A Day in Liverpool (1929)

A 1929 short film about a 'day in Liverpool' The film documents the life of a single day of the city with some remarkable footage including rare views of the inside of the Cotton and Fruit Exchanges. 0:00 Titles 1:25 Ferries 1:41 Commuters getting into work (ferries, trams and trains) 4:32 The Pier Head 7:16 The Floating Roadway 7:44 The Docks and cotton imports 9:48 Trading floor of the Cotton Exchange 10:13 Stanley Dock Tobacco Warehouse 10:29 Fruit imports 11:22 Trading floor of the Fruit Exchange 11:51 Timber imports 13:09 Meat imports 14:04 Liverpool's UK markets 14:53 The Docklands from the Overhead Railway 15:51 Gladstone Docks 17:12 Grand National 18:50 Birkenhead 19:26 The transport ferry to Birkenhead 19:54 Flour Mills 20:11 Liverpool's Playground 21:09 Arrival of a White Star Liner 23:08 St George's Hall & William Brown Street 23:30 A look at some of the shops 25:03 New constructions (Midland Bank, Liverpool Catherdral) 27:06 Locomotives being loaded on ships for India 27:47 A liner leaving the Pier Head 30:00 End of the working day