A Provisional Sinn Féin demonstration marks ten years since the deployment of British troops in Northern Ireland.
The Provisional Sinn Féin protest commemorates the 10th anniversary of the arrival of British troops in Northern Ireland with,
One of the biggest Republican demonstrations seen in west Belfast for several years.
A parade of 1,000 people proceeds along the Falls Road including several bands and some marchers with banners demanding a British withdrawal.
The procession is led by about forty men and teenagers in black berets, anoraks and dark glasses.
Several thousand people join up with the parade when it reaches the Gaelic games stadium Casement Park in Andersonstown.
Inside the stadium a hooded teenager flanked by two men holding revolvers appears in a stand to read a declaration.
Before the speeches began another man wearing an anorak and hood brandished a sub machine gun in front of the platform to cheers from the crowd.
The main speaker Provisional Sinn Féin general secretary David O'Connell is cheered when he tells the crowd,
Today's demonstrators were the proud inheritors of the unconquerable tradition of resistance to British rule.
Police and troops adopt a low-profile approach during the march and rally.
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 12 August 1979.
