sir.
I've had a briefing
come through from
Downing Street
and the Prime Minister
really has had enough
of this Londonderry
rebellion.
-All right?
Shall we go through?
-Please.
Stand up.
Good man.
-Sergeant Major!
-Hello, sir.
-How are you?
-I'm fine, sir.
-Good to see you again.
-And you, sir.
Okay, carry on.
( indistinct background
radio communication )
-Cup of tea,
cup of coffee, sir?
-Yes, please.
-Yes, thank you, Michael.
-The briefing's ready
when you are.
Excellent. Good.
Well, I just, uh,
wanted to say, sir
that the men were
rather bucked
when they heard
that we were going
to be coming across.
Oh, good.
I'm very pleased
to hear it.
Yes, sir.
Everything's set for today?
-I think so, sir, yes.
-Good.
Their intention, at present
is to move along William
Street all the way along...
-Past Aggro Corner?
-Well, that's right, sir.
...into the city center
and on to the Guildhall
where they'll be
having their rally.
As it is, we're
gonna stop them here
at barrier 14
with the Raw Green Jackets.
-Very good.
-Uh, Coldstreams?
Coldstreams are up
on the city walls
and King's Own
are the north side
of William Street.
One Para are in the
Presbyterian churchyard
just here.
Very good.
And Three Company
are behind barrier 14.
If there's any trouble
Support Company
will break through...
I don't think there's
any doubt about that.
There will be.
Okay, Support Company then
will break through the wall
for the Presbyterian
churchyard
through this dead ground,
break through this wall
and they, in turn...
they're gonna come round
and sweep round behind
all the hooligans
round about Aggro Corner
sweeping them
towards barrier 14.
At the same time
Three Company will be
breaking through barrier 14
and the hooligans
will be caught
in a pincer movement.
Thank you, Charles.
I should just say,
sir, of course
One Para only go in
if there is violence
and then only
if there is a clear
separation
between the march proper
and the hooligan element.
Uh, do we know
who we're looking for?
Yeah, we've got OPs
at strategic points
all along the route.
Um, and they all...
They've all been briefed
on all the local
known players.
They've seen pictures,
have they?
-Yes. Yes, sir.
-Yes, sir.
Good, very good.
We-We have a cordon
of snipers here, sir,
should the IRA wish
to make a contribution
this afternoon.
Yes, I'm sure they will.
-Do you know where
they're going to be?
-Michael?
Yes, sir.
We are concentrating
on the top of these
block of flats
which is where
we imagine they'll be.
And possibly Glenfada Park
across the road, sir.
Very good. Rubber bullets--
have the men all been issued?
-Uh, yes, sir.
-Good.
-Maurice?
-Sir?
Anything I haven't thought of?
Uh, I suspect
press placement
would be quite important
today, sir.
Yes, winning the
propaganda war.
Absolutely vital.
Who's in charge of that?
Lieutenant Hector, sir,
is our Press Liaison
Officer, sir.
There are a few points
which will, um, please you.
As per your request,
both local and
national coverage
will be occurring
on the day
and this will be
in the main three formats
of press
from the leading tabloids
additionally from the major
television companies
and radio stations.
Talk to Colonel Tugwell
about where that's going to be
and knock that out for me,
please, Maurice.
Good. Thank you. Well done.
-Thank you, Michael.
-Right, you can just carry on.
So, maybe, um...
the press will congregate
around barrier 12 itself.
Then once there...
Yes, I suspect
that's probably the best
location for them.
Um, they've got
a clear view down
Rossville Street.
Especially Generals.
That should give us quite
a bit of press coverage
as well as showing, uh...
We're gonna have to
be tough today, Pat.
Really tough.
If there's any
trouble at all
the Paras are to
counterattack.
Is that clearly
understood?
-Of course, Robert.
-Good.
And, um...
you have my full
support, of course.
-Thank you, sir.
-Good.
Hello, John, Jimmy.
MAN: Should be
coming round for tea.
Hello.
Hello.
( siren blaring )
-Ivan, how's it going?
-How do, folks.
Good to see you.
So, they have blocked
the Belfast Road
which means we've got
about ten coaches stock.
All right there, boys,
all set?
Right, get those
pencils sharpened.
So, it means we've got
about ten coaches
stockpiled
at the border.
Just give me
just a wee minute, Declan.
How are you going
to get them in?
I've sent Jimmy up there.
He's sorting it out.
Yeah, that's fine.
It's no bother.
We can't have ten coach
loads sitting there
-with marchers on
them, doing nothing.
-Relax, relax, it's fine.
We've got them
coming down for about 1:00.
And what about
the stewards?
Stewards are fine;
that's sorted.
And we got Fenner Brockway,
which is great news
but, obviously,
he's not going to march,
for the legal reasons.
You'll have to give me
a couple of minutes here.
I need to see Frances.
-I'll be in
in two ticks, all right?
-Okay, I'm all for you, man
but we need to kick
this thing along, okay?
Listen, I was supposed
to see her last night.
-Please, help me.
-Right, just a minute.
Right, okay.
Very quickly, please.
MAN: Mr. Cooper,
have you got a moment?
One second.
FRANCES: ...or voting
for Simon as well.
Right, well, you go...
I'll follow you up.
Go on you on up
and sort out through six.
-Through six?
-Yes.
Right, right.
Where-Where were you?
What happened to you?
I had meetings.
I'm sorry.
We're having
a nightmare
with this charge.
-Of course you do.
-Kevin's not entirely sure
what's going on.
I have to sort it out;
I'm sorry.
Change the record, Ivan.
I'm sick of it.
Hey, wait,
hey, wait, Frances.
Listen, give me a couple
of minutes now.
I'm up to me eyes, Ivan.
I have no time for this.
I know that,
I know that, but...
I have no time
for it, Ivan.
Look, I'll be
finished tonight
about 8:00.
-We'll do something
then, okay?
-That's just balls, Ivan
'cause you'll still
be sitting in the bar
at 12:00 tonight
listening to the sound
of your own voice.
You know it
and I know it.
Wrong. Hold on, hold on.
Have you any expectation
anybody's going to turn out
for you this afternoon?
I would have thought so.
I think they've
always turned out
for us in the past
and this is our
big push today.
This is a march about peace
and a march
about civil rights.
What sort of numbers
were you expecting?
-Sorry, will you excuse me?
-An hour to be safe.
-Come on, that is not fair.
-Just one second, please.
-That is not fair to say that.
-Don't you talk
to me about fair.
Please, Cecilia
would you take that
for me, love?
Don't you talk
to me about fair.
I'm a Catholic girl, Ivan.
You look me
straight in the face
and say that again.
I know
you're a Catholic girl.
That's the whole
point about this,
for heaven's sake.
-Come on, darling.
-Let me
tell you something.
I am up to my
eyes, Ivan.
You're not
the only one.
I have the world's
press in here
wanting things done
not now but yesterday.
It's about
the two of us.
Cecilia, for me,
love, please.
Come on,
Frances, darling
I know it's hard,
but please--
one last big push, eh?
Come on.
Yes, just one wee
second, please.
Will you just
take care of that
for me, please?
You're getting very late.
One second.
The British Army's
surrounded the entire city.
Well, I think that
shows you that they
are very threatened
by the voice that
we are trying to
get across here.
-But is this not...?
-That's about them;
that's not about us.
We're trying to have
a peaceful march
against internment
and a peaceful march
for civil rights.
They're alleging
that you're creating
a confrontation.
Well, what do you think
they would say?
What we need to do
is split each...
All right,
sorry, folks.
-This is Fort George.
-Mm-hmm.
This is... RUC station.
That's in Rosemont.
So, what we do is
we come in from
different routes in turn.
They come in from the south,
and come in near Rosemont.
-Excellent idea, Eamonn.
-No, that won't work.
It will work, Ivan.
We confuse them,
-we get them
to spread their troops.
-No, I'm saying it won't work.
Have you something
to say here?
I'm saying, "Forget
about the Guildhall."
I've just come from
there this morning.
I've walked
through there.
They're building up
a massive military presence.
If we take
the lorry down there
with thousands behind it
we're not going
to get through, we're...
-This is completely wrong.
-I don't think,
I don't think it's actually...
I don't think
it's responsible
for us to say
it's going to be fine
just because
we want it to be fine.
We do have to look
at the realities
that there is
a very severe
dispersal
problem there.
I am not taking
a reroute.
I am not taking a reroute,
and I'm not selling out.
-You're not what?
-It's not a sellout.
Oh, no, here,
wait, Kevin.
Wait, excuse me,
say that again, please.
You're not, what,
you're not selling out?
Bernadette, I have been
marching in this city
just as long as you
and your college friends
and I have never sold
anyone out, not ever.
But there are 3,000
British soldiers out there
and I am not going
to use our people
like cannon fodder.
Now, either we reroute--
turn right up Rossville Street
hold the meeting
at Free Derry Corner--
or I walk away,
and I will tell my
constituents
-to walk away as well.
-You'll do what?
All the work
these people have done--
that's it, up in smoke?
Listen, we delegate
two people--
Bridget,
you can be one
John, Eamonn
can be another--
to walk down to
the Guildhall
symbolically.
That's
a good solution.
I just hope
everybody knows in time.
-They will, they will.
-All right.
Get that sorted out.
Right, um...
( speaks indistinctly )
Is Lagan there?
It's Cooper.
On the one hand,
you've got the Catholics
pushing for
all sorts of reforms
with the IRA
behind most of it
and on the other
the Protestants,
who, of course
don't want
to give an inch.
Morning, sir.
We can't afford to offend
the Protestant majority,
of course
'cause, uh, they've got
all the guns, for one thing.
-( polite chuckling )
-Excuse me, sir.
Tea's here.
Hello, sir. I'll take you in
to see the Brigadier now.
-( knocking )
-Chief Superintendent
Lagan, Sir.
-Hello, Frank.
-Morning, Patrick.
I don't think you've met
Major General Ford
Commander
of Land Forces.
Sir, this is
Chief Superintendent Lagan
Londonderry Division.
-Sir.
-Superintendent, I've heard
a great deal about you
from your Chief Constable.
It's time for us to go.
We're going
to shake some hands.
I, um, heard from
the march organizers
earlier today.
Sir, um, I heard from
the civil rights leaders
earlier today
-and spoke to them
early this morning.
-Oh, really?
Yes, they're anxious
to avoid a confrontation.
They're not going to
march to the Guildhall.
They're going to
stay within the
Bogside, they say.
Oh. So useful
to have contacts
in the community.
Maurice.
Unless he's a
Roman Catholic,
of course.
What's that all
about, Patrick?
Patrick?
What's that all about?
It'll be low-key.
Low-key.
-The Paras low-key?
-Yes, I know, I know.
Excuse me, sir.
All call signs
are now in place
-and the Paras have
confirmed the cha cha.
-Thank you, Charles.
The Paras aren't
a low-key regiment.
Listen,
they're the best
for the kind
of mass arrest operation
that we've got
to carry out today.
You listen to me.
I know the
people of Derry.
And you know
that I've spent the last
three years of my life
trying to keep a lid
on the trouble in this city.
Frank, you don't need
to tell me this.
Look, why do we need to ban
this march in the first place?
Why? To keep a crowd
of Protestant politicians
in Stormont
hanging onto power
by their fingertips,
that's why.
I mean, they're the reason
why we're in this mess
in the first place.
Look, why not
just let the march
go ahead?
Look, if you want prosecutions
why not take photographs
of the ringleaders?
Sir, the General's leaving
and would like a word
before you go.
Thank you,
Sergeant Major.
Frank, I'm sorry.
It's out of my hands.
It's a war, Frank.
We're taking casualties
every week.
-We've lost 43
British soldiers.
-I know. I know.
I'm having to write
too many letters, Frank.
I'm sorry, we have
to draw the line.
-Sir, the General is
getting quite excited.
-Yes.
Thank you,
Sergeant Major.
SOLDIER: I'm sick of being
shot at, spat on
and all the other shit
that goes with this place.
It's about time
we go out there
and show these fuckers
what it's all about.
The reason is
'cause they get
away with it
and this time
they ain't going to
get away with it.
You got to get in,
you got to hit them hard
and get in there first.
Get the first one
straight in.
Same as we did
in Belfast.
Take no shit.
This one's just
a civil rights,
though, ain't it?
They're all troublemakers
anyway, mate.
-The lot of 'em.
-They're all
mixed in together.
Well, that's just like
kids, and that, ain't it?
Yeah, well, they're mixed in
with the kids.
What about that major
that died today?
Where was his civil rights?
And the two lads
last week--
where's their civil rights?
I'm just saying,
they're just kids
throwing stones,
that's all.
-You're-You're either with us
on this or you're not.
-I'm with you, man.
Yeah, you better be.
I'm all right, man.
I'm-I'm up for it.
Everyone on
the other side
of this wall
is enemy, as far
as I'm concerned.
Can't see a kid
being an enemy, though.
If they're in the way,
they're in the way.
-You got to stick
with us on this.
-I am.
Whatever happens
we'll sort it all out
between us, right?
When we bang
through that wall
they see that wall
come down
they'll shit themselves,
they really will.
We'll just
get out there
-and just kick some arse
out there.
-Show the hats how to do it.
( shouting indistinctly )
So, did you go
to Mass today?
Aye, love.
Aye, whose is it?
Father Bally.
Ach, he's a nice man.
Aye, he is.
He was talking
to me after it
seeing how I was
getting on after
getting out of jail.
MAN:
Wondering if you'd got
a job yet, I suppose?
No, I wasn't.
You're going to get
that wee girl into
trouble, you know.
What are you
on about?
You know what I mean.
Look, you're not me ma.
Aye, but I'm all
you've got.
Sounds like she has horns
on her head.
But she's from Irish Street
and you're from the Bogside.
You know, at the end of
the day she's like,
you know, a Protestant.
I'm not saying I've got
anything against her, like
'cause she's a nice girl
but I just don't want
you and her to get
into trouble.
Are you thinking
about getting married here?
Aye, I will be.
Well, what do you think your
mam and daddy would say?
Look, leave my mam
and daddy out of it.
MAN:
Your sister's just
looking out for you.
Look, you stay
out of it.
Look, I'm just worried,
that's all.
You know,
I worry about you
every time you go
outside the door.
I don't want anything
to happen to you.
Everybody
in these flats here--
they worry
about their children
whenever they go out
at night.
Look, I'll be all right.
All I want to do is to
look after you
and look after Dennis
and defend this area from
the likes of them boys there.
What do you mean,
the likes of me?
You know,
with working for the Brits.
You'd think you would
have got a decent job.
It's working for the Brits
putting that food on the table
so don't be complaining.
Can we not have
this conversation
at the table, please?
I suppose you think
throwing a couple of stones
is going to solve it, son,
do you?
Aye, well, it's kept
them out of here for
a while now, hasn't it?
If it wasn't for us
you still wouldn't be
living here.
Just remember that.
Aye, you really
believe that, do you, eh?
Aye, I do, actually.
Right, okay.
Look, Mary,
I'm going to go out.
-I'll see you later on.
-Right.
I'll be all right.
Don't worry.
Look after yourself,
okay?
Are you listening to me?
I don't want you
to end up back in prison
'cause you can't
marry her from in there.
I'll be all right.
Don't worry.
I'll chat
to you after.
( phone rings )
Yeah?
Oh, yes. Hi.
Oh, now, Meg, I dunno.
Somewhere between ten
and a million. How's that?
Okay, talk to you later.
Bye.
BOTH: All right?
-Here's your tea.
-Thanks.
Okay?
Yeah. What time
are you going?
I don't know, an hour.
Jesus. How about you?
I'm on duty
till half two.
Derry Journal and Irish News
want to talk to you.
-What, now?
-No, they'll...
they can wait.
They're all right for
a bit, so they are.
Listen, I know...
I know it's hard.
That's just why
I pissed off at you
last night.
-I know, I'm sorry.
-That's all right.
That's okay.
It's all right.
Okay.
( telephone ringing )
Yeah?
Frank, yes.
Is it the Paras?
Well, Jesus, Frank
who the hell's
running this thing?
It was Lagan.
He says the army
are very hard-line
and we should think
about canceling.
No way, Ivan.
You can't.
You can't cancel.
No.
Geez, do you know
how many times I think
we should just
give this up?
There isn't a day goes
by I don't think
"Oh, wish I could take
her to the pictures
"or take her to see
Charlie Magee at the
Stardust," you know
and then I think, "What if
someone sees us?" you know.
What if someone decides
to have a go at you...
-( knock at door )
-...because you're
this Catholic girl...
-Hi.
-Ivan, when are the
stewards coming in?
Uh, we need
to talk about that.
I need to talk
to Kevin about that.
I need to make sure
they are more disciplined
and know exactly
what's happening.
Who's going in front
of the lorry
who's going behind,
okay?
-All right.
-If you talk
to Kevin now...
I'll give him a ring
and then you can
have a word with him.
Okay.
I'm just gonna talk
to Kevin, all right?
It's all right.
Kevin, yeah... yeah,
I've spoken to Lagan.
He says the Paras
are in town.
Listen, the stewards must
know what they're doing
when they form the line.
Yeah.
No, seriously, Kevin,
get on that now.
Okay, bye.
( sighs )
I mean, I don't know
what I would do, you know?
Catholic girl, Protestant
civil rights, Fenian lover?
So that's why
I'm doing it, you know?
That's why I go
to the meetings
that's why I go
to the marches
-because, you know...
-( phone ringing )
I think we're
worth marching for.
Yes?
Uh-huh.
Yeah, I'll be down
in about an hour
something like that.
Get Bridget on to them.
All right, yeah,
give them a cup of tea
or something, Jesus.
No, give them a drink,
even better.
My father was in
the EVA for Christ's sake,
you know that.
I know, Ivan.
I marched in flute bands.
Your brother
was shot by the RUC.
( sighs )
So, I don't take you out.
We don't go to the pictures.
I go to the meetings,
I go to the marches
and all the time I'm thinking,
if I could just sort this
you know,
if just one day,
maybe soon...
we can be normal...
and we won't
have to worry.
( whispers ) I know.
( telephone ringing )
( ringing continues )
( bells tolling )
( indistinct
radio transmission )
( indistinct
radio transmission )
MAN ( over megaphone ):
Stewards, please ensure
that all people
joining the demonstration
from the rear
are channeled in safely
keeping clear of that
fenced area, please.
Thank you.
We want everybody
safe here today.
Thank you.
Come on, folks,
sort that area out, please.
Folks, there is a start
to a demonstration
and there is an end
to a demonstration.
If you think this is
the start to a demonstration
catch yourselves on.
Stewards, I need you
down the back there, please.
All right, folks?
God, eh,
what about this, eh?
( applause and cheering )
-Willie, make sure
you've got that, okay?
-I will, surely.
All right, folks,
how goes it?
Ivan, will you
sign this for me?
Oh, certainly, missus.
With love and kisses, eh?
How are you feeling, Ivan?
Oh, right at this moment...
like Martin Luther King.
Is he a Catholic
boy then, eh?
All civil rights people
are Catholic, missus,
except me.
And I've got
special dispensation
from the Pope.
Eh, boys?
Barney, glad you
could make it.
-Aye, I wouldn't miss it
for the world.
-Sure, I know that.
-Jim, ready
for another march, eh?
-Oh, aye, of course.
Oh, Ivan,
it's great, great!
-All set?
-Well, absolutely.
Would you have
pulled out, Ivan?
What, and disappointed
all these people?
You're a bastard, you.
Oh, no, no, Eamonn,
just a politician.
Jesus Christ,
look at that.
What an atmosphere,
boys.
Look at the amount
of people.
I think I see...
Youse marching down
with us and that?
No, we're gonna
hang about here
in case the Brits
try anything.
We'll be down later.
-We'll have sent
them home by then.
-Aye, right.
Boys, they should
be doing a bit more
-do you not think?
-Aye.
We do all the work,
Jimmy.
