250,000 People 1934

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Full title reads: "Liverpool & Birkenhead - 250,000 PEOPLE trek through World's greatest tunnel - to be opened by the King in July."

Liverpool & Birkenhead, Merseyside.

Various shots of the masses of people walking around and through the tunnel between Liverpool & Birkenhead. Crowds...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
8611
Sort Number:
34/028
Time in/Out:
01:48:37:00 / 01:49:41:00
Canister:
34/28
Film ID:
779.30
Issue Date:
05/04/1934

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