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Produced by Merseyside Visual Communications Unit
c1970s
DVD;TIMING: 31 minutes and 24 seconds PRODUCTION DETAILS: A Selwyn Film Production; produced and directed by Christopher Radley; commentary by Deryck Guyler (who appears throughout); photography - Richard Leatherbarrow and Peter Bryan; sound - Eric Humphriss; script - James Phoenix; music played by Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Hugo Rignold FILM CONTENT: Embarking on the "Leasowe", one of the Mersey ferries, from the Wirral; crossing the river; shipping, port radar, dredger, liners including an Elder Dempster ship; disembarking at Pier Head; views of buildings around Pier Head Bus trip (18D) around city centre include views of Overhead Railway, Goree Piazzas, Town Hall, Dale Street, St. George's Hall, William Brown Street, Mersey Tunnel entrance, Philharmonic Hall, Anglican Cathedral, University Interior of Town Hall including silver room in detail (interview with ?Mr. Dinnick) and dining table Garden nurseries at Sudley Park, especially orchids (interview with Mr. Dalglish); Calderstones Park; St. John's Gardens Mersey Docks and Harbour Board building; interviews with Marine Surveyor (? Captain Colbeck), Head of Dredging (Captain Hamilton) and Senior Mersey Pilot (Mr. Fulton); views of the "Leviathan" dredger boat, pilot boat at Anglesey, "Brocklebank" pilot boat, pilot in accompanying a ship into port, liner "Empress of Scotland" entering Gladstone Dock, freighters with various cargo including train engine and car Speke - medical factory and tyre factory Aintree - motor racing circuit Mersey Tunnel including ventilation control room and systems/shafts/fans Blitz damage site in city centre at Lord Street; interview with City Engineer and Surveyor about plans for redevelopment Anglican Cathedral - building work in progress; cranes; stonemasons Liver Building - including clock mechanism in operation Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra - rehearsing Elgar's "Cockaigne Overture" in the Hall; brief shot of summer programme in the Boxing Stadium Street scenes; working life including fire service Liverpool FC - match and crowd
1952
Produced by City of Liverpool Public Relations Office
n.d.
