Troops Being Paid Off (1922)

Title missing. According to issue sheet item shows troops being paid off, British troops mounting guard for last time. Demobbed (Royal Irish Constabulary) in light-hearted mood leave Ireland forever. Eire (Southern Ireland, Republic of Ireland). M/S of group of soldiers outside building marked - Demob Unit. M/S of queue of soldiers at desk in parade ground. Solider at front signs a piece of paper, before saluting and grinning at camera. M/S of soldiers walking past camera carrying bundles - all seem very happy. Some shakes hands with colleagues they are leaving. C/U of crowd of soldiers in black berets (members of Black and Tans?), one holds a bag of golf clubs. They mess about for camera - pointing and laughing. Intertitle reads: “English troops mount guard for last time“. Various shots of officers inspecting soldiers on guard in courtyard of large building. Intertitle reads: “The official entry was singularly undramatic - though a moment that will live for ever in Irish mi