'The Irish go for baseball'. Huge crowd gathers to watch a charity baseball game in Windsor Park, Belfast, Ireland. 34th Infantry and 1st Armored division all-stars teams play baseball before a crowd that includes many uniformed U.S. military, as well as Irish civilians and stands filled with young boys. An advertisement for Gallaher’s Tobacco is seen on the railway stand. Representing the 34th Infantry Division were the Midwest Giants while the 1st Armored Division was represented by the Kentucky Wildcats. (World War II period).
Destruction in Dublin, Ireland after the "Easter Rising" or "Easter Rebellion" armed uprising of 1916, attempting to establish an independent Irish Republic, without British rule. People stand outside a destroyed building. Rubble on the ground. The Daniel O'Connell Monument on O'Connell Street. Buildings along the sides of the street. The General Post Office, which served as rebel headquarters for the Irish Republicans. Lots of vehicle and pedestrian traffic. Wrecked vehicles and furniture outside a damaged building. British soldiers guard the building. Damaged buildings of the Irish Workers Union and Liberty Hall. A man holds an Irish War Newspaper published by the rebel Irish Republic. Headline (during World War I) reads, "How the Germans conquered England."
P-47 Thunderbolt fighter planes at Sydenham Airfield in Belfast, Ireland. Airmen assemble a P-47. A crane on a truck hoists a crate. A caterpillar skids the crate. Airmen strip off the tape. A man opens the crate and remove parts. A hangar in the background. A foreman checks the parts from the crate. A P-47 in the background. Men assemble a tank and attach a rubber on the P-47. They take the cowling from the nose of the P-47. Men push a crane with 4 blade prop to the nose. The P-47 takes off from the runway.
P-47 Thunderbolt fighter planes at Langford Lodge in Belfast, Ireland. P-47s parked outside a hangar. Men work on the P-47s. A P-47 lands on a runway and taxis. Men work under the wing of a P-47.
Soldiers march on a recruitment parade in Dublin, Ireland. A team of horses pulls a caisson, followed by infantry with shouldered arms. Commercial buildings in the background. One displays sign for James H. Webb & Company. Band marches along with them (although not playing at this instant). Spectators line sidewalks. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Major sports events of the year 1958. Participants at an all star mile race in Dublin, Ireland. Australian athlete Herb Elliot sets a new mile record of 3 minutes, 54 and 1/2 seconds, as he crosses the finish line.