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Sunday, the 30th of January 1972 is known in the history as 'Bloody Sunday'. It took place in the Catholic district of Derry in Northern Ireland. On that day British soldiers shot 13 Irish demonstrators dead, who were holding an illegal protest march for peace and equal rights between Catholics and Protestants. The bloody outcome is credited for decades long civil war between the Irish and the British men. The movie 'Bloody Sunday' gives a realistic portrait of the events, which found place in 1972. You look through the eyes of the Irish people and the British army.
Ivan Cooper, a protestant Member of Parliament is trying to organize a peaceful march against the internment without trial policy that the British installed a year before. The march is planned in Derry, on January 30th and Ivan wants to march to the guildhall. Since he wants a peaceful march he asks the I.RA. to stay away. He also asks people like Gerry Donaghy not to cause any trouble, since Gerry had been arrested before.
The British government however has made it illegal to march, so the British military forces are preparing. The plan is to arrest several people that were marked as troublemakers during this illegal march. General Robert Ford has arrived to ensure that the operation is a success.
Armed members of the First Battalion of the Parachute Regiment are to ambush the ones they deem troublemakers during the parade, and as the march draws closer they prepare for their mission. Local police officer Lagan tries to persuade Brigadier Patrick McLellan to call off the operation, because he knows it will lead to violence.
As Ivan and the stewards are trying to lead the peaceful march to the Free Derry Corner, because the British forces blocked the road to the Guildhall, a small group breaks off and confronts the men on one of the British blockades. Insults are shouted, bricks are thrown and Ivan tries to maintain the peace.
However, shots are fired from the British blockade, this causes certain townspeople to become frustrated, and some people go get their own gun. No one knows what is going on, and no one knows what to do. The British forces keep shooting people, and they even shoot the people that try to help the wounded. Chaos is complete, and in the end 13 civilians lost their lives.
Ivan Cooper (James Nesbitt)
History: Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday, one of the bloodiest days in the Northern Irish conflict, is on January 30 exactly 32 years ago. The British army caused on 30 January 1972 a real bloodbath in the streets of Londonderry. The 14 victims were all catholic demonstrators who were demonstrating for more civil rights.
Northern Ireland had since 1922 a bit self-government and everybody tolerated this. But in the sixties, the Catholics started to demonstrate against discrimination. In 1969, the case escalated when the police started to act hard-handed.
Londonderry, 30 January 1972. That Sunday afternoon, thousands of men were demonstrating against the internment of ‘nationalists’ who wanted Northern Ireland to join Ireland. It was a peaceful demonstration through the streets of Londonderry. In Bogside, the army stopped the demonstrators, who answered with rocks. Suddenly the British parachutists jumped out the Saracen-tanks and started shooting at the demonstrators. First, they shot with rubber bullets, but later they shot with real bullets. At the end of the day, there were 13 dead people and 14 wounded people. One of the wounded died after he arrived at the hospital.
Denis McLaughlin (16) was at the Bogside that Sunday. His story was written down. ”He searches cover behind a barrier. British soldiers are firing at him with rubber bullets, he thought. He crawled to a wounded man and started talking against him: “Don’t worry, everything will be fine”. Then he realised the man was dead. He looked around and saw other demonstrators fall. All these people were definitely unarmed.”
Bloody Sunday has got a huge influence on the Northern Irish history. The Bloody incident was a reason for Great Britain to consolidate her grip on Northern Ireland. This resulted again in years of heavy fight.
Lord Widgery investigated the whole case in 1972. His conclusion was: “The soldiers acted out self-defence. The Irish people were firing at them and they shot back. At the same time, he must confess there weren’t any Irish weapons found.” The Northern Irish Catholics were furious. Major Hubert O’Neill, the autopsist who investigated the dead body’s, gave on the 21st of August a declaration: “This Sunday is known as Bloody Sunday, and bloody it was. I would say, without hesitation, that it was murder” Also the Irish government was furious. In Great Britain nobody dare to say something. In 1992, Prime Minister Major admitted that the victims of Bloody Sunday are innocent, but he didn’t thought a new investigation was needed. 25 years after the bloodbath, the Northern Irish writer Don Mullan wrote 500 testimonies of eyewitnesses down in his book Eyewitness Bloody Sunday. Mullan’s conclusion was: “There were not only parachutists on the ground but also snipers on the Derry Walls. An independent investigation has confirmed this conclusion.
After 32 years, Bloody Sunday still isn’t forgotten. The IRA still fights for more freedom and has made more then 1000 kills since Bloody Sunday.
Extra
Song: U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
Yes...
I can't believe the news today
Oh, I can't close my eyes
And make it go away
How long...
How long must we sing this song
How long, how long...
'cause tonight...we can be as one
Tonight...
Broken bottles under children's feet
Bodies strewn across the dead end street
But I won't heed the battle call
It puts my back up
Puts my back up against the wall
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
And the battle's just begun
There's many lost, but tell me who has won
The trench is dug within our hearts
And mothers, children, brothers, sisters
Torn apart
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
How long...
How long must we sing this song
How long, how long...
'cause tonight...we can be as one
Tonight...tonight...
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Wipe the tears from your eyes
Wipe your tears away
Oh, wipe your tears away
Oh, wipe your tears away
(Sunday, Bloody Sunday)
Oh, wipe your blood shot eyes
(Sunday, Bloody Sunday)
Sunday, Bloody Sunday (Sunday, Bloody Sunday)
Sunday, Bloody Sunday (Sunday, Bloody Sunday)
And it's true we are immune
When fact is fiction and TV reality
And today the millions cry
We eat and drink while tomorrow they die
(Sunday, Bloody Sunday)
The real battle just begun
To claim the victory Jesus won
On...