Frigging sure,
after what happened
to McGilligan.
Are you up for it, Jimmy?
Up for it? I'll be
up on the front line.
I'll be up on
the front line.
That's a promise.
Brits out, Brits out.
-What do you think,
Gerry? Brits out?
-Aye.
-We'll all get the
Brits out together.
-Aye.
Are you up for it?
( whistling and cheering )
KEVIN:
We're gonna move forward
to give you a wee bit
of leeway, right.
-Make sure you get
all that there.
-Sure.
Sweep all the way right
down... look at that.
* We shall overcome
* We shall overcome
* We shall overcome
* Someday...
IVAN:
My God, they'll never
stop us now, boys.
* ...Deep in our hearts...
The whole of Bogside is here.
* ...I do believe
* That we shall overcome
someday *
( over radio )
...moving now. Over.
Six-One Yankee,
the crowd are on the move.
We have a go.
All right, gentlemen.
Sergeant Major, pass it on,
the crowd's on the move.
Pass it out to the O.P.,
the crowd's on the move.
...that they are ready.
Here we go.
Sigs, Sigs, make sure
all call signs know
the march
is on the move now.
-What do we want?
-ALL: Rights!
-When do we want them?
-ALL: Now!
-What do we want?
-ALL: Rights!
-When do we want them?
-ALL: Now!
Who'd have
thought it, eh?
Okay, stewards
keep the front
of the lorry
clear, please.
Willie, Willie,
come here, please.
Yeah, get the whole stream,
the whole way up.
Oh, I can see 'em.
I can't see
the end of it.
MAN:
Bear in mind we are
going down a hill here...
( speaking indistinctly )
Come on, boys.
Whoo!
Whoo!
( laughter )
This is a great day
for Ireland. Absolutely.
KEVIN ( over megaphone ):
...vital that we retain
our dignity.
We must keep this safe,
dignified...
( over radio ):
...Zero, this is
Six-One Yankee.
No information...
The crowd is now halfway
down William Street. Over.
Sir they're just about
here now, sir.
Seven-Six.
Crowd is waving, chanting
but, uh, causing
no particular aggro. Over.
See what I mean?
Tell the people of Derry
they can't march
and they'll come out
in droves.
Right, folks,
keep that corner area clear.
We're approaching
some of the British.
Hold your positions.
Keep your calm.
( over radio )
Hello, Six-Five,
this is Six-One Yankee.
-Crowd approaching...
-Yeah, Five-Six Bravo
this is, uh,
Five-Niner Sunray.
So, in your opinion
we will not get a Pig
through the wall? Over.
-Roger.
-Oh, shit.
Colonel.
It's from the O.P.
They've just checked
the front of the wall.
The wall directly
in front of here
there is
a three-foot drop.
-Fuck.
-In their opinion, when we
try and get the Pig through
we just ain't
gonna get through.
We're gonna...
it's gonna go tits up.
We still need
to cut them off
from either side.
I think we're gonna
have to go over the top.
We'll have to.
Okay, let's get ready
and be ready
to cut through this wire
and go over this wall.
-Let's get ready now.
-Okay, I'm on it.
Sergeant Major!
-What do we want?
-ALL: Rights!
-When do we want them?
-ALL: Now!
( all shouting and cheering )
( applause and cheering )
Whoo!
Hey, do you think
we'll have much bother
today, Jim?
-Eh?
-So, you think we'll have
much bother today?
Oh, no.
Hey, we'll get a riot going,
that's for sure, like.
There's plenty of troops
about and stuff, so.
You're not worried about
getting caught, are you?
Aye, I don't wanna go back
inside again, you know.
Hey, you shouldn't
have given yourself up
over Hester, man.
Oh, leave it out, okay?
-You've to watch
yourself, mate.
-Just enjoy the day.
We're here for our
civil rights today,
right, boys?
Aye, that's right, mate.
Somebody help
with these ladders!
Jesus, there's a lot
of them, isn't there?
Come on, move it!
Move it!
We're just going right
at the corner here.
-Give me that thing now.
I need it.
-Right, right.
-Stewards, stewards.
-Here, keep them steady.
Stewards, stewards.
Keep them there, Barney.
Keep 'em going.
See that there, up there,
how provocative is that?
( chanting )
Brits go home!
Stewards, keep this...
Don't touch it.
What the hell
is that, lads?
Paras!
( chanting )
Brits out! Brits out!
We don't want
youse here!
MAN ( on radio ):
Zero-Six-Five.
Recon is passing
my forward locations
and there's a small amount
of stoning going
on there. Over.
-Six-Five.
-That's the Paras getting
stoned from up here, sir.
So, the head of...
the head of...
Why are One Para
showing themselves?
It's the chaps
on the wall, sir.
OPs and wire cutters
for when they have
to go through.
If the crowd
sees the Paras
that'll inflame
the situation, Patrick.
-Thank you, Frank.
-What?
-You have to go through.
- ( over radio )
Head of the column
approaching Aggro Corner. Out.
Sir, this is where we hope
they're going to turn.
Well, that's
what they said.
KEVIN ( into megaphone ):
People, we're just going
right at the corner here!
Follow me! Let's go.
-Keep back there, folks.
-Keep moving here.
( shouting )
KEVIN: People,
we're turning right here.
Turning right. Thank you.
The march is proceeding
to the right.
If you go that way,
you'll have no part in
this demonstration.
They're turning
the wrong way, lads.
They're going right.
We going to get
to the Guildhall.
We're going
to the Guildhall.
JIM: Come on.
Push through them.
Come on, Gerry.
( shouting indistinctly )
JIM: Gerry,
good man, good man.
Yes!
Let's give them hell!
OFFICER ( over radio ):
A small number from the
middle of the crowd
are breaking away,
I repeat, breaking away.
Running down towards
serial One-Four. Over.
( shouting indistinctly )
This demonstration is
proceeding to the right.
BERNADETTE:
Ivan, I told you
this would happen.
Keep them coming
this way!
Follow peacefully to
the right, thank you.
Keep coming this way!
Just relax, man.
Listen, we have
got to keep
the crowd going.
If the truck keeps going
to Free Derry Corner
that will be the beacon.
They will follow it.
Right, you stay here.
I'm going down
to the barrier.
Okay, everyone, come on.
Everyone behind the lorry.
Follow the lorry.
Listen...
We must stick together.
Stick together, folks.
We're not splitting up.
No trouble today.
We're not
going to the Guildhall.
Stay behind the lorry.
We are sticking together.
Come on.
Sorry, no, folks, wrong way.
We're supposed to go back
to Free Derry Corner.
Let me through there, folks.
They're past barrier 12
and are actually, in fact,
heading directly for us.
Yeah, that's just
what we predicted.
Yes, indeed.
Well, you'd better
stand the men by.
SERGEANT:
Just coming down
there now, sir.
This isn't the march,
this is...
This is the breakaway
group.
They're coming down
to barrier 14.
They're trying to get
to the Guildhall.
Yobbos, obviously trying
to cause some trouble.
JIM: Get out!
Get out to fuck,
you British bastards.
-Boys, get back,
get back!
-Get out to fuck.
That's Cooper, boys.
Out! Out!
Brits out!
Have you got your stones?
-I've got stones.
-Hey...
For God's sake,
get all of these boys back.
Excuse me.
I'm Ivan Cooper.
I'm a member of Parliament.
Will you give me
some time...
SOLDIER: This is
an illegal gathering.
You must disperse!
IVAN: Hey! Hey!
Cut that out.
You must disperse!
-Cut that out.
-JIM: Take a shot.
Take a shot, you said?
I'll take a shot.
( phone ringing )
This is Nine-Zero Alpha.
I have reports of the crowd
becoming hostile
at Zero-14, um,
throwing bricks
at center. Over.
I want to know
how many yobbos are that...
are that way
up towards the
barrier from us.
Sigs, I want to find
out from the O.P.
how many we're going to
scoop up, if we go now.
Contact the barriers
at 12 and 14
and tell them to be ready
to move those barriers fast
if we need them.
Boys, round me,
please.
It's kicked off
at barrier 14, right?
This is it, we're going
to start going in pretty soon.
( shouting indistinctly )
We've got to stop
with the stones there...
OFFICER ( over megaphone ):
Under Section Six
of the Civil Authorities
Special Powers Act
Northern Ireland
processions and parades are
banned until further notice.
We will enforce
this ban vigorously
and anyone organizing
or taking part in
any such event
is liable
to immediate arrest.
MacLELLAN:
Do we still have
stoning at 14?
We do, sir.
RUC man's addressing
the crowd and he's...
Send in Neptune,
please, Michael.
( shouting indistinctly )
JIM: Ah, shit, boys,
stay back.
Stay back, boys!
Get back.
Forget the Guildhall.
The water's coming.
-Come on, Jim!
Jim, watch!
-Run, boys!
No, Gerry.
Gerry, come on, aye?
We need stones.
You're making matters worse.
Will you get back?
MAN:
Fuck off!
Go on, go on, go on.
Go on, we're all going.
-* Deep in my heart...
-KEVIN: Nice and slow.
* ...I still believe...
That's... That's
much better.
* ...That we shall overcome
* Someday.
Give yourselves
a hand there.
( cheering and whistling )
That's it, folks.
Free Derry Corner,
that's where the meeting is.
Going to
Free Derry Corner.
Get away from there,
come on.
( glass breaking )
Come on, this way.
Neptune seems to have
cleared William Street.
The main body have disappeared
down towards Rossville Street
leaving behind a hard-core
element of hooligans
who have now gone up
to 12, up to 13
and again,
a large element at 14.
This is getting bigger.
It's escalating.
OFFICER: Yeah.
Rubber bullets
at discretion.
JIM: Come on, Gerry.
I can't get caught.
I can't get caught.
You're not going
to get caught.
( gunfire )
JIM: Jesus!
Holy fuck. Keep going.
They're firing
at us, boys.
GERRY: You want
to run for it?
Yes, roger that.
I'll give you a sitrep
when we get there.
Out.
It seems like the, uh,
riots are developing
back towards barrier 12
and back up William Street
towards Rossville Street.
Let's go round there,
see how it's going.
We are under heavy
bombardment. And it's now
kicking off at 13.
CS gas at discretion.
I repeat: Hostiles
within our location...
LAGAN:
What are you doing?
I'm trying to use
minimum force.
I need to know as soon
as you got separation.
( canisters popping,
glass shattering )
( screaming and clamoring )
This is no good.
They're not moving.
Back up...
-No, we'll go round
this way.
-No! No!
JIM:
We'll go round the other
way to the Guildhall.
We're near the Guildhall.
Come this way.
How many yobbos?
300 to 400 yobbos.
300 to 400 yobbos.
-Okay, perfect.
-We're getting close.
Okay.
Right, Sigs, can you
give me the radio?
OFFICER:
Sergeant Major.
Get the Sergeants in,
get the Troop Commanders in.
Hello, Zero, this
is Six-Five Sunray speaking.
We're ready.
We want a "go"
on the scoop up.
We want to go now
on the scoop up.
Over.
( shouting and gunfire )
( coughing )
GERRY:
You all right, man?
You all right?
BOY:
I'm choking, man.
GERRY:
You all right, man?
( coughing )
Stay here, all right?
I'm dying here.
GERRY:
Hey, they're taking
photographs.
They're taking photos.
Why are they taking
photographs?
Hey, Dennis...
-We have about 400
to 500 guys rioting.
-Hello, Zero.
-So, they're in there.
-This is Six-Five Sunray
speaking.
-We're getting close to
our scoop-up time, okay?
-We are ready to move now
-with three call signs.
-The yobbos are in there.
-I want to see these
bastards lifted, okay?
-Can we go? Over.
Six-Five are to go nowhere.
Six-Five,
stay where they are.
( over radio ):
...split across
to Zero-One-Five
and they are being stoned
by around the 15 left area.
OFFICER:
If we don't go in hard,
we're going to have tears.
Do you understand?
You get the guys
psyched up.
Rebrief them
on the update.
They're not
letting us go yet.
Oh, for Christ's sake!
CROWD ( chanting ):
Out! Out! Out! Out!
Frances, Frances... here.
Oh, good Lord...
Oh... a shambles.
They broke through
the steward's line
and kids everywhere.
The Brits
then start up...
I mean, why do they...
why do they have
to overreact?
You know,
it's a peaceful march,
for God's sake.
'Cause they're scared.
They're scared.
Can you imagine
if people started to march
in Manchester or London?
It's just so
provoking.
Anyway, I think we're...
-I think we're all right.
-It's okay.
( shouting indistinctly )
( canisters popping )
SOLDIER: Come on!
Let's get our
wires cut! Come on!
Cut these wires.
Cut the barbed wire!
-Come on!
-Fucking mick.
( shouting )
( gunfire )
Fucking contact!
( gunfire )
( indistinct
radio transmission )
What the fuck was that?
O.P.'s returning
fire, sir.
That wasn't rubber bullets.
That wasn't rubber bullets.
That was
something different.
It's John, he's been shot!
He's dead. Come on!
GERRY:
He says someone's shot.
( screaming )
GERRY:
What happened?
What happened?
He's been shot.
The Army shot him.
GERRY:
Jesus, get him up.
Help him up.
-Go on, help him up.
-Help him.
Get him up!
You all right, Damien?
GERRY: Oh, Jesus.
Damien,
are you all right?
-Who done it?
-MAN: The Army shot him.
-They shot an old man...
-GERRY: Damien,
are you all right?
Can you hear me, Damien?
The bastards.
( shouting )
Jesus Christ,
a man's been shot.
Bastards shot my cousin.
I can't believe
they shot me cousin.
MAN: The boys
are going in!
I can't believe
they shot me cousin.
MAN: The boys
are going in.
They shot
the old man!
Five-Six Bravo,
confirm your situation.
What were the rounds
we just heard? Over.
Okay, sir, the O.P. has
just fired five rounds.
They've inflicted
two casualties.
I think it was
nail bombs or shooting.
They're getting
a lot of aggro.
They got
a lot of crowd.
They're firing
baton rounds, too.
That's one incoming!
Get down
off the wall.
We've just had one round
across the guards
at the wall, sir.
PROVO: What the hell
are you doing?!
MAN:
They shot the old man!
PROVO:
It's unauthorized,
for Christ's sake.
Get the car here!
Get your hands off me!
Get your hands off me!
They've shot the old man!
They shot
the old man.
-PROVO: You fucking bastard.
-There's women and
children out there!
Get your hands
off my weapons.
( shouting )
GERRY:
You bastards!
Bastards!
Fucking bastards!
Fucking shot me cousin!
Die, you bastards!
Go on, you bastards!
Fucking shot me cousin.
Go on, bastards!
Brits out! Brits out!
Brits out!
I think it's time
for the Paras to go in.
OFFICER: They've got a lot
of aggro just the other side
of the wall.
They've got some
kids over there.
Okay.
We should get them
down off that wall.
We're not going
to get across there
if they've got
that wall covered.
-We've got to get
out of here.
-Okay...
I don't think we'll get
the Company across safely.
We'll do it
with the vehicles.
So, we're gonna ax
this totally?
We're not going
over the wall?
No, we'll do it
in the vehicles.
Support Company
in the vehicles
"A" and "C" on foot.
OFFICER: Change of plan--
we're not going
over the wall.
We're gonna go
up James Street
through barrier 12
where the Light Air
Defense Regiment is
download at James Street
and do a scoop up
with Charlie Company
at Aggro Corner.
We're moving
in two minutes.
Inform the O.P. now
that there's a change
of plan.
We're taking the Company
through barrier 12.
-Yes, sir.
-We're taking
the whole Company.
Hello, Zero. This is
Six-Five Sunray speaking.
We've got to go now
on the scoop up
or we're gonna miss
them. Over.
Colonel,
the lads want to go.
We're ready to go.
Hold on, hold on.
-Who's this?
-Six-Five Para, sir.
-Six-Five. No. No, wait.
-OFFICER ( over radio ):
Yeah, he reckons
he can pick up
some of the hooligans
from there. Over.
No, we wait.
Six-Five,
tell your Sunray to wait,
hold his position.
Fucking people at Brigade!
( indistinct transmission )
All right,
tell One and Three
to move forward
to the barriers now,
on foot.
We'll go to 12
in the vehicle.
We'll move now.
Okay.
All right, Sergeant Major,
let's move now, let's go!
Hello, Zero, this is
Six-Five Sunray speaking.
We are moving forward
to the barriers now.
We've got to go. Out.
Right. Let's go.
Move! Move it!
Go on!
Move! Get in! Get in!
( crowd clamoring
in distance )
( engines revving
and rumbling )
-OFFICER: Hoods on!
-Yes!
Canisters load!
Check your gear.
-Come on!
-Let's go!
( over radio ):
Hello, Zero,
this is Six-Five.
My Sunray has deployed
his units slightly...
On whose authority?
...in preparation for
any orders you might
have. Over.
-Whose...?
Why have One Para moved?
-Six-Five, this is Zero.
Hold your position.
Out.
I want to...
I want to know
where this has
come from, Mike.
It'll be coming
from their Sunray, sir.
Can we tell them
to wait at the barriers
until we give the word?
( over radio ):
...some more gas put down
to about a hundred yards
beyond the flats...
-I'll push my way
through here.
-Go on, Ivan.
-See you in
a bit, okay?
-Ivan, I'll go up, too.
-You come up.
I'll see you up there.
-Aye, okay.
All right, folks.
Let us through there.
KEVIN: Let's hear it,
ladies and gentlemen
a nice round of applause,
please, for, uh...
God Almighty.
( cheering and whistling )
( engines rumbling )
Let's go, Sigs.
( indistinct
radio communication )
Mike, go up to
the barrier
and tell the gunners
to move it now.
Hello, Zero,
this is Six-Five.
We're ready to go now.
Over.
-Let's go!
-Let's go!
Oh, fucking hell.
Come on, let's move.
What are we waiting for?
What are we waiting for?
Come on!
Put your hands together and
give a big warm Derry welcome
to Eamonn McCann...
( applause and cheering )
Bridget Bond...
...have started
to thin out.
We need to get
over there...
KEVIN:
...Bernadette Devlin...
( cheering )
...and a man who really
needs no introduction
so I won't give him one:
Ivan Cooper!
( cheering and whistling )
Well, we've marched a long way
together here, folks.
So, I think
I'll get this started.
( gunfire )
Look at this
fucking lot.
Just waiting for
the off, boys.
It's been a difficult day
but a glorious one
here in Derry.
All of us wending our way
down the hill together.
Men, women
and children
marching.
Mrs. Hammer, I haven't seen
you march like that since '68.
( scattered laughter )
But, uh...
let's not forget,
in all this confusion
that we face a choice
as a society.
Not about what we want.
We all know what we want:
Radical change.
The dismantling of Stormont
and an end
to Unionist domination.
( cheering )
( rocks clanking )
Yeah, find out if call signs
One and Three
are in position
and ready to move.
Hold in your position.
We are not clear, okay?
Barrier all right?
The choice is about
how we achieve it.
Between violence
and nonviolence.
At where, barrier 12,
barrier 14
or at Aggro Corner?
If we are going to give
a future to the children
of this city
the young lads up there...
There they are
we all know they're
rioting away there.
They do it every day...
If we are gonna give
those boys there a future
we have to show them
that nonviolence works.
Go on, you scumbags!
( rocks clanking )
Let's get out!
If we don't, it won't be
just stones they're throwing.
Because civil rights
isn't the soft option...
not when the bricks fly
and the police and
the Army batons charge down.
It's not easy keeping
to the nonviolent road
-when other people say,
"This isn't working.
-( gunfire in distance )
Let's get the guns out
and take revenge."
( gunfire and shouting )
Fucking shot my cousin!
But if you believe
in the civil rights movement
with all your heart
and your soul, as I do...
Why on earth
aren't they going in?
Hello, Zero, this is Six-Five.
If we don't go now,
we're gonna miss them.
