The Civic Guard (1922)

Item title reads: “The civic guard. Recruits for the new force in training at Ballsbridge.“ Ballsbridge, Dublin, Eire, Southern Ireland, Republic of Ireland. L/S of large number of men in “civvies“ marching in formation. They are a bit ragged. Another shot of the men marching. M/S of men shuffling around trying to get in line. Some then step backwards out of line then turn and step back in. They then jog on the spat. It all looks rather amateurish. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end