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Sunday Bloody Sunday...
Sunday, the 30th of January 1972 is known in the history as 'Bloody Sunday'. It took place in the Catholic district of Derry in Northern Ireland. On that day British soldiers shot 13 Irish demonstrators dead, who were holding an illegal protest march for peace and equal rights between Catholics and Protestants. The bloody outcome is credited for decades long civil war between the Irish and the British men. The movie 'Bloody Sunday' gives a realistic portrait of the events, which found place in 1972. You look through the eyes of the Irish people and the British army.
Ivan Cooper, a protestant Member of Parliament is trying to organize a peaceful march against the internment without trial policy that the British installed a year before. The march is planned in Derry, on January 30th and Ivan wants to march to the guildhall. Since he wants a peaceful march he asks the I.RA. to stay away. He also asks people like Gerry Donaghy not to cause any trouble, since Gerry had been arrested before.
Armed members of the First Battalion of the Parachute Regiment are to ambush the ones they deem troublemakers during the parade, and as the march draws closer they prepare for their mission. Local police officer Lagan tries to persuade Brigadier Patrick McLellan to call off the operation, because he knows it will lead to violence.
As Ivan and the stewards are trying to lead the peaceful march to the Free Derry Corner, because the British forces blocked the road to the Guildhall, a small group breaks off and confronts the men on one of the British blockades. Insults are shouted, bricks are thrown and Ivan tries to maintain the peace.
However, shots are fired from the British blockade, this causes certain townspeople to become frustrated, and some people go get their own gun. No one knows what is going on, and no one knows what to do. The British forces keep shooting people, and they even shoot the people that try to help the wounded. Chaos is complete, and in the end 13 civilians lost their lives.
Ivan Cooper (James Nesbitt)
History: Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday, one of the bloodiest days in the Northern Irish conflict, is on January 30 exactly 32 years ago. The British army caused on 30 January 1972 a real bloodbath in the streets of Londonderry. The 14 victims were all catholic demonstrators who were demonstrating for more civil rights.
Northern Ireland had since 1922 a bit self-government and everybody tolerated this. But in the sixties, the Catholics started to demonstrate against discrimination. In 1969, the case escalated when the police started to act hard-handed.
Londonderry, 30 January 1972. That Sunday afternoon, thousands of men were demonstrating against the internment of ‘nationalists’ who wanted Northern Ireland to join Ireland. It was a peaceful demonstration through the streets of Londonderry. In Bogside, the army stopped the demonstrators, who answered with rocks. Suddenly the British parachutists jumped out the Saracen-tanks and started shooting at the demonstrators. First, they shot with rubber bullets, but later they shot with real bullets. At the end of the day, there were 13 dead people and 14 wounded people. One of the wounded died after he arrived at the hospital.
Denis McLaughlin (16) was at the Bogside that Sunday. His story was written down. ”He searches cover behind a barrier. British soldiers are firing at him with rubber bullets, he thought. He crawled to a wounded man and started talking against him: “Don’t worry, everything will be fine”. Then he realised the man was dead. He looked around and saw other demonstrators fall. All these people were definitely unarmed.”
Lord Widgery investigated the whole case in 1972. His conclusion was: “The soldiers acted out self-defence. The Irish people were firing at them and they shot back. At the same time, he must confess there weren’t any Irish weapons found.” The Northern Irish Catholics were furious. Major Hubert O’Neill, the autopsist who investigated the dead body’s, gave on the 21st of August a declaration: “This Sunday is known as Bloody Sunday, and bloody it was. I would say, without hesitation, that it was murder” Also the Irish government was furious. In Great Britain nobody dare to say something. In 1992, Prime Minister Major admitted that the victims of Bloody Sunday are innocent, but he didn’t thought a new investigation was needed. 25 years after the bloodbath, the Northern Irish writer Don Mullan wrote 500 testimonies of eyewitnesses down in his book Eyewitness Bloody Sunday. Mullan’s conclusion was: “There were not only parachutists on the ground but also snipers on the Derry Walls. An independent investigation has confirmed this conclusion.
After 32 years, Bloody Sunday still isn’t forgotten. The IRA still fights for more freedom and has made more then 1000 kills since Bloody Sunday.
Extra
Song: U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
Yes...
I can't believe the news today
Oh, I can't close my eyes
And make it go away
How long...
How long must we sing this song
How long, how long...
'cause tonight...we can be as one
Tonight...
Broken bottles under children's feet
Bodies strewn across the dead end street
But I won't heed the battle call
It puts my back up
Puts my back up against the wall
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
And the battle's just begun
There's many lost, but tell me who has won
The trench is dug within our hearts
Torn apart
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
How long...
How long must we sing this song
How long, how long...
'cause tonight...we can be as one
Tonight...tonight...
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Wipe the tears from your eyes
Wipe your tears away
Oh, wipe your tears away
Oh, wipe your tears away
(Sunday, Bloody Sunday)
Oh, wipe your blood shot eyes
(Sunday, Bloody Sunday)
Sunday, Bloody Sunday (Sunday, Bloody Sunday)
Sunday, Bloody Sunday (Sunday, Bloody Sunday)
And it's true we are immune
When fact is fiction and TV reality
And today the millions cry
(Sunday, Bloody Sunday)
The real battle just begun
To claim the victory Jesus won
On...
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Sunday Bloody Sunday...
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