The British Army enters Northern Ireland, 1969

On 14th August, 1969, the British Army first appeared on the streets of Northern Ireland. This report from Póilín Ní Chiaráin looks at those twenty years.

Report shows troops in Derry, welcomed with tea by local women. Troops standing on guard beside burning building.

Aftermath of riot, armoured cars, guns and bombs. Rossville flats in Derry. Burnt out Bombay Street in West Belfast.

Interview with with Anita Currie in Gormanston camp.

Soldiers on street, group of youths with bus used as barricade. Armoured cars. Explosion.

Curfew, July, 1970, Falls Road, fire on street, tanks and armoured cars, women chanting.

February, 1971. Soldiers lining road.

May, 1971. Soldiers baton man.

Bloody Sunday. Father Edward Daly with white flag.

Bloody Friday in Belfast. Explosion.

Operation Motorman, Derry. Officer explaining operation to remove barricades.

Army in street in 1980s during hunger strikes.

August, 1979, aftermath of Warrenpoint explosion in which eighteen soldiers were killed.

August, 1989. Soldiers darkening their faces.

Interview with Ken Magennis, Ulster Unionist.

Interview with Séamus Mallon, Deputy Leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP).

The reporter is Póilín Ní Chiaráin.