In a demonstration inspired by the US civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, a People's Democracy march consisting mainly of students sets out for Derry from Belfast.

• Production Year
  1969

The student protesters and members of the Loyal Citizens of Ulster face each other at the railway bridge outside Antrim Town.

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  1969

There are scuffles at Randalstown, Antrim, where opponents of the People's Democracy march have gathered, led by Major Ronald Bunting.

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  1969

More scuffles on the civil rights march route, this time at Toome, Antrim, after a flower-pot hits Major Ronald Bunting's car.

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  1969

Michael Farrell, spokesman for the People's Democracy march, defends the route they have taken and is critical of the protection they have received from the authorities.

• Production Year
  1969
• Contributor
  Barry Linnane (Reporter)

A RTÉ News report showing the damage done to a number of buildings in Maghera, Derry, after hours of rioting.

• Production Year
  1969

Following a meeting with the Minister of Home Affairs Captain Long, Ian Paisley and Major Ronald Bunting talk to journalists about the People's Democracy march and their own plans.

• Production Year
  1969

As Ian Paisley and Major Ronald Bunting addressed their loyalist supporters in the Derry Guildhall, a large crowd of Catholics grew hostile outside.

• Production Year
  1969

The People's Democracy march leaves Claudy, bolstered by local support. Michael Farrell addresses his fellow-marchers before they come to Burntollet Bridge, informing them of police warnings. Farrell also provides instruction on the route they will take and how to avoid confrontation. Once they arrive at the bridge, the marchers come under attack and many of the police officers flee.

• Production Year
  1969

Students describe how they were attacked at Burntollet Bridge and the failure of the police to take action in their defence.

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  1969

Gerry Fitt MP addresses a crowd in a nationalist area of Derry and calls on them to defend their property against the police.

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  1969

Paul Grace, chief steward of DCAC (Derry City Action Committee), explains how they have ended their ban on street demonstrations as a result of the People's Democracy march from Belfast to Derry and subsequent events.

• Production Year
  1969
• Contributor
  Barry Linnane (Reporter)

Tom McGurk and Bernadette Devlin, participants in the People's Democracy march, talk to John Howard of RTÉ.

• Production Year
  1969
• Contributor
  John Howard (Reporter)

Protestant marcher John McGuffin gives his views on the People's Democracy march in a studio discussion.

• Production Year
  1969
• Contributor
  Sean Duignan (Presenter)
  Mike Burns (Presenter)

Bernadette Devlin, John McGuffin and Tom McGurk, participants in the People's Democracy march, discuss the role of partition in the civil rights protests with Ernest Blythe and Peadar O'Donnell.

• Production Year
  1969
• Contributor
  Sean Duignan (Presenter)
  Mike Burns (Presenter)

In a report for RTÉ's "Seven Days", Rodney Rice looks back on the Belfast to Derry march and the escalation of violence across Ulster.

• Production Year
  1969
• Contributor
  Rodney Rice (Reporter)

Donal Kelly reports from a barricade St. Columb's Street, Derry, where police attacked houses in the early hours of the morning on Sunday 5 January 1969.

• Production Year
  1969
• Contributor
  Donal Kelly (Reporter)