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Country: USA Year: 22.10.1968 Dur: 27.00 Shot in New York, America. Inwood has been called the last of the Irish ghettos. It is situated on the northwest tip of Manhattan Island. Visit Inwood and you might think you were in an Irish city. The Irish accents can be heard and advertisements for Irish games and functions are on display. There are Irish newspapers for sale. But it looks as though the Irish way of life in Inwood will end with the arrival of other ethnic groups into the district. In Inwood today (1968), we are looking at the last days of the last Irish ghetto.
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Country: USA Year: 12.11.1968 Dur: 27.16 Shot in Iowa, America. New Melleary is a Cistercian monastery established 120 years ago in wild Iowa by ten monks from Mount Melleray. For a century this little community struggled for survival, but since World War 2 – New Melleray is a thriving community. The film tells the story of the monastery and examines also the great changes that are taking place in monastic life.
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Country: USA Year: 19.11.1968 Dur: 26.39 Shot in Missouri, America. After the Vatican Council, the parish of St. Roch in the Diocese of St. Louis put a lot of thought and effort into lay participation in the church. One of the tasks undertaken by the parish council is an annual opinion poll among parishioners. Each adult is asked to fill in a detailed questionnaire covering a wide range of subjects. The results of this survey gives a very clear idea of the views and wishes of the people of St. Roch’s parish. This computer-based survey is officially known as “operation Feedback”.
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Country: USA Year: 03.12.1968 Dur: 26.24 Shot in Illinois, America. This programme depicts the activities of a young Jesuit seminarian who supports the downtrodden slum dwellers in Chicago’s Black district. The district was a solid Irish Catholic neighbourhood but with time it became a black ghetto. Jack organised the Negroes into a non-violent protesting group for better housing and facilities from speculators and landlords. Jack McNamara is a living proof of how the white and black communities can assist each other.
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Country: USA Year: 22.10.1985 Dur: 39.37 What is the status of people who flee for their lives from Central America to the United States? The US government calls them illegal aliens to be deported forthwith. The Sanctuary Movement calls them refugees, entitled to sanctuary under international law. Twelve members of the movement went on trial in Arizona, charged with smuggling and harbouring illegal aliens. In July 1986 all were given suspended sentences and placed on probation.
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Country: USA Year: 23.04.1995 Dur: 25.33 Thirty years ago, Fr. Murphy persuaded a group of Irish travellers to stop living in trailer parks, and to buy land of their own and settle in South Carolina. The Travellers, who had roamed throughout America for over a century, today have a prosperous settlement which they call Murphy Village. Other Titles in this Series: Ref No: 368 – The Travellers of Murphy Village Ref No: 369 – Fr. Corby and the Irish Brigade Ref No: 370 – From Beara to Butte Ref No: 371 – N.Y.P.D. Green Ref No: 372 – Sacramento – a very Irish Diocese Ref No: 373 – The Breen Family Story Ref No: 374 – The Fenian Tradition Ref No: 375 – Presbyterian Pioneers Ref No: 376 – The Irish Texans Ref No: 377 – The Church and the Trade Unions Ref No: 378 – Archbishop John Ireland Ref No: 379 – City Politics Ref No: 380 – Emigration and the Single Woman Ref No: 381 – Sacred Space Ref No: 382 – The Emigrant Chaplain
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Country: USA Year: 30.04.1995 Dur: 25.33 The American Civil War was undoubtedly the most traumatic event in American history. The Catholic Irish, anxious to prove they were good Americans, joined the Union Forces in great numbers. The patriotism and courage of the Irish Brigade and the ‘Fighting 69th’ is legendary, so too is the story of their chaplain, Fr. William Corby. Other Titles in this Series: Ref No: 368 – The Travellers of Murphy Village Ref No: 369 – Fr. Corby and the Irish Brigade Ref No: 370 – From Beara to Butte Ref No: 371 – N.Y.P.D. Green Ref No: 372 – Sacramento – a very Irish Diocese Ref No: 373 – The Breen Family Story Ref No: 374 – The Fenian Tradition Ref No: 375 – Presbyterian Pioneers Ref No: 376 – The Irish Texans Ref No: 377 – The Church and the Trade Unions Ref No: 378 – Archbishop John Ireland Ref No: 379 – City Politics Ref No: 380 – Emigration and the Single Woman Ref No: 381 – Sacred Space Ref No: 382 – The Emigrant Chaplain
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Country: USA Year: 07.05.1995 Dur: 25.20 Riobard O’Dwyer, a genealogist, has traced the family histories of all the people from the Beara Peninsula in West Cork. In the last century, thousands of Beara copper miners emigrated to the mines of Butte, Montana, and now Riobard travels to Butte to meet their descendants, and to learn about the place that has such close connections with West Cork. Other Titles in this Series: Ref No: 368 – The Travellers of Murphy Village Ref No: 369 – Fr. Corby and the Irish Brigade Ref No: 370 – From Beara to Butte Ref No: 371 – N.Y.P.D. Green Ref No: 372 – Sacramento – a very Irish Diocese Ref No: 373 – The Breen Family Story Ref No: 374 – The Fenian Tradition Ref No: 375 – Presbyterian Pioneers Ref No: 376 – The Irish Texans Ref No: 377 – The Church and the Trade Unions Ref No: 378 – Archbishop John Ireland Ref No: 379 – City Politics Ref No: 380 – Emigration and the Single Woman Ref No: 381 – Sacred Space Ref No: 382 – The Emigrant Chaplain