If you believe
in what Gandhi
and Martin Luther King
believed in
with a passion, as I do,
then in the end
with one single united march,
we shall overcome.
Thank you.
( crowd cheering )
( whistling )
We're gonna have
to go, aren't we?
Sir, you have as much
separation as you're
gonna get.
Yeah. Thank you, Charles.
Thank you.
You cannot
send them now.
You've got thousands
of marchers out there
-and you've no idea
where they are.
-Let me handle this.
Look, you've won,
for God's sake.
You've stopped
the march.
You've won.
Don't do it,
Patrick.
Don't do it.
( phone ringing )
( indistinct
radio transmission )
( gunfire in distance )
MAN:
Load that
battle gun, mate!
Stick one of them
rubber bullets
straight into 'em
when we get out there.
Come on, come on.
( shouting )
Six-Five wishing
to move now, sir.
Yes, thank you.
...will be seen today,
disbursed with the crowd.
Michael...
KEVIN:
Ladies and gentlemen,
Bernadette Devlin.
( cheering and applause )
We are a part of a worldwide
movement for civil freedoms.
We are protesting
against internment of people.
Tell Wilford it's
just one company
to pick up the yobbos
and no running battle
up Rossville Street.
Coming through
to barrier 14, sir?
Yes. Did you log that?
I'll do it on
the secure link.
Thank you.
Six-Five, this is Zero.
Come in.
Six-Five, Wilco. Out.
Okay, you're on,
let's go. Move!
All call signs,
this is Five Niner.
Prepare to move.
Move, move, move, move!
We're going
in, boys!
Let's go, let's go, come on!
We're away.
( engine revving )
Hey, guys,
don't fuck about.
Don't fuck about.
Straight in there.
We're gonna hit 'em hard.
We know who
we're picking up.
Go on, One Para.
Go and get them, and
good luck.
( sporadic gunfire )
You scumbags!
-Here they are,
here they are!
-Fucking hell, Gerry.
GERRY:
Get out of here.
There they are.
( sporadic gunfire )
DEVLIN:
...against these people.
COOPER:
What's going
on down there?
( woman screaming )
McCANN:
Christ, Ivan, they're
coming in.
DEVLIN:
Stand your ground, people.
We have a right to be here.
McCANN:
Bastards!
Fuck's sake.
Ah, fucking hell!
MAN:
Fucking bastards!
Look at 'em.
There's thousands of them.
-Free Derry?
-Stand by.
Fucking Free Derry.
Go! Go!
Let's get a search team!
Let's go in there.
Sergeant Major, let's get
a search team in there.
COOPER:
Jesus Christ, it's the Paras!
( shouting, screaming )
( gunfire )
WOMAN ( screaming ):
Help! Help!
Get those fucking bastards!
We have to stop here!
They're covering
the whole wall.
Up in those
blocks of flats.
( gunfire, screaming )
GERRY:
Jesus, get down, get down!
Watch yourselves, boys.
Get down.
Let's move in!
( crowd clamoring )
The shit's hitting
the fan now.
COOPER:
Get back on our side
of the barricade.
DEVLIN:
Stand your ground.
It's only rubber bullets, and
they're firing above
your heads.
-We will not be moved.
-Ivan, I don't like
the look of this.
Get the fuck out! Get out!
Get out, you lazy bastards!
( shouting )
( screams )
( gunfire )
They're firing
live rounds!
This is not a hoax!
Get down! Get under cover!
Get under cover!
Keep going,
behind the lorry! Come on!
Get under cover!
Get under cover!
MAN:
Go on, you
Protestant fuckers!
Ah, don't
tell me mammy.
Shoot me, you bastards!
Shoot me! ( yells )
DEVLIN:
Get down, people.
-Get down!
-Get down! Get in!
Tell them
to stop shooting.
-In the flats, there's a
contact by the left flank!
-Left, where? Where?
By the flats!
That's all I can hear!
Fucking hell,
get your head down, will you?
What the fuck
are you doing?
( crowd chanting )
( groaning )
( rapid gunfire )
( woman screams )
Somebody move that way!
( woman screams )
Back, back, back.
Go on.
MAN ( over megaphone ):
In between the lines!
Move back!
Go, go, go, go,
go, folks, go!
DEVLIN:
We need to get the kids
off the barricade!
Jesus Christ, someone
tell those folks to get down!
Lads, get down!
( all shouting )
Behind the barricade!
He's got a weapon!
( rapid gunfire )
Jesus, they've shot a man!
Can you help him?
Get down! They're shooting
live bullets! Get down!
Oh, my God!
Oh, my God!
( yelling, gunfire )
They've got
a weapon!
There's no gunman
on the barricade!
There's nothing there!
-I can't see any
fucking targets!
-No, sir, there's...
There's no targets!
DEVLIN:
My God, they're shooting
children on the barricades!
BRIDGET:
Jesus Christ,
what are they doing?
Christ, stop it!
They're shooting them
in the back!
They're just
picking them off!
( single gunshot )
( sporadic return gunfire )
Only aimed shots.
What are we firing at?
I can't see
any fucking targets!
( boy yells, girl screams )
Oh... oh, they've just shot
that young lad down!
GERRY:
You fucking bastards!
Come on, you're going
to have to get him out.
Get him out! Keep going!
Come on, Gerry!
( speaking indistinctly )
MAN:
Get off the barricade!
Get off the barricade!
Get off the barricade!
They're shooting
at the barricade!
They're shooting at youse!
What's his name?
What's his name?
Michael Kelly.
Michael, you're okay.
We're going to have to get
out of here.
They're gonna come
for me, Hamish.
They're moving
off the barricade!
They're going round
to the courtyard.
Let's go! Come on!
-Cease-fire.
-Cease-fire.
Cease-fire.
Cease-fire.
Let's get out!
Let's get out!
They've just called
a cease-fire.
We have to get away.
They're coming for me, Hamish.
They're coming
for me, Hamish.
They're going to come
for me, Hamish.
They just called
a cease-fire!
( gunfire )
Cease-fire!
( gunshots continue )
They're shooting people!
I have to go.
I can't stay!
-I have to go!
-Jesus!
I have to go.
I can't stay!
-They're shooting at people...
Wait!
-Please, let me go!
-( gunfire )
-Young fella!
-Jesus, don't shoot!
I'm not armed!
-( guns fire )
( moaning )
-Don't shoot!
We're...
-( gun fires )
Fuck!
Let's get out of here!
Dave, I'm going...
I've been shot!
I've been shot!
Oh! I've been shot!
Call an ambulance!
Jesus Christ, come on!
COOPER:
Oh, look at that
steward there.
BERNADETTE:
No! What is he doing?!
( gunshot )
They've hit him!
They've hit him!
He's got an armband on!
No, get back, Barney!
COOPER: Barney, no!
Oh, no, no, no!
Barney, no!
No, I've got to go
to him.
Please, Ivan, no!
Stay. Stay back!
Jesus! Ivan, come back!
Get down!
Get back, get back!
Get back! No!
Stay back, back,
Barney, for God's sake!
( gunshot )
WOMAN ( screaming ):
Barney!
God... Jesus Christ!
God.
Oh, God. Oh, God.
Barney?! Barney?! Barney?!
( gunshot )
Ivan!
OFFICER ( over radio ):
Zero, this is Nine-Four.
A sitrep at 16-15,
uh, on William Street.
Uh, seven people caught
by Six-Five
-are in the area
of Rossville Street...
-They've gone in.
The Pigs are in
this area, sir.
...two shots.
I repeat: Two shots
at one of our patrols
on the city wall,
at 16:14 hours. Over.
They've gone
all the way in.
MICHAEL:
Six-Five, this is Zero.
Repeat: Request immediate
sitrep. Over.
Zero, this is Six-Five.
The, uh, two
sub-units moved in
got involved
in a firefight.
Uh, shots appeared to come
from the Rossville flats.
The two sub-units
have now gone secure
in that area.
And two civilians are
lying wounded or dead--
we're not sure yet--
in the area
of Chamberlain Street.
Who shot them,
we don't know. Over.
( phones ringing )
Right, get him up.
( indistinct shouting )
Come on! Get down!
MAN: This man is dying!
Go on, get him in.
Get him in!
( man shouting )
Steady on so, here.
He's fucking bleeding.
-Shot badly.
-Put him down.
( groans and sobs )
Is there a doctor around?
Somebody call a doctor!
Stand still!
Stand still!
Keep your hands up!
Keep your hands up!
( clamoring )
Stop it!
Put your hands
on your heads!
Brian, Phil,
we'll take these!
Right, put your hands
on your heads!
Okay, does anyone
know this man's name?
-Oh, it's Willy.
I know Willy.
-( coughs )
Willy, this is your
doctor here.
How are you?
You're okay, Willy.
Just relax there for me.
WILLY ( sobbing ):
Tell me mammy I'm sorry.
Tell me mammy I'm sorry.
Okay. He's been hit
here, folks.
Does anyone know
this man in the corner?
-His name is Jim.
-Can you hear me, Jim?
WILLY ( coughing ):
Mammy, I'm sorry.
He's not breathing.
Is he all right?
WILLY ( sobbing ):
Tell me mam...
Mammy, I'm so sorry.
( woman sobbing )
( panting )
( sobbing continuing )
( woman wailing )
( wailing continuing )
( wailing continuing )
WOMAN ( wailing ):
Barney!
MAN:
They shot my son.
They shot my son.
They shot my son.
WOMAN ( wailing ):
Oh, Barney!
( woman wailing )
-( wailing )
-( siren blaring
in distance )
( indistinct
radio transmissions )
( engine rumbling )
Let's get these
bodies moved!
-Right, men!
-Let's go!
-( indistinct
radio transmissions )
-And move! Fucking move!
( men shouting
indistinct orders )
Move!
Move. Why don't you
bloody move it?
Sergeant Major!
( indistinct
radio transmissions )
( helicopter whirring
overhead )
All fucking mad.
( panting ):
How many rounds
you get down?
Oh, fuck me-- I had
to change magazines.
I took a guy out
by the phone box
and there was one
crawling away
and I got him.
Lovely, sorted, mate--
I just went in with
the first two rounds.
Well, I reckon I had
four or five rounds,
actually...
How many rounds
have you used?
I reckon
I've done a mag.
...shed loads.
I had to change me mag.
What the fuck did you do?
...adrenalin was
pumping our nerves.
I saw it.
I saw you shoot civvies.
You was there, Lom--
you see what we done.
All civvies are
terrorists, mate.
-Terrorists?
-Keep an eye out
on the flats.
I never even saw
a gunman!
They were shooting.
They were there.
You know what happened;
you were there with us.
Aye, I saw what happened.
Listen here, listen
here, be quiet.
We went round there,
we see loads...
there was about
a hundred people.
-We see a gunman.
-At least, at least.
We see a gunman,
we went left
and right flanks
and we took 'em out.
You know what
happened, right?
Get the story right
'cause this is
bound to come over.
-Yeah. Yeah, I'm
happy with that.
-Okay?
Get O.C. mortars
over here now.
Okay, give me a sitrep,
and then I'll come down.
Firstly, why have you
got no comms?
Why is there
no radio operator?
They both want an interview
with you, right now.
Okay. I'll be down
there in 15 minutes.
I've got, uh, bodies
on the barricade--
three at least dead.
Um, there was
a revolver man there,
fired some shots at us.
Good.
Have we got the weapon?
No, sir.
We have no weap...
I want to get a clearing
patrol down there now.
We need to secure
that area.
We need to get the weapons
off the shooters
on the barricade.
Right, sir.
-Company Sergeant Major.
-Sir.
I've got to go and see
the general and
the TV cameras.
We've just fired a fucking
horrendous amount
of ammunition.
We've got to know why
and we've got to
have some weapons.
-Right, sir.
-Sir.
What's the situation
on the barrier?
Picked up three,
uh-- three...
Looked, looked
fucked, sir. Gray
as hell. Uh...
So we have three dead
confirmed?
-Three dead, three confirmed.
-Let's get them back
to the RMP to confirm
Did you find any,
anything on them?
Any weapons?
Nothing. No, no weapons
there at all, sir.
Have you searched
the barricade?
You've searched
the barricade?
As quick as we could,
sir, yeah. The pockets.
-There's no
hidden weapons?
-Nothing.
-Empty cases?
-Nothing.
-Fuck's sake.
-Okay.
We fired three
rounds... um...
Okay, who
were you engaging?
No one, sir.
I was firing at...
What do you mean,
"No one"?
There was...
The crowd was
advancing, sir.
I had... I had no backup.
I had to move the crowd.
"C" squadron were...
arresting, uh, guys
further back.
They-They were all
just coming at us.
I had to move them back, sir.
So you put down rounds
to warn the crowd?
-A warning shot?
-To move the crowd.
Okay, we will talk
about that later.
People are alleging
on the Bogside
that the Army went in today
firing indiscriminately.
Let's get this
absolutely clear.
One Para went in
and came under fire.
They did not fire back
until they were fired at.
I believe we fired
three rounds
after receiving something
between ten and 20.
Three rounds? It seems,
that seems
a very low figure.
I mean, I've personally seen
three dead bodies here today.
Well, of course,
they may very well not
have been killed
by our soldiers.
We have three dead bodies.
There were another
three casualties
inflicted by mortars...
All right, that's all right.
That's all right.
Colonel, General
Ford is saying it's
absolutely urgent
that you speak to him
now down at barrier 12.
You must go.
I think most of the
gunmen are up there.
I'm gonna go back
to the general
and the press
with the three dead.
You've got to find
some justification.
-We're working on it now.
I'm securing here.
-All right.
-I'll report
back to you as soon as.
-Okay.
MAN 1 ( over radio ):
Seven-Six. I can see
some photographers
at the Rossville flats.
They're taking photographs
of a civil rights banner
covered in blood. Over.
-Michael.
-Sir.
Just get them out
of the Bogside.
MAN 1 ( over radio ):
Uh, Six-Five, Roger.
I'm doing that now. Over.
Just get them out now.
Uh, Six-Five,
this is Zero
requesting
immediate pullback.
Repeat, requesting immediate
pullback, please. Over.
MAN 2: Very good, sir.
MAN 1 ( over radio ):
Six-Five out.
MAN 3: Five-Zero,
this is Six-One Delta.
Uh, the ambulance has just
gone across the diamond
and is now moving
along Ferry Quay Street.
Over.
( indistinct background
radio communication )
MAN 4 ( over radio ):
...there is still a body
lying just south
of the Rossville flats.
Zero, this is
Six-One Yankee.
One ambulance just
now crossing
the Great Albion Bridge
from west to east.
And you call that
minimum force?
Another ambulance has
just crossed the bridge
the other way. Over.
You've solved
the situation before
with regular troops.
Why the Paras today?
Because I think the
situation in Londonderry
has got completely
out of control--
two policemen shot
last Thursday,
81 incidents in
the last few weeks.
Something had to be done
to reinforce law and order.
Who made
that decision?
But why was it considered
necessary to use, uh
live ammunition
-instead of rubber bullets?
-I'm sorry, but the aggression
was brought to us.
It was quite clear
that our men were
attacked on the barriers
by the hooligans who
got out of control
in the parade...
-And yet no soldiers were hit.
-...throwing bricks
and stones.
Sir, was there a need
to kill innocent civilians?
My understanding
is absolutely clear
that the Paras were fired on
and returned fire.
-Were any...?
-Both high-velocity
and low-velocity bullets
were used.
-Were-Were-Were
any soldiers hit?
-Uh, not to my knowledge.
-Not to your knowledge.
-When can we have
a statement by?
We will give you
a statement as
soon as we can.
Colonel Tugwell.
( siren blaring )
Uh, Five Niner, Roger.
That's it, Sergeant Major.
They're pulling us out
of the Bogside.
Simon!
Guys, they're
pulling us out.
Lead on.
Move out!
There seemed to be
a very large number
of casualties today,
Colonel Wilford.
You must understand
that, uh
we've only just finished
this operation.
We do not know exactly, uh,
what happened, at this stage
but there are certainly
three people killed.
Don't you think
you might have used
excessive force today?
Well, what is force
in a situation like this?
If they fire on us,
we're gonna fire back
and they know that
perfectly well.
But you think
the operation
was justified?
Of course.
Do you have
no regrets at all
about the
operation today?
Absolutely none.
-None whatsoever?
-None whatsoever.
-( coughing ):
-Please...
He's all right.
We're bringing
him out now.
...tell them I'm sorry.
They've done that.
Get him out.
We're going now.
Going out, you know.
Go, go, go, go,
get the fuck out of here.
Come on, get him in.
-Come on, lads.
-Hang on, hang on,
you're all right, hang on.
-Come on! Get him in.
-Gentlemen.
Steady, steady.
-Gerry?
-You're all right.
Go, go, go.
Go on, boy.
Go with him.
You go. Go on.
Hang on there, son.
You're gonna
be all right.
-Can you hear me?
-( moaning )
Just try to keep
easy there, boy.
You're gonna be
all right now.
Look at me.
Oh, fuck,
a roadblock!
-Okay, just stay
calm, stay calm.
-You stay calm.
Oh, Jesus Christ,
the Brits are fucking
everywhere today.
Get out of the car.
Get out now!
We've got
an injured man!
We've got to get
this man to hospital!
We just wanna
get him to hospital.
He's been shot.
You're fucking up!
Go up against the wall!
Move on!
This one's dying, mate.
Scratch one player.
Ah, he's not carrying, Sarge.
By the fucking wall!
I won't tell you again!
Stop looking around!
Wait there by the wall!
Do it!
( siren approaching )
Come on, get through,
get through!
Come on!
All right.
Yeah, Ivan Cooper, MP.
Member of Parliament
for this area.
Ivan Cooper.
Please, I just need
to get through
I'm calling on
the families now.
-Where are you going, mate?
-Ivan Cooper,
Member of Parliament
for this area.
Please, I need
to get through.
I've already spoken to
some of your superiors.
You can't go
through there, mate.
I've spoken to
your superiors already.
Please, can you let
me through? Thank you.
I've spoken
to your superiors.
I'm a member of Parliament.
-Do we have no list...?
-( groaning )
You-You have no idea
of casualties yet?
Jesus Christ.
Excuse me.
Excuse me...
Are youse...
Are you just...
Listen, are you...
How many are
in there, Father?
Six here,
there's six here.
God Almighty.
There's six here.
Listen, you can't just
leave them lying
like bits of meat here!
There's no room!
( breathing hard )
Frances, there's
six bodies down there.
I don't know
who they are.
None of them are Barney.
-They're not Barney.
-Paddy Doherty?
Excuse me,
I've been in here already.
-I'm a member of Parliament.
-We've been
through it already.
There are six down there.
None of them are
Paddy Doherty.
-Not Paddy Doherty?
-They're not
Barney McGuigan.
That's eight.
Don't know
how many there are.
Ivan, Ivan.
Have you any word
about Michael Kelly?
Michael Kelly?
I'm gonna...
I'm trying
to find out all that now.
Michael Kelly.
Ivan, help me find
me brother Jacky.
-Who? What's his name?
Jacky who?
-Jacky Duddy.
Okay, Jacky Duddy,
Michael Kelly...
Michael McDaid, if
you can do anything
about Michael McDaid.
Michael McDaid.
I'm trying to find out,
okay?
-Dirty bastards!
-If you can, get
the numbers down.
Do we have a list yet?
Do we have it?
-Kelly, Kelly, is there
an Andy Kelly?
-I'm trying to find out, okay.
13.
There's 13 dead...
13 dead.
...14 wounded.
How many?
Are they male
or female?
I've the list.
I have the list.
Are they male
or female?
We're gonna have to start
letting people know.
Everyone take a family
and let them know.
Where are those
Duddy girls?
Murdering bastards!
-I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
-( sobbing )
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
Look after the Duddy girls.
I'm so sorry.
WOMAN:
Oh, no!
Oh, no!
-Where's that man?
