Video

This web-site contains some short video clips which you can view if you have RealPlayer G2 installed on your system. RealPlayer is FREE and allows you to download and view/ listen to 'streaming' video and audio over the Internet.

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If you already have RealPlayer G2 installed, just click on the links below to view the video clips. If you haven't got RealPlayer G2 installed, just click on the RealPlayer icon to download the programme.

still from 'The Irishmen', 1966.

Video clip 1.

  • About the Big House [113Kb] Here, Alex McDonnell, the Irish Support worker in Arlington House, talks about the hostel and its resident Irish community. A high quality [mp3] sound file of this interview is also available in our audio section.

Video Clips 2-6

In these clips you can see the interior and the exterior of Arlington House with commentary by Alex McDonnell. [best for 56k modems and isdn lines]

  • Clip 2 - [1.67mb] basement, tv rooms.
  • Clip3 - [934kb] upstairs corridors and living quarters
  • Clip4 - [625kb] reception and entrance
  • Clip5 - [1.22mb] exterior
  • Clip6 - [1.75mb] about Camden Town

 

Video clip 7.

  • Interior of an Irish Tenant's Room. This is a short film clip [Nov.99] taken inside the room of an Irish tenant who wished to remain anonymous. He has recently moved into Arlington House after a period as street homeless, and is very glad to have secured a room in the house.

Video clip 8.

  • According to Fred... Irish Support Worker Fred Nugent talks about the Irish community in the hostel.

Video clip 9.

  • Any chance of a start? [113Kb] This is a short extract from Phillip Donnellan's ground-breaking documentary, 'The Irishmen', which was originally produced [but never shown] for the BBC in 1966. In this clip, a young migrant comments on the job market in Camden Town. Unfortunately, technical difficulties mean that neither of these two clips are of high quality.

Video clip 10.

Still from 'The Irishmen', 1966.


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