British in Ireland (Eire, Southern Ireland, Republic of Ireland); 1916-1921.
Group of soldiers pose with funny-looking little shaggy donkey. Men chop wood; feed fire in steam engine. Aviation. Sacks loaded on plane; airman in plane signs paper. Plane takes off. Air drop shipments - shot of soldiers finding sack in field. Group of soldiers cut up a tree with saws and axes.
Convoy of army trucks on rural road. Various shots troops in trucks with rifles. Horse-drawn cart; donkey cart stop on road where a big chunk is missing. Shots of soldiers repairing; shovelling dirt to fill the gap. Soldiers on trucks at Beggar's Bush Barracks in Dublin. Ruins burned house with outside stone walls standing.
Destruction. Irish nationalism; revolution; military; aviation; sabotage.
FILM ID:2368.12
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