De Valera - Stormy Petrel (1924)

Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland. Title: “In spite of an elaborate Police blockade, the Anti-Treaty Leader succeeded in entering Newry“. Various shots of Royal Ulster Constabulary officers standing around armoured vehicles, behind them a train runs of a railway bridge. M/S of a car being inspected by the policemen. M/S of a group of . officers standing on guard outside a large town house. M/S of a group of . officers and an armoured car, some of the men make adjustments to the vehicle, two of them look out through a hatch on the roof of the car. A few seconds of white spacing follows. Title: “DE VALERA - STORMY PETREL of Irish politics - pops up again and despite elaborate precautions, penetrates Ulster Border, to be promptly arrested!“ More shots of . officers standing around an armoured car. High angled shot of . officers patrolling a country road, they stop and search two civilian cars. M/S of officers searching a car, a senior officer appears to ask the