Cosgrave - Or - De Valera? (1933)

Full title reads: “Dublin. Cosgrave or De Valera? Electors register record polls in General Election fraught with importance to the future history of the Irish Free State.“ Dublin, Eire, Southern Ireland, Republic of Ireland. CU of Fianna Fail election poster - among the candidates mentioned is Sean T O’Kelly. SV of Eamon De Valera standing at microphone . MS of car decorated with Fianna Fail posters. CU of posters for William T Cosgrave. His slogan is Peace and Plenty. Shot of man leaning on car decorated with Vote Cosgrave posters. Shots of Cosgrave and his wife leaving a building. Shots of Alderman Alfred Burn, Lord Mayor of Dublin, going to vote. Shots of people holding placards in his favour. The voiceover tells of how Burn was later knocked to the ground by a by a youth. Shots of people coming out of Polling station. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASS
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