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Opening of the Mersey Tunnel (1934)
 

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The opening ceremony of the Liverpool-Birkenhead (Queensway) Tunnel on 18 July 1934. Includes shots taken from the crowd of King George V's opening speech, and high-angled shots of the crowds on Old Haymarket and William Brown Street.