-Excuse me, please!
I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
Michael Kelly's away.
Michael Kelly's gone.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
SOLDIER:
Please, please, please,
please, stay back, stay back.
Show some respect
for the dead, please.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
Jesus, Ivan.
What are we gonna do?
My wife...
( shouting angrily )
Those bastards...!
Oh, no...!
( sobbing ):
No...
They shot my da!
Miss Fuller! Fuller...
Give him a seat, Fuller.
MAN:
This is a nightmare...
MAN 2:
Where the fuck
are ya?
Where the fuck
are they?
( woman sobbing )
They don't know.
Fuck off,
would you?
( indistinct clamoring
and sobbing )
( door creaks )
And, uh, uh...
so, I took my brig right
uh, through to Glenfada Park,
uh, to cut off the crowd
and when we got round there,
there was... there was masses.
There was about 100 people
round there.
Uh, straight away,
I saw one guy who looked...
who was about to
throw a bomb
in my direction.
-Are you sure of that?
-Definitely, sir.
Uh, I took
immediate action.
I dropped to one knee
and took, uh, a well-aimed
shot to the shoulder
and the-the shot
hit the nail...
the guy with the nail bomb,
in the shoulder.
As I came round the corner,
two gunmen shot across me
and I identified, I think
it was a-a short M-1 carbine.
-Yeah.
-I dropped to one knee,
took three aimed shots.
Petrol bomb was thrown...
landed about ten,
15 yards away from us.
Uh, no one was hurt.
Then there was
a second one already lit.
I shouted to him to stop,
stop, put it down...
fired a couple of shots.
He went down.
-Can't say if it...
-Fired a couple of shots?
How many shots?
-Four, sir.
-Four?
And you hit him?
Best of my knowledge,
sir, yes.
How many rounds
did you fire at him?
Uh, 22, sir.
22 rounds?
-Sir.
-How did you fire
22 rounds?
That's more rounds
than they issue you with.
MAN:
Quick, come on...
Move, come on.
Get round this other...
( indistinct radio calls )
Get round the other side
and tape it.
-Quick, before
anybody sees us.
-Get down there.
Go on, move.
Can we get some explosives
experts over here, please?
SOLDIER:
Hello, Zero, this
is Four-One Alpha.
We've got suspected
nail bombs at my location.
Send Felix now.
Zero, this is
Five-Four Arthur.
Um, one dead person,
who was returned
to this location
has a nail bomb
in his pocket.
We request Felix to
come down and sort it out.
Over.
( garbled
radio transmission )
One round returned
as the gun was spotted there
but no hits claimed. Over.
MAN:
Where did they come from?
( baby crying )
We should
go fucking home.
( crying )
MAN:
No problem,
no problem.
You're okay, guv.
( sniffs )
Lomas, come.
( clicking heels )
Shut the door behind you.
At ease, Private.
Sit down.
I'm W2 Norton.
This is Sergeant Bridge.
We'll be taking
your statement.
CSM is here
for your benefit.
In your own words
could you please tell me
exactly what happened?
I could see through
the front of the Pig
that there was a, um,
a rubble barricade
somewhere in front,
at the end
of Rossville Street
with about thousands
of people behind it
all screaming and shouting.
We, um, stopped and debussed
just outside the barrier.
I went on to the right-hand
side of the road,
opposite the,
um, Rossville flats,
which was to our left.
As we were going up
the right-hand side
there was, um, some sort
of commotion on the left
where-where we assumed
a contact had taken place.
Then my, uh,
section commander shouted
that there was a sniper
on the barricade
and, um, he-he-he
returned fire.
Private Lomas, did you,
at any time, see the target?
I did, um, swing my rifle
to bear around the corner
of the wall
and that's when we saw
what I believed to be
a-a gunman firing...
holding a firearm
towards our direction.
My platoon commander
shouted that he saw 50
possibly more of the rioters
on the barricade
break right towards
the Glenfada Park area
and ordered my section
to go towards that area
and cut them off.
When we, um, entered the park,
there was a lot of confusion.
We saw a lot of people
and, um, I-I didn't
witness the beginning
of the firefight.
At what point was
the cease-fire
order given, please?
Before or after
the shootings?
The cease-fire was given
after the last shots
were fired in Glenfada Park.
Private Lomas,
in your opinion
were all the rounds fired
in accordance
with the yellow card?
Yes, sir.
Well, of course, the, uh,
the loss of life is, um
is greatly to be regretted,
but I cannot help but think
that we responded to a-a-a
very difficult situation...
And, at least,
Londonderry tonight, uh
would seem to be quiet,
which suggests
that we've moved one step
in the right direction
of the recreation
of law and order.
Now, the main point
I want to make is
that have I seen
nothing today
that reflects in any way
with discredit on our forces
who have behaved,
as ever,
with restraint
and, I believe,
great professionalism.
So, please, uh, convey
my thanks to the men, Pat.
Uh, you, of course, will be
in charge of the inquiry--
um, issues of timing,
when the Paras went in,
things of that nature.
Uh, my role on the day,
of course, was purely
as an observer.
Have you anything to add?
No, sir. No.
Congratulations.
The war against the IRA
will go on.
Thank you, gentlemen.
MICHAEL:
If you want me, sir,
I'll be out here.
Thank you, Michael.
( dog barks in distance )
( barking continuing )
( gun cocking )
( gun cocking continuing )
( barking continuing )
( gun cocking continuing )
( ambulance wails
in distance )
( bell tolling )
KEVIN:
If you just give us
a moment.
People... people, please.
People, please,
could you just
give us a moment?
If you just have a seat
quietly for a moment
we'll issue you with
a full statement presently.
And we will take
some questions afterwards
if you'll just
please bear with us.
( telephone rings )
Just have a seat there
for a moment.
Thank you.
Uh, this afternoon,
27 people were shot
in this city.
( crowd gasps and murmurs )
( telephones ringing )
13 of them
lie dead tonight.
They were innocent.
We were there.
This is our Sharpeville.
This is our Amritsar Massacre.
A moment of truth
and a moment of shame.
( camera shutters clicking )
And, uh, I just want
to say this to
the British government:
You know what you've
just done, don't you?
You've destroyed
the Civil Rights Movement.
( telephone rings )
And you've given the IRA
the biggest victory
it will ever have.
All over this city tonight
young men, boys...
will be joining the IRA
and you will
reap a whirlwind.
Thank you.
Mr. Cooper, what do you say
to those people
that might be joining
and what message
do you want to
give to them?
I feel very
ill-equipped
to do any preaching
to them after today.
The names of the dead
are as follows:
Patrick Joseph Doherty,
age 31...
Gerard Vincent Donaghy,
age 17...
( camera shutter clicks )
...John Francis Duddy,
age 17...
Hugh Pius Gilmore,
age 17...
...James Gerard McKinney,
35...
William Anthony McKinney,
26...
Kevin Gerard McElhinney,
age 17...
...Bernard McGuigan,
41...
Michael Martin McDaid,
20...
Michael Gerald Kelly,
17...
...William Noel Nash,
19...
James Patrick Wray,
22...
John Pius Young,
17.
Have the families of the dead
been informed?
They have... they have been,
uh, notified
at this point, yes and, uh...
( clamoring )
Actually, gentlemen
I think that probably
the best thing is
we adjourn
just for a moment.
We have some
distressed people.
So if we can have a little
sensitivity just until we...
-( telephone rings )
-I think we can, uh...
-( murmuring )
-Wait until
you get outside.
She was saying,
"Where's Jack?"
Wait till you get outside.
Don't say anything
till you get outside.
I'm sorry,
can you just step aside
for one minute, please?
What am I going to say
to Barney's family?
-There's nothing you can say.
-What am I going to say
to Barney's kids?
There's nothing
any of us could say.
...yourselves.
You all saw it.
You saw it, you saw it.
And I would say...
I would say to yourselves,
to British journalists,
go home to your people,
to your government
and tell your people
what was done in their name
on the streets
of Derry today.
The paratroopers
moved in last night
and waited in the streets
of Derry to mow us down.
BERNADETTE:
And I would just like
to say this on behalf of us
the families of the victims
and the victims
that we will not rest
until justice is done.
( soulful rock intro )
BONO:
This is a song...
a song I hope one day
never to have to sing again.
( audience cheering )
( electric guitar playing
steady riff )
* Oh...
* Oh...
* I can't believe the news
today *
* I can't close my eyes,
make it go away *
* How long?
* How long
must we sing this song? *
* How long?
* How long?
* Tonight we can
be as one *
* Tonight
* Broken bottles
under children's feet *
* And bodies strewn across
a dead-end street *
* But I won't heed
the battle call *
* It puts my back up
* My back up
against the wall *
* Sunday, bloody Sunday
* Sunday, bloody Sunday
* And this battle's
yet begun *
* There's many lost,
but tell me who has won? *
* The trenches dug
within our hearts *
* And mothers, children,
brothers,
sisters torn apart *
* Sunday, bloody Sunday
* Sunday, bloody Sunday
* One, two, three, four!
( rock beat plays )
* How long?
* How long
must we sing this song? *
* How long?
* How long?
* Tonight we can
be as one *
* Tonight
* Tonight, tonight
* Tonight, tonight
* Edge, go!
( electric guitar plays )
How are you?
( audience cheering )
You heard of
Amnesty International?
( cheering )
Well, they've heard of you.
And they know.
They know all about you.
Sing this...
for Belfast, for Derry...
( cheering )
for Beirut, for Nicaragua.
After me, sing.
* No more! Sing!
CROWD:
* No more!
-* No more!
-* No more!
-* No more!
* No more!
-* No one
-* No one
-* No more
-* No more
* No one, no more!
* Wipe your tears away
* Wipe your tears away
* Wipe your bloodshot eyes
* Sunday, bloody Sunday
* Wipe your tears away
* Sunday, bloody Sunday
* Sunday, bloody Sunday
* Sunday, bloody Sunday
* Sunday, bloody Sunday
* Sunday, bloody Sunday
* We are so stinkin' mad!
( electric guitar plays )
* And it's true
we are immune *
* When fact is fiction,
TV reality *
* And today
the millions cry *
* We eat and drink
while tomorrow they die *
* The real battle
just begun *
* We'll claim the victory,
for Jesus' sons, yeah *
* Sunday, bloody Sunday
* Sunday, bloody Sunday...
( crowd cheering )
( drum beating rhythmically )
Thank you.
( electric guitar
plays riff )
Thank you very much.
( electric guitar
plays riff )
* Sunday, bloody Sunday
* Sunday,
bloody Sunday *
* Sunday, bloody Sunday
* Sunday,
bloody Sunday *
* Yeah.
( crowd cheering )
playing )
( wind blows quietly )
MAN ( on radio ):
...7-0, this is 5-4...
Positions 1-8-1-9, 2-0-2-1
and 2-2 and 2-3
are now complete.
The 2-4 is
in the position...
is in the, uh, uh...
being complete in about
five minutes. Over.
( indistinct radio
transmissions continue )
Excuse me, folks.
Good to see you.
How are you?
Excuse me.
Afternoon.
MAN:
Ladies and gentlemen,
Major General Ford.
( applause )
( camera shutters clicking )
IVAN: We are marching
because ever since
the partition of Ireland
Catholics here in the North
have suffered discrimination
in a Protestant
dominated land.
That's why we're marching.
-( applause )
-( shouts of agreement )
FORD:
In view of the continuing
adverse security situation
in the Province, all parades,
processions and marches
will be banned
until further notice.
IVAN:
We're marching because
the British government
promised us reform
and all we've had
are excuses and curfews
and the single issue that
cuts to the very core
of civil rights
mass internment
without trial.
That's why we're marching.
( applause )
FORD: Anyone
either taking part in
or organizing such an event
is liable to
immediate arrest.
The law is the law
and must be respected.
IVAN: So we say this
to the British government.
We will march peacefully
this Sunday
and march, and march again
until Unionist rule
is ended in this Province
and a new system,
based on civil rights
for all
is put in its place.
Thank you.
( applause )
FORD:
And I would say
to the leadership
of the civil rights
organization
any responsibility
for any violence
which may take place
must rest
fairly and squarely
on your shoulders.
Thank you.
( applause )
( applause continuing )
CROWD:
* We shall overcome
* We shall overcome
* Someday...
Yeah, thank you.
Yeah, see you later.
* ...Deep in my heart...
-( bell chiming )
-( gunshots firing
in distance )
( chiming and gunshots
continuing )
MAN ( on TV ):
You must have jets
on your feet.
WOMAN ( on TV ):
My launching pad is only
three blocks away, remember?
MAN ( on TV ): Yeah.
Let's continue,
to the Moon.
To the Moon.
( baby crying in other room )
Can't we spend
a quiet evening,
like, alone?
Well, we're expecting
Professor Reaburn
to notify us.
-( baby continues crying )
-The fellas ought to all be
together in case he does.
He's grand.
What's wrong with him?
He's just tossing
and turning.
( TV playing )
( baby crying )
( laughs )
Gerry.
I'll get him.
( laughs )
I'll get him.
I'll settle him down.
( groans )
( sighing )
( door opening )
Anyway, Mum's home.
Hi.
WOMAN:
Oh, God.
What a night, huh?
Hello.
How'd you enjoy
baby-sitting?
-All right.
-You been feeding him?
Hello, wee man.
Hello.
Was he good for you?
Aye, he was good
as gold, so he was.
-( baby whining )
-Oh, see him
playing up now for me.
That's always the way.
-Where'd youse go?
-Up the Stardust.
The usual, you know,
just for a few drinks.
That's all I need
on a Saturday night.
( chuckling )
Look, I'm just
taking Hester back
down to town.
Right, okay.
You be careful.
Aye, I'll be grand.
No, I mean it.
I don't want you
getting lifted again.
I'll be all right.
Ta-ra.
Right.
GERRY: See ya.
( door opening )
( Hester coughs softly )
Are you going
next week?
Aye, may as well.
Be a good crack.
Aye, I'll be all right.
Hopefully they'll keep
the boys out.
( chuckles ) Aye.
HESTER:
I'll keep them
away from you.
( pipe playing lilting tune )
-Come around Jackie's...
-( vehicle approaching )
No, he's not.
How're you doing?
Protestant?
Eddie wants you out?
Yeah, a right
little turncoat.
-What?
-So he is.
What about
the way he dogs me?
Keeps me young.
Oh, he's hardly
gonna do that.
It's your
sister's husband.
MAN: Come on!
Get a move on!
( indistinct radio
transmission )
Looks like they
might threaten us.
Aye.
You better leave me here.
You'll be careful
tomorrow?
I'll be fine.
It's only a march.
And what if
trouble starts?
There'll be no trouble.
It's a peaceful march
for civil rights.
All right.
Look, I'll meet you here
tomorrow about 6:00, okay?
Right.
See you tomorrow.
Bye.
( siren wailing )
( man on radio
speaking indistinctly )
MAN ( on radio ):
Come in, One-Seven.
This is One Alpha.
Uh, one of your
roadblocks further out
has reported movements.
Three people in the green
Volkswagen Variant 1500.
Uh, the registered number
is G...
( engines rumbling )
MAN 1: She was winking
earlier at that guy.
MAN 2:
She knows.
MAN ( on radio ):
One Alpha.
Registration number Golf,
Uniform, Lima, 2-1-5-5. Over.
Right.
Get some team commanders
on base soonest.
Come on,
let's get moving.
Let's get some pace
till where we're secure.
He's going to get
a brief from Corporal.
Sigs on me.
Get HQ up on
the net now.
Move the vehicles out
of that line of sight.
Tell me where
the sentries are
fully posted.
Okay, if there is a
sniper threat today
it's coming
from over there.
Make sure you've
got that covered.
Yes, Colonel,
we're currently putting
a covert O.P.
out on to the derelict
site down William Street.
I'll let you know
as soon as that's in place.
( conversing quietly )
We've got the whole,
I've got the company in?
We're established.
Can you just confirm
we're gonna brief up
the troop commanders
shortly?
Yeah, okay.
-( knocking )
-( radio playing )
MAN: Is Gerry about,
is he?
Ah, come on, Mary,
we have to go to Mass here.
Come on now, Mary,
open the door.
-MARY: Keep it down, okay?
-Ah, the wee man's asleep,
is he?
Shh.
( men talking all at once )
What's the crack
with you?
Hey, the Brits are here.
( all talking at once )
The Pigs are
everywhere here.
The Bogside's
crawling with 'em.
-Geez. Holy shit.
-Okay, I'm up, I'm up,
I'm up. Okay.
-Lads, I count a dozen
for APCs as well.
-Aye.
But there's more
at the bottom of
Rossville Street.
At the corner of the
Craigavan Bridge as well.
( all talking at once )
...are everywhere, hey.
It was on the radio
this morning!
-Shh...
-Come on!
Get a move on, man.
Oh, fuck's sake,
are your trousers too tight
or your balls too big?
Ah, you're just
jealous, man.
-( baby whining )
-( all talking at once )
Oh, sorry.
Wee man, you all right?
Aye, we'll be
all right, Mary.
( all talking at once )
One day, Mary,
he'll grow up to be a good
stone thrower himself.
Go on, youse. Eh...
Where are you going now?
I'm going to Mass, Mary.
I'll be back later on.
( all talking at once )
Gerry!
Can you see any, aye?
Oh, yeah.
( laughing ) Look, look.
Look at this, hey.
( crowd yelling )
Go on, Brits, out!
Get out!
Go on back home!
( yelling continues )
Go on, you
British scum!
Get out!
Hey, we'll see you later
at the Guildhall!
Go back!
They better not try
and stop us today.
It'll take more
than rubber bullets
and barbed wire.
-( laughing )
Brits out!
-Come on!
( whistling )
MAN ( on TV ):
...troops, including members
of the parachute regiment...
( phone ringing )
Oh, shit.
The army... has warned
that time and place
to stop the march.
( ringing continues )
Which means that it could
cover a considerable
distance...
Ma, can you get that?
The Nationalist Bogside
Brigadier is in the city...
-( ringing stops )
-WOMAN: This is...
...at the no-go areas
for six months
the local residents
barricaded the streets...
( phone ringing )
Organizers of the march...
Jesus.
Morning. How are you all?
-( all talking at once )
-( phone ringing )
Yes, yeah.
Yeah, I know, I know.
Ma, Ma, Ma.
I can't see them now.
( phone ringing )
No, I will.
I'll be there.
Can I get through here?
I just want to get
to the phone there.
Yeah, okay.
We're all getting ready
for the march here.
Yeah?
How many?
Any sign of the Paras?
Yeah.
What about the square?
Okay, I'll meet you
at Aggro Corner.
Folks...
I'll be with you.
I understand.
Just getting ready
for the march here.
Yes, right,
I know I'm going to sort it.
I'm going to sort it.
They've been waiting
for over an hour, Ivan.
-Well, tell them I'm
gonna see the Bishop.
-Hah!
-No, the Cardinal.
-Oh, aye, the Pope.
Uh-huh.
They mightn't believe you,
but it's worth a try.
( sighing )
-All right, Dad?
-Take care of yourself.
I am. I'm grand,
I'm grand.
Okay. Now,
it's just a Sunday
afternoon stroll.
-Have you no...?
-Don't worry about it.
Have you no coat,
darling?
No, no, I'll be fine.
I'll be fine.
I'll see youse
later, okay?
Take care
of yourself, son.
I will, I will. It's fine.
Nothing to worry about.
Look after yourself,
darling.
Sort them out,
would you please?
-( phone ringing )
-I'm sorry.
Mr. Cooper, have
you got a moment?
-Uh, surgery's canceled today.
-It's about my TV.
Well, it's civil rights
we're marching for
not TVs, Mr. O'Keefe.
Well, Mrs. Doherty,
sleep well last night?
Aye, I did that,
Mr. Cooper.
Are you coming
to Mass?
Mrs. Doherty,
a good Protestant like me?
March against internment.
Hello, folks.
