Scenes of destruction from Derry including fires, petrol bombers, burned vehicles and buildings reduced to rubble.

Buildings burn and smoke plumes into the sky. The damage is even more apparent in daylight. The report also shows a checkpoint along the border where crates of petrol bombs have been seized.

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A RTÉ News report showing the devastation of the riots in Derry.
This news report was broadcast on 14 August 1969.

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