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Wednesday, October 21, 2015
How the Only Extant Footage of Roger Casement was Filmed (1915)
On August 3, 1916, Roger Casement was executed for treason at Pentonville prison in London. Born in 1864 near Dublin to an Anglo-Irish family, Casement went into the diplomatic service, received a knighthood for his humanitarian work and during World War I led an important role in the Irish struggle for independance. With German assistance he tried to organize an Irish Brigade to prepare an uprising against Britain. Shortly after he had entered Ireland on a German submarine he was captured and executed by the British. To some a martyr, to others a traitor - Roger Casement has remained a controversial and historical figure ever since.
Casement has only been captured on one short piece of footage that still exists today. The story how he was filmed is extraordinary and will feature in an upcoming article by authors Cooper C. Graham and Ron van Dopperen for the Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television.
I've just come across this posting. If you haven't found a media outlet, you might consider Myles Dungan's RTE radio History Show: https://www.rte.ie/radio1/podcast/podcast_thehistoryshow.xml Dungan is a historian and his programme is well listened to. Otherwise, the Irish Times.
There will be a lot of interest in this in Ireland, particularly as we approach 1916.
ReplyDeleteDo let us know if you have any ideas about Irish media interested in this subject
DeleteI've just come across this posting. If you haven't found a media outlet, you might consider Myles Dungan's RTE radio History Show:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.rte.ie/radio1/podcast/podcast_thehistoryshow.xml
Dungan is a historian and his programme is well listened to. Otherwise, the Irish Times.
Many thanks, Ruth! We have contacted both media. Glad to have contributed this way to Irish history
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