Probably a good night to rewatch "Bloody Sunday" (Paul Greengrass, 2002)

Apparently, a lot of the paras in Derry that day were actually very worried about their own safety.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytwlJ9zJuaw

Bloody Sunday (2002) ORIGINAL TRAILER

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Flatly unconscionable.

Even though the soldiers had their reasons.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Sunday_(1972)

Bloody Sunday (1972) - Wikipedia

@hotdogsladies also you can go down the rabbit hole watching https://youtube.com/@generaltinhat9204?si=sbCE8f17l-_qJwRA tons of slice of life stuff from the late 80s early 90s.
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A collection of old digitised home videos that includes local Irish music, fleadhs, interviews and other events.

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