See you later.
March again internment.
There you are, son.
See you later.
( indistinct radio
transmission )
-There's the church,
and we're in this yard here.
-Roger.
Proposed route
of the march
is along here
and then along the street.
Runs that way.
Yes, I see.
Our job is to catch
these hooligans
and pinch them
-between ourselves
and C Company.
-Yes.
Okay, so it's gonna
be through the wall
then down the street
and hopefully
we'll catch them coming
straight into us.
William Street
runs parallel
behind you guys
behind this wall.
Plan is
machine-gun platoon
will make the breach
with their Pigs.
We'll follow through
on foot.
It's about 150 yards
of waste ground
through the derelict
buildings
and we'll be on William Street
and behind the marchers.
So, what about
the, uh, stickies
and pyra presence
over in the Bogside?
Are we gonna...?
Well, they're there,
and-and...
Do we reckon the players
are gonna be out today?
-They're bound to be.
-Okay.
They're absolutely
bound to be
and we've got
to be ready for 'em.
Okay, well,
we got the guys from...
The primary...
the primary job is
picking up 200 or 300
of the Derry young
hooligans, all right?
Okay, and tell the lads
we want maximum aggression.
We want a lot of arrests today
and if the shooting starts
we're gonna shoot back
plenty of rounds.
Roger.
How do? Morning, ladies.
There you are.
All right, ladies?
Okay, see you later.
All right, boys.
Here, hand some of
these out at Mass.
Walk away, lads.
Walk away. Don't worry.
Don't be intimidated.
It's all right.
( engine rumbling )
Aha.
Sorry. Excuse us,
it's all right.
It's okay, I know him.
Go on, this is a
peaceful march.
Peaceful march
we're having today.
I hope you boys
are the same.
Hey, lads, lads, lads.
I know him, I know him,
I know him, I know him.
It's all right.
He's full drunk.
I'll take him away.
Walk away, walk away.
Come on, walk away.
Thank you, thank you.
It's a peaceful march
we're having.
Hey, get ye away.
Go and get to bed,
go home. Sleep it off.
I'll see you later.
How are you, folks?
Don't worry. You're grand.
-It's a
peaceful march.
-See you later.
No riots today.
Don't be intimidated.
Good to see youse.
I'll see youse later.
Thank you.
There you are.
COMMANDER:
The Bogside is a fucking mess.
We've got to
go in there
get a grip of it.
We've got to teach
these people a lesson.
So make sure
the guys know
who the leaders of
these fuckers are.
-Yes, sir.
-Okay?
And let's go
and get 'em.
Everyone's got
to have a handle on
these key players.
I want them lifted
off the street today.
We're gonna have these guys.
That's why we're out there.
Make sure the guys know.
I wanna see all of them
in the bag. Quite clear?
It's the end of our tour.
Let's teach 'em
a fucking lesson.
Let's do the business.
Let's make the CO
proud of us.
I wanna show the Brigade
what One Para are made of.
-Is that all clear?
-Yeah, no problem.
Any questions?
Do we just go in
on our own?
We're not taking
anybody else with us?
Support Company,
Charlie Company, that's it.
( raucous shouting )
KEVIN: All right, boys?
Stewards!
Jesus.
What we've got
here is a pressure
cooker situation.
-Kevin.
-Just a minute.
Just bear with me
one minute.
So?
So, uh, whole city's
shut down.
No one's getting
in or out.
You've got Normandy landings
down there.
That's gonna be
the flash point
so I'm bringing everybody
down here.
The march is coming
down here.
These guys are gonna be
right here.
So, nobody's
getting through here.
William Street
is the key thing.
-Do we have
enough stewards?
-We have enough.
Michael, will you go
and ask the other fellas
to come down as quickly
as possible, please?
-Is that the Provos?
-The Provos are down there.
They're just...
What the hell
are they doing here?
Well, they're just
sniffing about.
Basically, I think
they must think
that the Brits have
invaded the place.
-Oh, Jesus, I've been
down William Street.
-Really?
Have you spoken
to them yet?
I'm-I'm gonna have
a quick word
-with the Commanding Officer
in just a moment.
-I will, I will.
-Well, I'll see you
down there.
-Right.
Stress to those boys
that we're in control
up here, will ya?
Yep. Yep.
How do?
My name is Ivan Cooper.
I'm a Member of Parliament
for this area.
-Come on, sir, back off.
-Uh, sorry.
You couldn't do us a favor
and move this back a bit?
-It's just the march is
coming...
-No, you're not, mate.
You're participating
in an illegal march, sir.
Now back off from
the barricade.
-But it's very...
-Back off from barricade, sir.
What gives you
the right to stop us
marching in our city?
-You're participating
in an illegal march.
-Who says that?
The sooner we can march
in our own city...
We're just doing
our job. Back off.
...to the Guildhall,
the sooner we'll have
civil rights.
We're just doing
our job. Back off.
Well, it's a basic principle
of democracy.
Northern Ireland
Government has
barred this march.
Right, thank you.
-Jesus.
-No, I can't get
through to them.
Oh, hold on.
Mrs. Hegarty, I hope
you're joining us today.
Now, no excuses.
I can't.
It's me Uncle John.
-He's been on bucket
all night.
-Uh-huh, that's right.
Was it the beer, aye?
No, it wasn't.
He's sick, Mr. Cooper.
-All right, Mrs. Hegarty.
-KEVIN: Listen up.
What are we gonna do?
-We're gonna march.
-Are you sure about this?
We've gotta march,
we've gotta march, Kevin.
I'll tell you, listen,
if we don't march
civil rights is
dead in this city.
The movement's dead.
We have got to march.
Sort the stewards out.
I'm gonna talk to the Provos.
-Okay. All right.
-Keep it up.
STEWARD:
Right, gentlemen.
MAN: Be very careful.
Just go straight home.
PRIEST: There's a huge
military buildup,
and they've got
us surrounded.
Father, I'm going
to miss you.
Yeah. Keep your eye on the...
on the young people, okay?
Mind yourself.
Hiya, lads.
-Listen, there's a lot
of Army around, okay?
-Ah, don't worry, Father.
So be very careful,
lads, okay.
Listen, thanks very much.
Okay.
Hiya, Gerry, I wanna
have a chat with you.
Listen, lads, I'll see youse,
yeah, okay?
Ah, youse boys
wait for me, right.
I'll be up nigh.
How long have you
been out now?
I'm out three weeks now,
Father, so I am.
So, what's the plans?
Well, I'm trying
to get a job
but, uh, it's hard work
trying to get one
with a record.
Things will pick up,
you know
but the one thing, Gerry,
you gotta be careful
you don't get nabbed
rioting again.
I am, I'll be
rioting again, aye.
But, uh, there's an
awful lot of young lads
down there rioting
on Saturdays and so on, so...
Aye, but it's just
stones, Father.
You know, it's
not that bad.
Yeah, but Gerry,
you can't afford
to be caught.
Okay, take care, Martin.
Aye, I know what
you're saying.
Yeah, so how do you feel
having given yourself up?
-I feel it's better
for the long run.
-Sorry, Father.
Pray for us, Father,
because it's gonna be
a terrible day.
We will indeed.
Yeah, yeah.
Now, keep an eye
on the young people
going home, okay?
-I will.
-Get them to go home.
You know, it's better
for the long run.
At least I've no...
not worrying about
getting caught.
I don't know how I can
go on with me life.
I think you've done
the right thing
and you just can't
afford to be back
down there again.
Aye, I don't want to go
back, Father, so I don't.
No, I'll not be rioting.
So, are you going
to the big march today?
Aye, I'm going on
the march, so I am.
Me and all the boys
are going, you know.
-Yeah, well, you'd better
be very careful, all right?
-Right, Father.
So, listen, I'll probably
see you down there.
All right, Father.
Watch yourself.
I'll see you later on,
all right, Father?
Okay. Yeah, you mind
yourself, and God bless.
Take care.
-What did he say, Gerry?
-He just asked me
how I was getting on.
Up the Rah!
Here, boys, here, boys,
here, listen, here.
Don't want no trouble
today, now, I mean it.
There's women
and children gonna be
in this march, all right?
MAN ( shouting ):
Get out of the...
Yeah. No, listen,
come on.
You're gonna
make it worse if you start
antagonizing these boys.
Just leave them alone;
join us.
It's a big day for us.
Women and children
are gonna be safe now,
I mean it.
No acting the idiot.
Keep it calmed down.
( men shouting )
You bastards!
Go home,
you scum!
You bastard.
Get the fuck out, trash!
Just checking
you're keeping
the guns away.
That's no concern
of yours, Ivan.
You gave me your word.
Then take it.
We just want a
peaceful march.
This is our day.
People are fed up
with the shootings
and the...
Convoy has just come over
Craigavan Bridge
and they've
set up barricades
on William Street.
-Right. Any sign
of the Paras?
-No, not yet.
Right, okay.
Any sign of anything,
let me know, all right?
Right? Go on.
Ivan...
Ivan, it's all very well
for you sitting pretty
with your wee Westminster
paycheck every week.
Marching's not gonna
solve this thing.
Watch us.
( men continue shouting
in the distance )
( car engine revving )
( indistinct
radio transmission )
Welcome to the
Eighth Brigade, sir.
Thank you very much.
Good trip.
Where's Maurice?
Lieutenant Colonel
Steele, sir.
Okay.
-How are you, Pat?
-I'm very well.
Thank you, sir.
-It's good to see you.
-And you, sir.
I've had a briefing
come through from
Downing Street
and the Prime Minister
really has had enough
of this Londonderry
rebellion.
-All right?
Shall we go through?
-Please.
Stand up.
Good man.
-Sergeant Major!
-Hello, sir.
-How are you?
-I'm fine, sir.
-Good to see you again.
-And you, sir.
Okay, carry on.
( indistinct background
radio communication )
-Cup of tea,
cup of coffee, sir?
-Yes, please.
-Yes, thank you, Michael.
-The briefing's ready
when you are.
Excellent. Good.
Well, I just, uh,
wanted to say, sir
that the men were
rather bucked
when they heard
that we were going
to be coming across.
Oh, good.
I'm very pleased
to hear it.
Yes, sir.
Everything's set for today?
-I think so, sir, yes.
-Good.
Their intention, at present
is to move along William
Street all the way along...
-Past Aggro Corner?
-Well, that's right, sir.
...into the city center
and on to the Guildhall
where they'll be
having their rally.
As it is, we're
gonna stop them here
at barrier 14
with the Raw Green Jackets.
-Very good.
-Uh, Coldstreams?
Coldstreams are up
on the city walls
and King's Own
are the north side
of William Street.
One Para are in the
Presbyterian churchyard
just here.
Very good.
And Three Company
are behind barrier 14.
If there's any trouble
Support Company
will break through...
I don't think there's
any doubt about that.
There will be.
Okay, Support Company then
will break through the wall
for the Presbyterian
churchyard
through this dead ground,
break through this wall
and they, in turn...
they're gonna come round
and sweep round behind
all the hooligans
round about Aggro Corner
sweeping them
towards barrier 14.
At the same time
Three Company will be
breaking through barrier 14
and the hooligans
will be caught
in a pincer movement.
Thank you, Charles.
I should just say,
sir, of course
One Para only go in
if there is violence
and then only
if there is a clear
separation
between the march proper
and the hooligan element.
Uh, do we know
who we're looking for?
Yeah, we've got OPs
at strategic points
all along the route.
Um, and they all...
They've all been briefed
on all the local
known players.
They've seen pictures,
have they?
-Yes. Yes, sir.
-Yes, sir.
Good, very good.
We-We have a cordon
of snipers here, sir,
should the IRA wish
to make a contribution
this afternoon.
Yes, I'm sure they will.
-Do you know where
they're going to be?
-Michael?
Yes, sir.
We are concentrating
on the top of these
block of flats
which is where
we imagine they'll be.
And possibly Glenfada Park
across the road, sir.
Very good. Rubber bullets--
have the men all been issued?
-Uh, yes, sir.
-Good.
-Maurice?
-Sir?
Anything I haven't thought of?
Uh, I suspect
press placement
would be quite important
today, sir.
Yes, winning the
propaganda war.
Absolutely vital.
Who's in charge of that?
Lieutenant Hector, sir,
is our Press Liaison
Officer, sir.
There are a few points
which will, um, please you.
As per your request,
both local and
national coverage
will be occurring
on the day
and this will be
in the main three formats
of press
from the leading tabloids
additionally from the major
television companies
and radio stations.
Talk to Colonel Tugwell
about where that's going to be
and knock that out for me,
please, Maurice.
Good. Thank you. Well done.
-Thank you, Michael.
-Right, you can just carry on.
So, maybe, um...
the press will congregate
around barrier 12 itself.
Then once there...
Yes, I suspect
that's probably the best
location for them.
Um, they've got
a clear view down
Rossville Street.
Especially Generals.
That should give us quite
a bit of press coverage
as well as showing, uh...
We're gonna have to
be tough today, Pat.
Really tough.
If there's any
trouble at all
the Paras are to
counterattack.
Is that clearly
understood?
-Of course, Robert.
-Good.
And, um...
you have my full
support, of course.
-Thank you, sir.
-Good.
Hello, John, Jimmy.
MAN: Should be
coming round for tea.
Hello.
Hello.
( siren blaring )
-Ivan, how's it going?
-How do, folks.
Good to see you.
So, they have blocked
the Belfast Road
which means we've got
about ten coaches stock.
All right there, boys,
all set?
Right, get those
pencils sharpened.
So, it means we've got
about ten coaches
stockpiled
at the border.
Just give me
just a wee minute, Declan.
How are you going
to get them in?
I've sent Jimmy up there.
He's sorting it out.
Yeah, that's fine.
It's no bother.
We can't have ten coach
loads sitting there
-with marchers on
them, doing nothing.
-Relax, relax, it's fine.
We've got them
coming down for about 1:00.
And what about
the stewards?
Stewards are fine;
that's sorted.
And we got Fenner Brockway,
which is great news
but, obviously,
he's not going to march,
for the legal reasons.
You'll have to give me
a couple of minutes here.
I need to see Frances.
-I'll be in
in two ticks, all right?
-Okay, I'm all for you, man
but we need to kick
this thing along, okay?
Listen, I was supposed
to see her last night.
-Please, help me.
-Right, just a minute.
Right, okay.
Very quickly, please.
MAN: Mr. Cooper,
have you got a moment?
One second.
FRANCES: ...or voting
for Simon as well.
Right, well, you go...
I'll follow you up.
Go on you on up
and sort out through six.
-Through six?
-Yes.
Right, right.
Where-Where were you?
What happened to you?
I had meetings.
I'm sorry.
We're having
a nightmare
with this charge.
-Of course you do.
-Kevin's not entirely sure
what's going on.
I have to sort it out;
I'm sorry.
Change the record, Ivan.
I'm sick of it.
Hey, wait,
hey, wait, Frances.
Listen, give me a couple
of minutes now.
I'm up to me eyes, Ivan.
I have no time for this.
I know that,
I know that, but...
I have no time
for it, Ivan.
Look, I'll be
finished tonight
about 8:00.
-We'll do something
then, okay?
-That's just balls, Ivan
'cause you'll still
be sitting in the bar
at 12:00 tonight
listening to the sound
of your own voice.
You know it
and I know it.
Wrong. Hold on, hold on.
Have you any expectation
anybody's going to turn out
for you this afternoon?
I would have thought so.
I think they've
always turned out
for us in the past
and this is our
big push today.
This is a march about peace
and a march
about civil rights.
What sort of numbers
were you expecting?
-Sorry, will you excuse me?
-An hour to be safe.
-Come on, that is not fair.
-Just one second, please.
-That is not fair to say that.
-Don't you talk
to me about fair.
Please, Cecilia
would you take that
for me, love?
Don't you talk
to me about fair.
I'm a Catholic girl, Ivan.
You look me
straight in the face
and say that again.
I know
you're a Catholic girl.
That's the whole
point about this,
for heaven's sake.
-Come on, darling.
-Let me
tell you something.
I am up to my
eyes, Ivan.
You're not
the only one.
I have the world's
press in here
wanting things done
not now but yesterday.
It's about
the two of us.
Cecilia, for me,
love, please.
Come on,
Frances, darling
I know it's hard,
but please--
one last big push, eh?
Come on.
Yes, just one wee
second, please.
Will you just
take care of that
for me, please?
You're getting very late.
One second.
The British Army's
surrounded the entire city.
Well, I think that
shows you that they
are very threatened
by the voice that
we are trying to
get across here.
-But is this not...?
-That's about them;
that's not about us.
We're trying to have
a peaceful march
against internment
and a peaceful march
for civil rights.
They're alleging
that you're creating
a confrontation.
Well, what do you think
they would say?
What we need to do
is split each...
All right,
sorry, folks.
-This is Fort George.
-Mm-hmm.
This is... RUC station.
That's in Rosemont.
So, what we do is
we come in from
different routes in turn.
They come in from the south,
and come in near Rosemont.
-Excellent idea, Eamonn.
-No, that won't work.
It will work, Ivan.
We confuse them,
-we get them
to spread their troops.
-No, I'm saying it won't work.
Have you something
to say here?
I'm saying, "Forget
about the Guildhall."
I've just come from
there this morning.
I've walked
through there.
They're building up
a massive military presence.
If we take
the lorry down there
with thousands behind it
we're not going
to get through, we're...
-This is completely wrong.
-I don't think,
I don't think it's actually...
I don't think
it's responsible
for us to say
it's going to be fine
just because
we want it to be fine.
We do have to look
at the realities
that there is
a very severe
dispersal
problem there.
I am not taking
a reroute.
I am not taking a reroute,
and I'm not selling out.
-You're not what?
-It's not a sellout.
Oh, no, here,
wait, Kevin.
Wait, excuse me,
say that again, please.
You're not, what,
you're not selling out?
Bernadette, I have been
marching in this city
just as long as you
and your college friends
and I have never sold
anyone out, not ever.
But there are 3,000
British soldiers out there
and I am not going
to use our people
like cannon fodder.
Now, either we reroute--
turn right up Rossville Street
hold the meeting
at Free Derry Corner--
or I walk away,
and I will tell my
constituents
-to walk away as well.
-You'll do what?
All the work
these people have done--
that's it, up in smoke?
Listen, we delegate
two people--
Bridget,
you can be one
John, Eamonn
can be another--
to walk down to
the Guildhall
symbolically.
That's
a good solution.
I just hope
everybody knows in time.
-They will, they will.
-All right.
Get that sorted out.
Right, um...
( speaks indistinctly )
Is Lagan there?
It's Cooper.
On the one hand,
you've got the Catholics
pushing for
all sorts of reforms
with the IRA
behind most of it
and on the other
the Protestants,
who, of course
don't want
to give an inch.
Morning, sir.
We can't afford to offend
the Protestant majority,
of course
'cause, uh, they've got
all the guns, for one thing.
-( polite chuckling )
-Excuse me, sir.
Tea's here.
Hello, sir. I'll take you in
to see the Brigadier now.
-( knocking )
-Chief Superintendent
Lagan, Sir.
-Hello, Frank.
-Morning, Patrick.
I don't think you've met
Major General Ford
Commander
of Land Forces.
Sir, this is
Chief Superintendent Lagan
Londonderry Division.
-Sir.
-Superintendent, I've heard
a great deal about you
from your Chief Constable.
It's time for us to go.
We're going
to shake some hands.
I, um, heard from
the march organizers
earlier today.
Sir, um, I heard from
the civil rights leaders
earlier today
-and spoke to them
early this morning.
-Oh, really?
Yes, they're anxious
to avoid a confrontation.
They're not going to
march to the Guildhall.
They're going to
stay within the
Bogside, they say.
Oh. So useful
to have contacts
in the community.
Maurice.
Unless he's a
Roman Catholic,
of course.
What's that all
about, Patrick?
Patrick?
What's that all about?
It'll be low-key.
