250,000 People (1934)

Full title reads: “Liverpool & Birkenhead - 250,000 PEOPLE trek through World’s greatest tunnel - to be opened by the King in July.“ Liverpool & Birkenhead, Merseyside. Various shots of the masses of people walking around and through the tunnel between Liverpool & Birkenhead. Crowds are seen entering and leaving the tunnel. It all still looks like a building site although voiceover says that King is to open the tunnel in July. FILM ID:779.3 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