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

The damage mainly consisted of broken windows to shop-fronts. The hotel that journalists were staying in also came under attack. The smashed car shown in the clip belonged to a reporter from the 'Daily Mirror'.

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A RTÉ News report on the damage to Maghera following riots broadcast on 3 January 1969.

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