Low-key.
-The Paras low-key?
-Yes, I know, I know.
Excuse me, sir.
All call signs
are now in place
-and the Paras have
confirmed the cha cha.
-Thank you, Charles.
The Paras aren't
a low-key regiment.
Listen,
they're the best
for the kind
of mass arrest operation
that we've got
to carry out today.
You listen to me.
I know the
people of Derry.
And you know
that I've spent the last
three years of my life
trying to keep a lid
on the trouble in this city.
Frank, you don't need
to tell me this.
Look, why do we need to ban
this march in the first place?
Why? To keep a crowd
of Protestant politicians
in Stormont
hanging onto power
by their fingertips,
that's why.
I mean, they're the reason
why we're in this mess
in the first place.
Look, why not
just let the march
go ahead?
Look, if you want prosecutions
why not take photographs
of the ringleaders?
Sir, the General's leaving
and would like a word
before you go.
Thank you,
Sergeant Major.
Frank, I'm sorry.
It's out of my hands.
It's a war, Frank.
We're taking casualties
every week.
-We've lost 43
British soldiers.
-I know. I know.
I'm having to write
too many letters, Frank.
I'm sorry, we have
to draw the line.
-Sir, the General is
getting quite excited.
-Yes.
Thank you,
Sergeant Major.
SOLDIER: I'm sick of being
shot at, spat on
and all the other shit
that goes with this place.
It's about time
we go out there
and show these fuckers
what it's all about.
The reason is
'cause they get
away with it
and this time
they ain't going to
get away with it.
You got to get in,
you got to hit them hard
and get in there first.
Get the first one
straight in.
Same as we did
in Belfast.
Take no shit.
This one's just
a civil rights,
though, ain't it?
They're all troublemakers
anyway, mate.
-The lot of 'em.
-They're all
mixed in together.
Well, that's just like
kids, and that, ain't it?
Yeah, well, they're mixed in
with the kids.
What about that major
that died today?
Where was his civil rights?
And the two lads
last week--
where's their civil rights?
I'm just saying,
they're just kids
throwing stones,
that's all.
-You're-You're either with us
on this or you're not.
-I'm with you, man.
Yeah, you better be.
I'm all right, man.
I'm-I'm up for it.
Everyone on
the other side
of this wall
is enemy, as far
as I'm concerned.
Can't see a kid
being an enemy, though.
If they're in the way,
they're in the way.
-You got to stick
with us on this.
-I am.
Whatever happens
we'll sort it all out
between us, right?
When we bang
through that wall
they see that wall
come down
they'll shit themselves,
they really will.
We'll just
get out there
-and just kick some arse
out there.
-Show the hats how to do it.
( shouting indistinctly )
So, did you go
to Mass today?
Aye, love.
Aye, whose is it?
Father Bally.
Ach, he's a nice man.
Aye, he is.
He was talking
to me after it
seeing how I was
getting on after
getting out of jail.
MAN:
Wondering if you'd got
a job yet, I suppose?
No, I wasn't.
You're going to get
that wee girl into
trouble, you know.
What are you
on about?
You know what I mean.
Look, you're not me ma.
Aye, but I'm all
you've got.
Sounds like she has horns
on her head.
But she's from Irish Street
and you're from the Bogside.
You know, at the end of
the day she's like,
you know, a Protestant.
I'm not saying I've got
anything against her, like
'cause she's a nice girl
but I just don't want
you and her to get
into trouble.
Are you thinking
about getting married here?
Aye, I will be.
Well, what do you think your
mam and daddy would say?
Look, leave my mam
and daddy out of it.
MAN:
Your sister's just
looking out for you.
Look, you stay
out of it.
Look, I'm just worried,
that's all.
You know,
I worry about you
every time you go
outside the door.
I don't want anything
to happen to you.
Everybody
in these flats here--
they worry
about their children
whenever they go out
at night.
Look, I'll be all right.
All I want to do is to
look after you
and look after Dennis
and defend this area from
the likes of them boys there.
What do you mean,
the likes of me?
You know,
with working for the Brits.
You'd think you would
have got a decent job.
It's working for the Brits
putting that food on the table
so don't be complaining.
Can we not have
this conversation
at the table, please?
I suppose you think
throwing a couple of stones
is going to solve it, son,
do you?
Aye, well, it's kept
them out of here for
a while now, hasn't it?
If it wasn't for us
you still wouldn't be
living here.
Just remember that.
Aye, you really
believe that, do you, eh?
Aye, I do, actually.
Right, okay.
Look, Mary,
I'm going to go out.
-I'll see you later on.
-Right.
I'll be all right.
Don't worry.
Look after yourself,
okay?
Are you listening to me?
I don't want you
to end up back in prison
'cause you can't
marry her from in there.
I'll be all right.
Don't worry.
I'll chat
to you after.
( phone rings )
Yeah?
Oh, yes. Hi.
Oh, now, Meg, I dunno.
Somewhere between ten
and a million. How's that?
Okay, talk to you later.
Bye.
BOTH: All right?
-Here's your tea.
-Thanks.
Okay?
Yeah. What time
are you going?
I don't know, an hour.
Jesus. How about you?
I'm on duty
till half two.
Derry Journal and Irish News
want to talk to you.
-What, now?
-No, they'll...
they can wait.
They're all right for
a bit, so they are.
Listen, I know...
I know it's hard.
That's just why
I pissed off at you
last night.
-I know, I'm sorry.
-That's all right.
That's okay.
It's all right.
Okay.
( telephone ringing )
Yeah?
Frank, yes.
Is it the Paras?
Well, Jesus, Frank
who the hell's
running this thing?
It was Lagan.
He says the army
are very hard-line
and we should think
about canceling.
No way, Ivan.
You can't.
You can't cancel.
No.
Geez, do you know
how many times I think
we should just
give this up?
There isn't a day goes
by I don't think
"Oh, wish I could take
her to the pictures
"or take her to see
Charlie Magee at the
Stardust," you know
and then I think, "What if
someone sees us?" you know.
What if someone decides
to have a go at you...
-( knock at door )
-...because you're
this Catholic girl...
-Hi.
-Ivan, when are the
stewards coming in?
Uh, we need
to talk about that.
I need to talk
to Kevin about that.
I need to make sure
they are more disciplined
and know exactly
what's happening.
Who's going in front
of the lorry
who's going behind,
okay?
-All right.
-If you talk
to Kevin now...
I'll give him a ring
and then you can
have a word with him.
Okay.
I'm just gonna talk
to Kevin, all right?
It's all right.
Kevin, yeah... yeah,
I've spoken to Lagan.
He says the Paras
are in town.
Listen, the stewards must
know what they're doing
when they form the line.
Yeah.
No, seriously, Kevin,
get on that now.
Okay, bye.
( sighs )
I mean, I don't know
what I would do, you know?
Catholic girl, Protestant
civil rights, Fenian lover?
So that's why
I'm doing it, you know?
That's why I go
to the meetings
that's why I go
to the marches
-because, you know...
-( phone ringing )
I think we're
worth marching for.
Yes?
Uh-huh.
Yeah, I'll be down
in about an hour
something like that.
Get Bridget on to them.
All right, yeah,
give them a cup of tea
or something, Jesus.
No, give them a drink,
even better.
My father was in
the EVA for Christ's sake,
you know that.
I know, Ivan.
I marched in flute bands.
Your brother
was shot by the RUC.
( sighs )
So, I don't take you out.
We don't go to the pictures.
I go to the meetings,
I go to the marches
and all the time I'm thinking,
if I could just sort this
you know,
if just one day,
maybe soon...
we can be normal...
and we won't
have to worry.
( whispers ) I know.
( telephone ringing )
( ringing continues )
( bells tolling )
( indistinct
radio transmission )
( indistinct
radio transmission )
MAN ( over megaphone ):
Stewards, please ensure
that all people
joining the demonstration
from the rear
are channeled in safely
keeping clear of that
fenced area, please.
Thank you.
We want everybody
safe here today.
Thank you.
Come on, folks,
sort that area out, please.
Folks, there is a start
to a demonstration
and there is an end
to a demonstration.
If you think this is
the start to a demonstration
catch yourselves on.
Stewards, I need you
down the back there, please.
All right, folks?
God, eh,
what about this, eh?
( applause and cheering )
-Willie, make sure
you've got that, okay?
-I will, surely.
All right, folks,
how goes it?
Ivan, will you
sign this for me?
Oh, certainly, missus.
With love and kisses, eh?
How are you feeling, Ivan?
Oh, right at this moment...
like Martin Luther King.
Is he a Catholic
boy then, eh?
All civil rights people
are Catholic, missus,
except me.
And I've got
special dispensation
from the Pope.
Eh, boys?
Barney, glad you
could make it.
-Aye, I wouldn't miss it
for the world.
-Sure, I know that.
-Jim, ready
for another march, eh?
-Oh, aye, of course.
Oh, Ivan,
it's great, great!
-All set?
-Well, absolutely.
Would you have
pulled out, Ivan?
What, and disappointed
all these people?
You're a bastard, you.
Oh, no, no, Eamonn,
just a politician.
Jesus Christ,
look at that.
What an atmosphere,
boys.
Look at the amount
of people.
I think I see...
Youse marching down
with us and that?
No, we're gonna
hang about here
in case the Brits
try anything.
We'll be down later.
-We'll have sent
them home by then.
-Aye, right.
Boys, they should
be doing a bit more
-do you not think?
-Aye.
We do all the work,
Jimmy.
Frigging sure,
after what happened
to McGilligan.
Are you up for it, Jimmy?
Up for it? I'll be
up on the front line.
I'll be up on
the front line.
That's a promise.
Brits out, Brits out.
-What do you think,
Gerry? Brits out?
-Aye.
-We'll all get the
Brits out together.
-Aye.
Are you up for it?
( whistling and cheering )
KEVIN:
We're gonna move forward
to give you a wee bit
of leeway, right.
-Make sure you get
all that there.
-Sure.
Sweep all the way right
down... look at that.
* We shall overcome
* We shall overcome
* We shall overcome
* Someday...
IVAN:
My God, they'll never
stop us now, boys.
* ...Deep in our hearts...
The whole of Bogside is here.
* ...I do believe
* That we shall overcome
someday *
( over radio )
...moving now. Over.
Six-One Yankee,
the crowd are on the move.
We have a go.
All right, gentlemen.
Sergeant Major, pass it on,
the crowd's on the move.
Pass it out to the O.P.,
the crowd's on the move.
...that they are ready.
Here we go.
Sigs, Sigs, make sure
all call signs know
the march
is on the move now.
-What do we want?
-ALL: Rights!
-When do we want them?
-ALL: Now!
-What do we want?
-ALL: Rights!
-When do we want them?
-ALL: Now!
Who'd have
thought it, eh?
Okay, stewards
keep the front
of the lorry
clear, please.
Willie, Willie,
come here, please.
Yeah, get the whole stream,
the whole way up.
Oh, I can see 'em.
I can't see
the end of it.
MAN:
Bear in mind we are
going down a hill here...
( speaking indistinctly )
Come on, boys.
Whoo!
Whoo!
( laughter )
This is a great day
for Ireland. Absolutely.
KEVIN ( over megaphone ):
...vital that we retain
our dignity.
We must keep this safe,
dignified...
( over radio ):
...Zero, this is
Six-One Yankee.
No information...
The crowd is now halfway
down William Street. Over.
Sir they're just about
here now, sir.
Seven-Six.
Crowd is waving, chanting
but, uh, causing
no particular aggro. Over.
See what I mean?
Tell the people of Derry
they can't march
and they'll come out
in droves.
Right, folks,
keep that corner area clear.
We're approaching
some of the British.
Hold your positions.
Keep your calm.
( over radio )
Hello, Six-Five,
this is Six-One Yankee.
-Crowd approaching...
-Yeah, Five-Six Bravo
this is, uh,
Five-Niner Sunray.
So, in your opinion
we will not get a Pig
through the wall? Over.
-Roger.
-Oh, shit.
Colonel.
It's from the O.P.
They've just checked
the front of the wall.
The wall directly
in front of here
there is
a three-foot drop.
-Fuck.
-In their opinion, when we
try and get the Pig through
we just ain't
gonna get through.
We're gonna...
it's gonna go tits up.
We still need
to cut them off
from either side.
I think we're gonna
have to go over the top.
We'll have to.
Okay, let's get ready
and be ready
to cut through this wire
and go over this wall.
-Let's get ready now.
-Okay, I'm on it.
Sergeant Major!
-What do we want?
-ALL: Rights!
-When do we want them?
-ALL: Now!
( all shouting and cheering )
( applause and cheering )
Whoo!
Hey, do you think
we'll have much bother
today, Jim?
-Eh?
-So, you think we'll have
much bother today?
Oh, no.
Hey, we'll get a riot going,
that's for sure, like.
There's plenty of troops
about and stuff, so.
You're not worried about
getting caught, are you?
Aye, I don't wanna go back
inside again, you know.
Hey, you shouldn't
have given yourself up
over Hester, man.
Oh, leave it out, okay?
-You've to watch
yourself, mate.
-Just enjoy the day.
We're here for our
civil rights today,
right, boys?
Aye, that's right, mate.
Somebody help
with these ladders!
Jesus, there's a lot
of them, isn't there?
Come on, move it!
Move it!
We're just going right
at the corner here.
-Give me that thing now.
I need it.
-Right, right.
-Stewards, stewards.
-Here, keep them steady.
Stewards, stewards.
Keep them there, Barney.
Keep 'em going.
See that there, up there,
how provocative is that?
( chanting )
Brits go home!
Stewards, keep this...
Don't touch it.
What the hell
is that, lads?
Paras!
( chanting )
Brits out! Brits out!
We don't want
youse here!
MAN ( on radio ):
Zero-Six-Five.
Recon is passing
my forward locations
and there's a small amount
of stoning going
on there. Over.
-Six-Five.
-That's the Paras getting
stoned from up here, sir.
So, the head of...
the head of...
Why are One Para
showing themselves?
It's the chaps
on the wall, sir.
OPs and wire cutters
for when they have
to go through.
If the crowd
sees the Paras
that'll inflame
the situation, Patrick.
-Thank you, Frank.
-What?
-You have to go through.
- ( over radio )
Head of the column
approaching Aggro Corner. Out.
Sir, this is where we hope
they're going to turn.
Well, that's
what they said.
KEVIN ( into megaphone ):
People, we're just going
right at the corner here!
Follow me! Let's go.
-Keep back there, folks.
-Keep moving here.
( shouting )
KEVIN: People,
we're turning right here.
Turning right. Thank you.
The march is proceeding
to the right.
If you go that way,
you'll have no part in
this demonstration.
They're turning
the wrong way, lads.
They're going right.
We going to get
to the Guildhall.
We're going
to the Guildhall.
JIM: Come on.
Push through them.
Come on, Gerry.
( shouting indistinctly )
JIM: Gerry,
good man, good man.
Yes!
Let's give them hell!
OFFICER ( over radio ):
A small number from the
middle of the crowd
are breaking away,
I repeat, breaking away.
Running down towards
serial One-Four. Over.
( shouting indistinctly )
This demonstration is
proceeding to the right.
BERNADETTE:
Ivan, I told you
this would happen.
Keep them coming
this way!
Follow peacefully to
the right, thank you.
Keep coming this way!
Just relax, man.
Listen, we have
got to keep
the crowd going.
If the truck keeps going
to Free Derry Corner
that will be the beacon.
They will follow it.
Right, you stay here.
I'm going down
to the barrier.
Okay, everyone, come on.
Everyone behind the lorry.
Follow the lorry.
Listen...
We must stick together.
Stick together, folks.
We're not splitting up.
No trouble today.
We're not
going to the Guildhall.
Stay behind the lorry.
We are sticking together.
Come on.
Sorry, no, folks, wrong way.
We're supposed to go back
to Free Derry Corner.
Let me through there, folks.
They're past barrier 12
and are actually, in fact,
heading directly for us.
Yeah, that's just
what we predicted.
Yes, indeed.
Well, you'd better
stand the men by.
SERGEANT:
Just coming down
there now, sir.
This isn't the march,
this is...
This is the breakaway
group.
They're coming down
to barrier 14.
They're trying to get
to the Guildhall.
Yobbos, obviously trying
to cause some trouble.
JIM: Get out!
Get out to fuck,
you British bastards.
-Boys, get back,
get back!
-Get out to fuck.
That's Cooper, boys.
Out! Out!
Brits out!
Have you got your stones?
-I've got stones.
-Hey...
For God's sake,
get all of these boys back.
Excuse me.
I'm Ivan Cooper.
I'm a member of Parliament.
Will you give me
some time...
SOLDIER: This is
an illegal gathering.
You must disperse!
IVAN: Hey! Hey!
Cut that out.
You must disperse!
-Cut that out.
-JIM: Take a shot.
Take a shot, you said?
I'll take a shot.
( phone ringing )
This is Nine-Zero Alpha.
I have reports of the crowd
becoming hostile
at Zero-14, um,
throwing bricks
at center. Over.
I want to know
how many yobbos are that...
are that way
up towards the
barrier from us.
Sigs, I want to find
out from the O.P.
how many we're going to
scoop up, if we go now.
Contact the barriers
at 12 and 14
and tell them to be ready
to move those barriers fast
if we need them.
Boys, round me,
please.
It's kicked off
at barrier 14, right?
This is it, we're going
to start going in pretty soon.
( shouting indistinctly )
We've got to stop
with the stones there...
OFFICER ( over megaphone ):
Under Section Six
of the Civil Authorities
Special Powers Act
Northern Ireland
processions and parades are
banned until further notice.
We will enforce
this ban vigorously
and anyone organizing
or taking part in
any such event
is liable
to immediate arrest.
MacLELLAN:
Do we still have
stoning at 14?
We do, sir.
RUC man's addressing
the crowd and he's...
Send in Neptune,
please, Michael.
( shouting indistinctly )
JIM: Ah, shit, boys,
stay back.
Stay back, boys!
Get back.
Forget the Guildhall.
The water's coming.
-Come on, Jim!
Jim, watch!
-Run, boys!
No, Gerry.
Gerry, come on, aye?
We need stones.
You're making matters worse.
Will you get back?
MAN:
Fuck off!
Go on, go on, go on.
Go on, we're all going.
-* Deep in my heart...
-KEVIN: Nice and slow.
* ...I still believe...
That's... That's
much better.
* ...That we shall overcome
* Someday.
Give yourselves
a hand there.
( cheering and whistling )
That's it, folks.
Free Derry Corner,
that's where the meeting is.
Going to
Free Derry Corner.
Get away from there,
come on.
( glass breaking )
Come on, this way.
Neptune seems to have
cleared William Street.
The main body have disappeared
down towards Rossville Street
leaving behind a hard-core
element of hooligans
who have now gone up
to 12, up to 13
and again,
a large element at 14.
This is getting bigger.
It's escalating.
OFFICER: Yeah.
Rubber bullets
at discretion.
JIM: Come on, Gerry.
I can't get caught.
I can't get caught.
You're not going
to get caught.
( gunfire )
JIM: Jesus!
Holy fuck. Keep going.
They're firing
at us, boys.
GERRY: You want
to run for it?
Yes, roger that.
I'll give you a sitrep
when we get there.
Out.
It seems like the, uh,
riots are developing
back towards barrier 12
and back up William Street
towards Rossville Street.
Let's go round there,
see how it's going.
We are under heavy
bombardment. And it's now
kicking off at 13.
CS gas at discretion.
I repeat: Hostiles
within our location...
LAGAN:
What are you doing?
I'm trying to use
minimum force.
I need to know as soon
as you got separation.
( canisters popping,
glass shattering )
( screaming and clamoring )
This is no good.
They're not moving.
Back up...
-No, we'll go round
this way.
-No! No!
JIM:
We'll go round the other
way to the Guildhall.
We're near the Guildhall.
Come this way.
How many yobbos?
300 to 400 yobbos.
