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Topical Budget 570-1: Fall of Limerick (1922)
 

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Civil war scenes in Limerick. Occupation by Irish Free State troops. "Exclusive pictures taken by a "Topical" staff cameraman with the National Army. Passed by the Irish Government Censor". "These are the first pictures which show the organization and established Military system now under the supreme command of General Michael Collins". No picture of Collins. LS of Limerick. Smoldering buildings. Slow pan left of burnt out three-story buildings. Interior of roofless chapel.