No One Can Insult Our Flag (1920)

Dungarvan, Waterford, Southern Ireland (Eire, Republic of Ireland). Intertitle: “NO ONE CAN INSULT OUR FLAG. Sinn Feiners - who had on Armistice Day, of all days, - torn down the Union Jack - were made to parade the village and re-hoist it“. L/S of an empty town square, armed ’black and tans’ escort two men carrying a large Union Jack. C/U panning shot of the two ’Sinn Feiners’ - they are not actually holding the flag - it is tied to their lapels, the are surrounded by men in uniforms ( ? Black and Tans? ), in the background is a crowd of onlookers from the village. M/S of the ’Sinn Feiners’ and their guard walking up a country lane, the uniformed men carry pistols and rifles. Low angled L/S of the Union Jack being planted at the top of a rocky hill. Note: A Pathe website user informs us that the “rocky hill“ is in fact McGrath’s Castle in ruins. McGrath’s Castle was located in Abbeyside and would have been visible in Dungarvan Town. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLO