Mersey River Pageant (1951)

Unissued / unused material. Mersey River Pageant, Wallasey, Merseyside. Sound starts at 01:04:26. Various night shots of fireworks over River Mersey. Natural sound of people off screen reacting to fireworks display - “oohing“ and “ahhing“, making comments about display in Scouse accents. Date dope sheet is 26/07/1951. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.