Down Below The River 1934

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(Main Pathetone titles.)

Titles read: "Down below the River... A Mersey sidelight."

Liverpool, Merseyside.

Several shots of the River Mersey, the Liver Building and ferries crossing between Liverpool and Birkenhead. We then see various shots of work on the Mersey tunnel which...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
37685
Sort Number:
PT 197
Time in/Out:
01:49:09:00 / 01:51:15:00
Canister:
PT 197
Film ID:
1092.27
Issue Date:
01/01/1934

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