Phone in Confidence
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Learn how to report paramilitary activity in complete confidence with this shocking television advert by the Northern Ireland Office.
Prepare to witness a bomb explosion as the Royal Ulster Constabulary make a television plea for information. This is an early example of the advertising campaigns for peace beginning in the 1970s. The Northern Ireland Office created increasingly harrowing adverts showing the consequences of terrorism to encourage people to come forward. Broadcast on Ulster Television the confidential phone line reached an audience both sides of the border.
A public information film for Northern Ireland encouraging people to use a confidential phone line to give information to the police regarding terrorist activities. (Possibly sponsored by the RUC).