Ireland Will Be Free

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Ireland Will Be Free
Directed byBert Cross
Starring Daniel Mannix
Release date
  • 10 May 1920 (1920-05-10) [1]
Running time
45 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageSilent

Ireland Will be Free is a 1920 Australian documentary film. [2] It was about the 1920 St Patrick's Day Parade in Melbourne. [3] [4]

Production

Daniel Mannix was behind the making of the film to show his support for an Irish Free State. John Wren was also involved. [3]

A restored and remastered version was exhibited by the State Library of Victoria in 2016. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "JOSEPH SHEEDY PRESENTS "IRELAND WILL BE FREE."". The Advocate . Vol. LII, no. 2845. Melbourne. 6 May 1920. p. 23. Retrieved 22 April 2016– via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ Ireland Will Be Free Archived 26 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine at National Film and Sound Archive
  3. 1 2 Paul Daley, "Divided Melbourne: when the archbishop turned St Patrick's Day into propaganda", The Guardian 22 April 2016
  4. ↑ "GENERAL NEWS". The Southern Cross . Vol. XXXII, no. 1596. South Australia. 21 May 1920. p. 11. Retrieved 22 April 2016– via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "Ireland will be free". State Library of Victoria. 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2020.


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