300 to 400 yobbos.
-Okay, perfect.
-We're getting close.
Okay.
Right, Sigs, can you
give me the radio?
OFFICER:
Sergeant Major.
Get the Sergeants in,
get the Troop Commanders in.
Hello, Zero, this
is Six-Five Sunray speaking.
We're ready.
We want a "go"
on the scoop up.
We want to go now
on the scoop up.
Over.
( shouting and gunfire )
( coughing )
GERRY:
You all right, man?
You all right?
BOY:
I'm choking, man.
GERRY:
You all right, man?
( coughing )
Stay here, all right?
I'm dying here.
GERRY:
Hey, they're taking
photographs.
They're taking photos.
Why are they taking
photographs?
Hey, Dennis...
-We have about 400
to 500 guys rioting.
-Hello, Zero.
-So, they're in there.
-This is Six-Five Sunray
speaking.
-We're getting close to
our scoop-up time, okay?
-We are ready to move now
-with three call signs.
-The yobbos are in there.
-I want to see these
bastards lifted, okay?
-Can we go? Over.
Six-Five are to go nowhere.
Six-Five,
stay where they are.
( over radio ):
...split across
to Zero-One-Five
and they are being stoned
by around the 15 left area.
OFFICER:
If we don't go in hard,
we're going to have tears.
Do you understand?
You get the guys
psyched up.
Rebrief them
on the update.
They're not
letting us go yet.
Oh, for Christ's sake!
CROWD ( chanting ):
Out! Out! Out! Out!
Frances, Frances... here.
Oh, good Lord...
Oh... a shambles.
They broke through
the steward's line
and kids everywhere.
The Brits
then start up...
I mean, why do they...
why do they have
to overreact?
You know,
it's a peaceful march,
for God's sake.
'Cause they're scared.
They're scared.
Can you imagine
if people started to march
in Manchester or London?
It's just so
provoking.
Anyway, I think we're...
-I think we're all right.
-It's okay.
( shouting indistinctly )
( canisters popping )
SOLDIER: Come on!
Let's get our
wires cut! Come on!
Cut these wires.
Cut the barbed wire!
-Come on!
-Fucking mick.
( shouting )
( gunfire )
Fucking contact!
( gunfire )
( indistinct
radio transmission )
What the fuck was that?
O.P.'s returning
fire, sir.
That wasn't rubber bullets.
That wasn't rubber bullets.
That was
something different.
It's John, he's been shot!
He's dead. Come on!
GERRY:
He says someone's shot.
( screaming )
GERRY:
What happened?
What happened?
He's been shot.
The Army shot him.
GERRY:
Jesus, get him up.
Help him up.
-Go on, help him up.
-Help him.
Get him up!
You all right, Damien?
GERRY: Oh, Jesus.
Damien,
are you all right?
-Who done it?
-MAN: The Army shot him.
-They shot an old man...
-GERRY: Damien,
are you all right?
Can you hear me, Damien?
The bastards.
( shouting )
Jesus Christ,
a man's been shot.
Bastards shot my cousin.
I can't believe
they shot me cousin.
MAN: The boys
are going in!
I can't believe
they shot me cousin.
MAN: The boys
are going in.
They shot
the old man!
Five-Six Bravo,
confirm your situation.
What were the rounds
we just heard? Over.
Okay, sir, the O.P. has
just fired five rounds.
They've inflicted
two casualties.
I think it was
nail bombs or shooting.
They're getting
a lot of aggro.
They got
a lot of crowd.
They're firing
baton rounds, too.
That's one incoming!
Get down
off the wall.
We've just had one round
across the guards
at the wall, sir.
PROVO: What the hell
are you doing?!
MAN:
They shot the old man!
PROVO:
It's unauthorized,
for Christ's sake.
Get the car here!
Get your hands off me!
Get your hands off me!
They've shot the old man!
They shot
the old man.
-PROVO: You fucking bastard.
-There's women and
children out there!
Get your hands
off my weapons.
( shouting )
GERRY:
You bastards!
Bastards!
Fucking bastards!
Fucking shot me cousin!
Die, you bastards!
Go on, you bastards!
Fucking shot me cousin.
Go on, bastards!
Brits out! Brits out!
Brits out!
I think it's time
for the Paras to go in.
OFFICER: They've got a lot
of aggro just the other side
of the wall.
They've got some
kids over there.
Okay.
We should get them
down off that wall.
We're not going
to get across there
if they've got
that wall covered.
-We've got to get
out of here.
-Okay...
I don't think we'll get
the Company across safely.
We'll do it
with the vehicles.
So, we're gonna ax
this totally?
We're not going
over the wall?
No, we'll do it
in the vehicles.
Support Company
in the vehicles
"A" and "C" on foot.
OFFICER: Change of plan--
we're not going
over the wall.
We're gonna go
up James Street
through barrier 12
where the Light Air
Defense Regiment is
download at James Street
and do a scoop up
with Charlie Company
at Aggro Corner.
We're moving
in two minutes.
Inform the O.P. now
that there's a change
of plan.
We're taking the Company
through barrier 12.
-Yes, sir.
-We're taking
the whole Company.
Hello, Zero. This is
Six-Five Sunray speaking.
We've got to go now
on the scoop up
or we're gonna miss
them. Over.
Colonel,
the lads want to go.
We're ready to go.
Hold on, hold on.
-Who's this?
-Six-Five Para, sir.
-Six-Five. No. No, wait.
-OFFICER ( over radio ):
Yeah, he reckons
he can pick up
some of the hooligans
from there. Over.
No, we wait.
Six-Five,
tell your Sunray to wait,
hold his position.
Fucking people at Brigade!
( indistinct transmission )
All right,
tell One and Three
to move forward
to the barriers now,
on foot.
We'll go to 12
in the vehicle.
We'll move now.
Okay.
All right, Sergeant Major,
let's move now, let's go!
Hello, Zero, this is
Six-Five Sunray speaking.
We are moving forward
to the barriers now.
We've got to go. Out.
Right. Let's go.
Move! Move it!
Go on!
Move! Get in! Get in!
( crowd clamoring
in distance )
( engines revving
and rumbling )
-OFFICER: Hoods on!
-Yes!
Canisters load!
Check your gear.
-Come on!
-Let's go!
( over radio ):
Hello, Zero,
this is Six-Five.
My Sunray has deployed
his units slightly...
On whose authority?
...in preparation for
any orders you might
have. Over.
-Whose...?
Why have One Para moved?
-Six-Five, this is Zero.
Hold your position.
Out.
I want to...
I want to know
where this has
come from, Mike.
It'll be coming
from their Sunray, sir.
Can we tell them
to wait at the barriers
until we give the word?
( over radio ):
...some more gas put down
to about a hundred yards
beyond the flats...
-I'll push my way
through here.
-Go on, Ivan.
-See you in
a bit, okay?
-Ivan, I'll go up, too.
-You come up.
I'll see you up there.
-Aye, okay.
All right, folks.
Let us through there.
KEVIN: Let's hear it,
ladies and gentlemen
a nice round of applause,
please, for, uh...
God Almighty.
( cheering and whistling )
( engines rumbling )
Let's go, Sigs.
( indistinct
radio communication )
Mike, go up to
the barrier
and tell the gunners
to move it now.
Hello, Zero,
this is Six-Five.
We're ready to go now.
Over.
-Let's go!
-Let's go!
Oh, fucking hell.
Come on, let's move.
What are we waiting for?
What are we waiting for?
Come on!
Put your hands together and
give a big warm Derry welcome
to Eamonn McCann...
( applause and cheering )
Bridget Bond...
...have started
to thin out.
We need to get
over there...
KEVIN:
...Bernadette Devlin...
( cheering )
...and a man who really
needs no introduction
so I won't give him one:
Ivan Cooper!
( cheering and whistling )
Well, we've marched a long way
together here, folks.
So, I think
I'll get this started.
( gunfire )
Look at this
fucking lot.
Just waiting for
the off, boys.
It's been a difficult day
but a glorious one
here in Derry.
All of us wending our way
down the hill together.
Men, women
and children
marching.
Mrs. Hammer, I haven't seen
you march like that since '68.
( scattered laughter )
But, uh...
let's not forget,
in all this confusion
that we face a choice
as a society.
Not about what we want.
We all know what we want:
Radical change.
The dismantling of Stormont
and an end
to Unionist domination.
( cheering )
( rocks clanking )
Yeah, find out if call signs
One and Three
are in position
and ready to move.
Hold in your position.
We are not clear, okay?
Barrier all right?
The choice is about
how we achieve it.
Between violence
and nonviolence.
At where, barrier 12,
barrier 14
or at Aggro Corner?
If we are going to give
a future to the children
of this city
the young lads up there...
There they are
we all know they're
rioting away there.
They do it every day...
If we are gonna give
those boys there a future
we have to show them
that nonviolence works.
Go on, you scumbags!
( rocks clanking )
Let's get out!
If we don't, it won't be
just stones they're throwing.
Because civil rights
isn't the soft option...
not when the bricks fly
and the police and
the Army batons charge down.
It's not easy keeping
to the nonviolent road
-when other people say,
"This isn't working.
-( gunfire in distance )
Let's get the guns out
and take revenge."
( gunfire and shouting )
Fucking shot my cousin!
But if you believe
in the civil rights movement
with all your heart
and your soul, as I do...
Why on earth
aren't they going in?
Hello, Zero, this is Six-Five.
If we don't go now,
we're gonna miss them.
If you believe
in what Gandhi
and Martin Luther King
believed in
with a passion, as I do,
then in the end
with one single united march,
we shall overcome.
Thank you.
( crowd cheering )
( whistling )
We're gonna have
to go, aren't we?
Sir, you have as much
separation as you're
gonna get.
Yeah. Thank you, Charles.
Thank you.
You cannot
send them now.
You've got thousands
of marchers out there
-and you've no idea
where they are.
-Let me handle this.
Look, you've won,
for God's sake.
You've stopped
the march.
You've won.
Don't do it,
Patrick.
Don't do it.
( phone ringing )
( indistinct
radio transmission )
( gunfire in distance )
MAN:
Load that
battle gun, mate!
Stick one of them
rubber bullets
straight into 'em
when we get out there.
Come on, come on.
( shouting )
Six-Five wishing
to move now, sir.
Yes, thank you.
...will be seen today,
disbursed with the crowd.
Michael...
KEVIN:
Ladies and gentlemen,
Bernadette Devlin.
( cheering and applause )
We are a part of a worldwide
movement for civil freedoms.
We are protesting
against internment of people.
Tell Wilford it's
just one company
to pick up the yobbos
and no running battle
up Rossville Street.
Coming through
to barrier 14, sir?
Yes. Did you log that?
I'll do it on
the secure link.
Thank you.
Six-Five, this is Zero.
Come in.
Six-Five, Wilco. Out.
Okay, you're on,
let's go. Move!
All call signs,
this is Five Niner.
Prepare to move.
Move, move, move, move!
We're going
in, boys!
Let's go, let's go, come on!
We're away.
( engine revving )
Hey, guys,
don't fuck about.
Don't fuck about.
Straight in there.
We're gonna hit 'em hard.
We know who
we're picking up.
Go on, One Para.
Go and get them, and
good luck.
( sporadic gunfire )
You scumbags!
-Here they are,
here they are!
-Fucking hell, Gerry.
GERRY:
Get out of here.
There they are.
( sporadic gunfire )
DEVLIN:
...against these people.
COOPER:
What's going
on down there?
( woman screaming )
McCANN:
Christ, Ivan, they're
coming in.
DEVLIN:
Stand your ground, people.
We have a right to be here.
McCANN:
Bastards!
Fuck's sake.
Ah, fucking hell!
MAN:
Fucking bastards!
Look at 'em.
There's thousands of them.
-Free Derry?
-Stand by.
Fucking Free Derry.
Go! Go!
Let's get a search team!
Let's go in there.
Sergeant Major, let's get
a search team in there.
COOPER:
Jesus Christ, it's the Paras!
( shouting, screaming )
( gunfire )
WOMAN ( screaming ):
Help! Help!
Get those fucking bastards!
We have to stop here!
They're covering
the whole wall.
Up in those
blocks of flats.
( gunfire, screaming )
GERRY:
Jesus, get down, get down!
Watch yourselves, boys.
Get down.
Let's move in!
( crowd clamoring )
The shit's hitting
the fan now.
COOPER:
Get back on our side
of the barricade.
DEVLIN:
Stand your ground.
It's only rubber bullets, and
they're firing above
your heads.
-We will not be moved.
-Ivan, I don't like
the look of this.
Get the fuck out! Get out!
Get out, you lazy bastards!
( shouting )
( screams )
( gunfire )
They're firing
live rounds!
This is not a hoax!
Get down! Get under cover!
Get under cover!
Keep going,
behind the lorry! Come on!
Get under cover!
Get under cover!
MAN:
Go on, you
Protestant fuckers!
Ah, don't
tell me mammy.
Shoot me, you bastards!
Shoot me! ( yells )
DEVLIN:
Get down, people.
-Get down!
-Get down! Get in!
Tell them
to stop shooting.
-In the flats, there's a
contact by the left flank!
-Left, where? Where?
By the flats!
That's all I can hear!
Fucking hell,
get your head down, will you?
What the fuck
are you doing?
( crowd chanting )
( groaning )
( rapid gunfire )
( woman screams )
Somebody move that way!
( woman screams )
Back, back, back.
Go on.
MAN ( over megaphone ):
In between the lines!
Move back!
Go, go, go, go,
go, folks, go!
DEVLIN:
We need to get the kids
off the barricade!
Jesus Christ, someone
tell those folks to get down!
Lads, get down!
( all shouting )
Behind the barricade!
He's got a weapon!
( rapid gunfire )
Jesus, they've shot a man!
Can you help him?
Get down! They're shooting
live bullets! Get down!
Oh, my God!
Oh, my God!
( yelling, gunfire )
They've got
a weapon!
There's no gunman
on the barricade!
There's nothing there!
-I can't see any
fucking targets!
-No, sir, there's...
There's no targets!
DEVLIN:
My God, they're shooting
children on the barricades!
BRIDGET:
Jesus Christ,
what are they doing?
Christ, stop it!
They're shooting them
in the back!
They're just
picking them off!
( single gunshot )
( sporadic return gunfire )
Only aimed shots.
What are we firing at?
I can't see
any fucking targets!
( boy yells, girl screams )
Oh... oh, they've just shot
that young lad down!
GERRY:
You fucking bastards!
Come on, you're going
to have to get him out.
Get him out! Keep going!
Come on, Gerry!
( speaking indistinctly )
MAN:
Get off the barricade!
Get off the barricade!
Get off the barricade!
They're shooting
at the barricade!
They're shooting at youse!
What's his name?
What's his name?
Michael Kelly.
Michael, you're okay.
We're going to have to get
out of here.
They're gonna come
for me, Hamish.
They're moving
off the barricade!
They're going round
to the courtyard.
Let's go! Come on!
-Cease-fire.
-Cease-fire.
Cease-fire.
Cease-fire.
Let's get out!
Let's get out!
They've just called
a cease-fire.
We have to get away.
They're coming for me, Hamish.
They're coming
for me, Hamish.
They're going to come
for me, Hamish.
They just called
a cease-fire!
( gunfire )
Cease-fire!
( gunshots continue )
They're shooting people!
I have to go.
I can't stay!
-I have to go!
-Jesus!
I have to go.
I can't stay!
-They're shooting at people...
Wait!
-Please, let me go!
-( gunfire )
-Young fella!
-Jesus, don't shoot!
I'm not armed!
-( guns fire )
( moaning )
-Don't shoot!
We're...
-( gun fires )
Fuck!
Let's get out of here!
Dave, I'm going...
I've been shot!
I've been shot!
Oh! I've been shot!
Call an ambulance!
Jesus Christ, come on!
COOPER:
Oh, look at that
steward there.
BERNADETTE:
No! What is he doing?!
( gunshot )
They've hit him!
They've hit him!
He's got an armband on!
No, get back, Barney!
COOPER: Barney, no!
Oh, no, no, no!
Barney, no!
No, I've got to go
to him.
Please, Ivan, no!
Stay. Stay back!
Jesus! Ivan, come back!
Get down!
Get back, get back!
Get back! No!
Stay back, back,
Barney, for God's sake!
( gunshot )
WOMAN ( screaming ):
Barney!
God... Jesus Christ!
God.
Oh, God. Oh, God.
Barney?! Barney?! Barney?!
( gunshot )
Ivan!
OFFICER ( over radio ):
Zero, this is Nine-Four.
A sitrep at 16-15,
uh, on William Street.
Uh, seven people caught
by Six-Five
-are in the area
of Rossville Street...
-They've gone in.
The Pigs are in
this area, sir.
...two shots.
I repeat: Two shots
at one of our patrols
on the city wall,
at 16:14 hours. Over.
They've gone
all the way in.
MICHAEL:
Six-Five, this is Zero.
Repeat: Request immediate
sitrep. Over.
Zero, this is Six-Five.
The, uh, two
sub-units moved in
got involved
in a firefight.
Uh, shots appeared to come
from the Rossville flats.
The two sub-units
have now gone secure
in that area.
And two civilians are
lying wounded or dead--
we're not sure yet--
in the area
of Chamberlain Street.
Who shot them,
we don't know. Over.
( phones ringing )
Right, get him up.
( indistinct shouting )
Come on! Get down!
MAN: This man is dying!
Go on, get him in.
Get him in!
( man shouting )
Steady on so, here.
He's fucking bleeding.
-Shot badly.
-Put him down.
( groans and sobs )
Is there a doctor around?
Somebody call a doctor!
Stand still!
Stand still!
Keep your hands up!
Keep your hands up!
( clamoring )
Stop it!
Put your hands
on your heads!
Brian, Phil,
we'll take these!
Right, put your hands
on your heads!
Okay, does anyone
know this man's name?
-Oh, it's Willy.
I know Willy.
-( coughs )
Willy, this is your
doctor here.
How are you?
You're okay, Willy.
Just relax there for me.
WILLY ( sobbing ):
Tell me mammy I'm sorry.
Tell me mammy I'm sorry.
Okay. He's been hit
here, folks.
Does anyone know
this man in the corner?
-His name is Jim.
-Can you hear me, Jim?
WILLY ( coughing ):
Mammy, I'm sorry.
He's not breathing.
Is he all right?
WILLY ( sobbing ):
Tell me mam...
Mammy, I'm so sorry.
( woman sobbing )
( panting )
( sobbing continuing )
( woman wailing )
( wailing continuing )
( wailing continuing )
WOMAN ( wailing ):
Barney!
MAN:
They shot my son.
They shot my son.
They shot my son.
WOMAN ( wailing ):
Oh, Barney!
( woman wailing )
-( wailing )
-( siren blaring
in distance )
( indistinct
radio transmissions )
( engine rumbling )
Let's get these
bodies moved!
-Right, men!
-Let's go!
-( indistinct
radio transmissions )
-And move! Fucking move!
( men shouting
indistinct orders )
Move!
Move. Why don't you
bloody move it?
Sergeant Major!
( indistinct
radio transmissions )
( helicopter whirring
overhead )
All fucking mad.
( panting ):
How many rounds
you get down?
Oh, fuck me-- I had
to change magazines.
I took a guy out
by the phone box
and there was one
crawling away
and I got him.
Lovely, sorted, mate--
I just went in with
the first two rounds.
Well, I reckon I had
four or five rounds,
actually...
How many rounds
have you used?
I reckon
I've done a mag.
...shed loads.
I had to change me mag.
What the fuck did you do?
...adrenalin was
pumping our nerves.
I saw it.
I saw you shoot civvies.
You was there, Lom--
you see what we done.
All civvies are
terrorists, mate.
-Terrorists?
-Keep an eye out
on the flats.
I never even saw
a gunman!
They were shooting.
They were there.
You know what happened;
you were there with us.
Aye, I saw what happened.
