This is an 8mm colour cine reel of a Civil Defence demonstration organised in May 1964. The simulated rescue of an injured member of the public took place on Emmet Square.
The video shown here is published with kind Permission of Declan Murphy and the Murphy Family, Western Road. Thanks again to Declan’s family for recording the event and to Declan for going to the trouble of digitising the reels and letting them be shared here.
Were you in the crowd on the day or part of the Civil Defence team? We would love to hear your memories of the event so please leave a comment.