Listen here, listen
here, be quiet.
We went round there,
we see loads...
there was about
a hundred people.
-We see a gunman.
-At least, at least.
We see a gunman,
we went left
and right flanks
and we took 'em out.
You know what
happened, right?
Get the story right
'cause this is
bound to come over.
-Yeah. Yeah, I'm
happy with that.
-Okay?
Get O.C. mortars
over here now.
Okay, give me a sitrep,
and then I'll come down.
Firstly, why have you
got no comms?
Why is there
no radio operator?
They both want an interview
with you, right now.
Okay. I'll be down
there in 15 minutes.
I've got, uh, bodies
on the barricade--
three at least dead.
Um, there was
a revolver man there,
fired some shots at us.
Good.
Have we got the weapon?
No, sir.
We have no weap...
I want to get a clearing
patrol down there now.
We need to secure
that area.
We need to get the weapons
off the shooters
on the barricade.
Right, sir.
-Company Sergeant Major.
-Sir.
I've got to go and see
the general and
the TV cameras.
We've just fired a fucking
horrendous amount
of ammunition.
We've got to know why
and we've got to
have some weapons.
-Right, sir.
-Sir.
What's the situation
on the barrier?
Picked up three,
uh-- three...
Looked, looked
fucked, sir. Gray
as hell. Uh...
So we have three dead
confirmed?
-Three dead, three confirmed.
-Let's get them back
to the RMP to confirm
Did you find any,
anything on them?
Any weapons?
Nothing. No, no weapons
there at all, sir.
Have you searched
the barricade?
You've searched
the barricade?
As quick as we could,
sir, yeah. The pockets.
-There's no
hidden weapons?
-Nothing.
-Empty cases?
-Nothing.
-Fuck's sake.
-Okay.
We fired three
rounds... um...
Okay, who
were you engaging?
No one, sir.
I was firing at...
What do you mean,
"No one"?
There was...
The crowd was
advancing, sir.
I had... I had no backup.
I had to move the crowd.
"C" squadron were...
arresting, uh, guys
further back.
They-They were all
just coming at us.
I had to move them back, sir.
So you put down rounds
to warn the crowd?
-A warning shot?
-To move the crowd.
Okay, we will talk
about that later.
People are alleging
on the Bogside
that the Army went in today
firing indiscriminately.
Let's get this
absolutely clear.
One Para went in
and came under fire.
They did not fire back
until they were fired at.
I believe we fired
three rounds
after receiving something
between ten and 20.
Three rounds? It seems,
that seems
a very low figure.
I mean, I've personally seen
three dead bodies here today.
Well, of course,
they may very well not
have been killed
by our soldiers.
We have three dead bodies.
There were another
three casualties
inflicted by mortars...
All right, that's all right.
That's all right.
Colonel, General
Ford is saying it's
absolutely urgent
that you speak to him
now down at barrier 12.
You must go.
I think most of the
gunmen are up there.
I'm gonna go back
to the general
and the press
with the three dead.
You've got to find
some justification.
-We're working on it now.
I'm securing here.
-All right.
-I'll report
back to you as soon as.
-Okay.
MAN 1 ( over radio ):
Seven-Six. I can see
some photographers
at the Rossville flats.
They're taking photographs
of a civil rights banner
covered in blood. Over.
-Michael.
-Sir.
Just get them out
of the Bogside.
MAN 1 ( over radio ):
Uh, Six-Five, Roger.
I'm doing that now. Over.
Just get them out now.
Uh, Six-Five,
this is Zero
requesting
immediate pullback.
Repeat, requesting immediate
pullback, please. Over.
MAN 2: Very good, sir.
MAN 1 ( over radio ):
Six-Five out.
MAN 3: Five-Zero,
this is Six-One Delta.
Uh, the ambulance has just
gone across the diamond
and is now moving
along Ferry Quay Street.
Over.
( indistinct background
radio communication )
MAN 4 ( over radio ):
...there is still a body
lying just south
of the Rossville flats.
Zero, this is
Six-One Yankee.
One ambulance just
now crossing
the Great Albion Bridge
from west to east.
And you call that
minimum force?
Another ambulance has
just crossed the bridge
the other way. Over.
You've solved
the situation before
with regular troops.
Why the Paras today?
Because I think the
situation in Londonderry
has got completely
out of control--
two policemen shot
last Thursday,
81 incidents in
the last few weeks.
Something had to be done
to reinforce law and order.
Who made
that decision?
But why was it considered
necessary to use, uh
live ammunition
-instead of rubber bullets?
-I'm sorry, but the aggression
was brought to us.
It was quite clear
that our men were
attacked on the barriers
by the hooligans who
got out of control
in the parade...
-And yet no soldiers were hit.
-...throwing bricks
and stones.
Sir, was there a need
to kill innocent civilians?
My understanding
is absolutely clear
that the Paras were fired on
and returned fire.
-Were any...?
-Both high-velocity
and low-velocity bullets
were used.
-Were-Were-Were
any soldiers hit?
-Uh, not to my knowledge.
-Not to your knowledge.
-When can we have
a statement by?
We will give you
a statement as
soon as we can.
Colonel Tugwell.
( siren blaring )
Uh, Five Niner, Roger.
That's it, Sergeant Major.
They're pulling us out
of the Bogside.
Simon!
Guys, they're
pulling us out.
Lead on.
Move out!
There seemed to be
a very large number
of casualties today,
Colonel Wilford.
You must understand
that, uh
we've only just finished
this operation.
We do not know exactly, uh,
what happened, at this stage
but there are certainly
three people killed.
Don't you think
you might have used
excessive force today?
Well, what is force
in a situation like this?
If they fire on us,
we're gonna fire back
and they know that
perfectly well.
But you think
the operation
was justified?
Of course.
Do you have
no regrets at all
about the
operation today?
Absolutely none.
-None whatsoever?
-None whatsoever.
-( coughing ):
-Please...
He's all right.
We're bringing
him out now.
...tell them I'm sorry.
They've done that.
Get him out.
We're going now.
Going out, you know.
Go, go, go, go,
get the fuck out of here.
Come on, get him in.
-Come on, lads.
-Hang on, hang on,
you're all right, hang on.
-Come on! Get him in.
-Gentlemen.
Steady, steady.
-Gerry?
-You're all right.
Go, go, go.
Go on, boy.
Go with him.
You go. Go on.
Hang on there, son.
You're gonna
be all right.
-Can you hear me?
-( moaning )
Just try to keep
easy there, boy.
You're gonna be
all right now.
Look at me.
Oh, fuck,
a roadblock!
-Okay, just stay
calm, stay calm.
-You stay calm.
Oh, Jesus Christ,
the Brits are fucking
everywhere today.
Get out of the car.
Get out now!
We've got
an injured man!
We've got to get
this man to hospital!
We just wanna
get him to hospital.
He's been shot.
You're fucking up!
Go up against the wall!
Move on!
This one's dying, mate.
Scratch one player.
Ah, he's not carrying, Sarge.
By the fucking wall!
I won't tell you again!
Stop looking around!
Wait there by the wall!
Do it!
( siren approaching )
Come on, get through,
get through!
Come on!
All right.
Yeah, Ivan Cooper, MP.
Member of Parliament
for this area.
Ivan Cooper.
Please, I just need
to get through
I'm calling on
the families now.
-Where are you going, mate?
-Ivan Cooper,
Member of Parliament
for this area.
Please, I need
to get through.
I've already spoken to
some of your superiors.
You can't go
through there, mate.
I've spoken to
your superiors already.
Please, can you let
me through? Thank you.
I've spoken
to your superiors.
I'm a member of Parliament.
-Do we have no list...?
-( groaning )
You-You have no idea
of casualties yet?
Jesus Christ.
Excuse me.
Excuse me...
Are youse...
Are you just...
Listen, are you...
How many are
in there, Father?
Six here,
there's six here.
God Almighty.
There's six here.
Listen, you can't just
leave them lying
like bits of meat here!
There's no room!
( breathing hard )
Frances, there's
six bodies down there.
I don't know
who they are.
None of them are Barney.
-They're not Barney.
-Paddy Doherty?
Excuse me,
I've been in here already.
-I'm a member of Parliament.
-We've been
through it already.
There are six down there.
None of them are
Paddy Doherty.
-Not Paddy Doherty?
-They're not
Barney McGuigan.
That's eight.
Don't know
how many there are.
Ivan, Ivan.
Have you any word
about Michael Kelly?
Michael Kelly?
I'm gonna...
I'm trying
to find out all that now.
Michael Kelly.
Ivan, help me find
me brother Jacky.
-Who? What's his name?
Jacky who?
-Jacky Duddy.
Okay, Jacky Duddy,
Michael Kelly...
Michael McDaid, if
you can do anything
about Michael McDaid.
Michael McDaid.
I'm trying to find out,
okay?
-Dirty bastards!
-If you can, get
the numbers down.
Do we have a list yet?
Do we have it?
-Kelly, Kelly, is there
an Andy Kelly?
-I'm trying to find out, okay.
13.
There's 13 dead...
13 dead.
...14 wounded.
How many?
Are they male
or female?
I've the list.
I have the list.
Are they male
or female?
We're gonna have to start
letting people know.
Everyone take a family
and let them know.
Where are those
Duddy girls?
Murdering bastards!
-I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
-( sobbing )
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
Look after the Duddy girls.
I'm so sorry.
WOMAN:
Oh, no!
Oh, no!
-Where's that man?
-Excuse me, please!
I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
Michael Kelly's away.
Michael Kelly's gone.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
SOLDIER:
Please, please, please,
please, stay back, stay back.
Show some respect
for the dead, please.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
Jesus, Ivan.
What are we gonna do?
My wife...
( shouting angrily )
Those bastards...!
Oh, no...!
( sobbing ):
No...
They shot my da!
Miss Fuller! Fuller...
Give him a seat, Fuller.
MAN:
This is a nightmare...
MAN 2:
Where the fuck
are ya?
Where the fuck
are they?
( woman sobbing )
They don't know.
Fuck off,
would you?
( indistinct clamoring
and sobbing )
( door creaks )
And, uh, uh...
so, I took my brig right
uh, through to Glenfada Park,
uh, to cut off the crowd
and when we got round there,
there was... there was masses.
There was about 100 people
round there.
Uh, straight away,
I saw one guy who looked...
who was about to
throw a bomb
in my direction.
-Are you sure of that?
-Definitely, sir.
Uh, I took
immediate action.
I dropped to one knee
and took, uh, a well-aimed
shot to the shoulder
and the-the shot
hit the nail...
the guy with the nail bomb,
in the shoulder.
As I came round the corner,
two gunmen shot across me
and I identified, I think
it was a-a short M-1 carbine.
-Yeah.
-I dropped to one knee,
took three aimed shots.
Petrol bomb was thrown...
landed about ten,
15 yards away from us.
Uh, no one was hurt.
Then there was
a second one already lit.
I shouted to him to stop,
stop, put it down...
fired a couple of shots.
He went down.
-Can't say if it...
-Fired a couple of shots?
How many shots?
-Four, sir.
-Four?
And you hit him?
Best of my knowledge,
sir, yes.
How many rounds
did you fire at him?
Uh, 22, sir.
22 rounds?
-Sir.
-How did you fire
22 rounds?
That's more rounds
than they issue you with.
MAN:
Quick, come on...
Move, come on.
Get round this other...
( indistinct radio calls )
Get round the other side
and tape it.
-Quick, before
anybody sees us.
-Get down there.
Go on, move.
Can we get some explosives
experts over here, please?
SOLDIER:
Hello, Zero, this
is Four-One Alpha.
We've got suspected
nail bombs at my location.
Send Felix now.
Zero, this is
Five-Four Arthur.
Um, one dead person,
who was returned
to this location
has a nail bomb
in his pocket.
We request Felix to
come down and sort it out.
Over.
( garbled
radio transmission )
One round returned
as the gun was spotted there
but no hits claimed. Over.
MAN:
Where did they come from?
( baby crying )
We should
go fucking home.
( crying )
MAN:
No problem,
no problem.
You're okay, guv.
( sniffs )
Lomas, come.
( clicking heels )
Shut the door behind you.
At ease, Private.
Sit down.
I'm W2 Norton.
This is Sergeant Bridge.
We'll be taking
your statement.
CSM is here
for your benefit.
In your own words
could you please tell me
exactly what happened?
I could see through
the front of the Pig
that there was a, um,
a rubble barricade
somewhere in front,
at the end
of Rossville Street
with about thousands
of people behind it
all screaming and shouting.
We, um, stopped and debussed
just outside the barrier.
I went on to the right-hand
side of the road,
opposite the,
um, Rossville flats,
which was to our left.
As we were going up
the right-hand side
there was, um, some sort
of commotion on the left
where-where we assumed
a contact had taken place.
Then my, uh,
section commander shouted
that there was a sniper
on the barricade
and, um, he-he-he
returned fire.
Private Lomas, did you,
at any time, see the target?
I did, um, swing my rifle
to bear around the corner
of the wall
and that's when we saw
what I believed to be
a-a gunman firing...
holding a firearm
towards our direction.
My platoon commander
shouted that he saw 50
possibly more of the rioters
on the barricade
break right towards
the Glenfada Park area
and ordered my section
to go towards that area
and cut them off.
When we, um, entered the park,
there was a lot of confusion.
We saw a lot of people
and, um, I-I didn't
witness the beginning
of the firefight.
At what point was
the cease-fire
order given, please?
Before or after
the shootings?
The cease-fire was given
after the last shots
were fired in Glenfada Park.
Private Lomas,
in your opinion
were all the rounds fired
in accordance
with the yellow card?
Yes, sir.
Well, of course, the, uh,
the loss of life is, um
is greatly to be regretted,
but I cannot help but think
that we responded to a-a-a
very difficult situation...
And, at least,
Londonderry tonight, uh
would seem to be quiet,
which suggests
that we've moved one step
in the right direction
of the recreation
of law and order.
Now, the main point
I want to make is
that have I seen
nothing today
that reflects in any way
with discredit on our forces
who have behaved,
as ever,
with restraint
and, I believe,
great professionalism.
So, please, uh, convey
my thanks to the men, Pat.
Uh, you, of course, will be
in charge of the inquiry--
um, issues of timing,
when the Paras went in,
things of that nature.
Uh, my role on the day,
of course, was purely
as an observer.
Have you anything to add?
No, sir. No.
Congratulations.
The war against the IRA
will go on.
Thank you, gentlemen.
MICHAEL:
If you want me, sir,
I'll be out here.
Thank you, Michael.
( dog barks in distance )
( barking continuing )
( gun cocking )
( gun cocking continuing )
( barking continuing )
( gun cocking continuing )
( ambulance wails
in distance )
( bell tolling )
KEVIN:
If you just give us
a moment.
People... people, please.
People, please,
could you just
give us a moment?
If you just have a seat
quietly for a moment
we'll issue you with
a full statement presently.
And we will take
some questions afterwards
if you'll just
please bear with us.
( telephone rings )
Just have a seat there
for a moment.
Thank you.
Uh, this afternoon,
27 people were shot
in this city.
( crowd gasps and murmurs )
( telephones ringing )
13 of them
lie dead tonight.
They were innocent.
We were there.
This is our Sharpeville.
This is our Amritsar Massacre.
A moment of truth
and a moment of shame.
( camera shutters clicking )
And, uh, I just want
to say this to
the British government:
You know what you've
just done, don't you?
You've destroyed
the Civil Rights Movement.
( telephone rings )
And you've given the IRA
the biggest victory
it will ever have.
All over this city tonight
young men, boys...
will be joining the IRA
and you will
reap a whirlwind.
Thank you.
Mr. Cooper, what do you say
to those people
that might be joining
and what message
do you want to
give to them?
I feel very
ill-equipped
to do any preaching
to them after today.
The names of the dead
are as follows:
Patrick Joseph Doherty,
age 31...
Gerard Vincent Donaghy,
age 17...
( camera shutter clicks )
...John Francis Duddy,
age 17...
Hugh Pius Gilmore,
age 17...
...James Gerard McKinney,
35...
William Anthony McKinney,
26...
Kevin Gerard McElhinney,
age 17...
...Bernard McGuigan,
41...
Michael Martin McDaid,
20...
Michael Gerald Kelly,
17...
...William Noel Nash,
19...
James Patrick Wray,
22...
John Pius Young,
17.
Have the families of the dead
been informed?
They have... they have been,
uh, notified
at this point, yes and, uh...
( clamoring )
Actually, gentlemen
I think that probably
the best thing is
we adjourn
just for a moment.
We have some
distressed people.
So if we can have a little
sensitivity just until we...
-( telephone rings )
-I think we can, uh...
-( murmuring )
-Wait until
you get outside.
She was saying,
"Where's Jack?"
Wait till you get outside.
Don't say anything
till you get outside.
I'm sorry,
can you just step aside
for one minute, please?
What am I going to say
to Barney's family?
-There's nothing you can say.
-What am I going to say
to Barney's kids?
There's nothing
any of us could say.
...yourselves.
You all saw it.
You saw it, you saw it.
And I would say...
I would say to yourselves,
to British journalists,
go home to your people,
to your government
and tell your people
what was done in their name
on the streets
of Derry today.
The paratroopers
moved in last night
and waited in the streets
of Derry to mow us down.
BERNADETTE:
And I would just like
to say this on behalf of us
the families of the victims
and the victims
that we will not rest
until justice is done.
( soulful rock intro )
BONO:
This is a song...
a song I hope one day
never to have to sing again.
( audience cheering )
( electric guitar playing
steady riff )
* Oh...
* Oh...
* I can't believe the news
today *
* I can't close my eyes,
make it go away *
* How long?
* How long
must we sing this song? *
* How long?
* How long?
* Tonight we can
be as one *
* Tonight
* Broken bottles
under children's feet *
* And bodies strewn across
a dead-end street *
* But I won't heed
the battle call *
* It puts my back up
* My back up
against the wall *
* Sunday, bloody Sunday
* Sunday, bloody Sunday
* And this battle's
yet begun *
* There's many lost,
but tell me who has won? *
* The trenches dug
within our hearts *
* And mothers, children,
brothers,
sisters torn apart *
* Sunday, bloody Sunday
* Sunday, bloody Sunday
* One, two, three, four!
( rock beat plays )
* How long?
* How long
must we sing this song? *
* How long?
* How long?
* Tonight we can
be as one *
* Tonight
* Tonight, tonight
* Tonight, tonight
* Edge, go!
( electric guitar plays )
How are you?
( audience cheering )
You heard of
Amnesty International?
( cheering )
Well, they've heard of you.
And they know.
They know all about you.
Sing this...
for Belfast, for Derry...
( cheering )
for Beirut, for Nicaragua.
After me, sing.
* No more! Sing!
CROWD:
* No more!
-* No more!
-* No more!
-* No more!
* No more!
-* No one
-* No one
-* No more
-* No more
* No one, no more!
* Wipe your tears away
* Wipe your tears away
* Wipe your bloodshot eyes
* Sunday, bloody Sunday
* Wipe your tears away
* Sunday, bloody Sunday
* Sunday, bloody Sunday
* Sunday, bloody Sunday
* Sunday, bloody Sunday
* Sunday, bloody Sunday
* We are so stinkin' mad!
( electric guitar plays )
* And it's true
we are immune *
* When fact is fiction,
TV reality *
* And today
the millions cry *
* We eat and drink
while tomorrow they die *
* The real battle
just begun *
* We'll claim the victory,
for Jesus' sons, yeah *
* Sunday, bloody Sunday
* Sunday, bloody Sunday...
( crowd cheering )
( drum beating rhythmically )
Thank you.
( electric guitar
plays riff )
Thank you very much.
( electric guitar
plays riff )
* Sunday, bloody Sunday
* Sunday,
bloody Sunday *
* Sunday, bloody Sunday
* Sunday,
bloody Sunday *
* Yeah.
( crowd cheering )