Liverpool Tall Ships

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Liverpool Tall Ships

From the collection of

North West Film Archive at Manchester Metropolitan University

Established in 1977, the North West Film Archive preserves moving images made in or about the North West of England for the education and enjoyment of the region’s people. Part of Manchester Metropolitan University Library’s Cultural Collections, and based within Manchester Central Library’s Archives+ partnership, we are a specialist resource dedicated to saving and growing our region’s rich filmed history.

Liverpool Tall Ships

North West Film Archive at Manchester Metropolitan University
Liverpool
1984-01-01
Mute
10m

A great port celebrates the days of sail, as the Cutty Sark Tall Ships race comes to Liverpool.

The annual Tall Ships race is a hugely popular event, as can be seen in this beautifully shot colour film from 1984, when the great port of Liverpool hosted the race. Crowds of onlookers throng the dockside and waterfront to see training ships such as the 'Gloria', 'Kruzenshtern', and 'Sir Winston Churchill', and watch the young crews at work on their vessels in the summer sunshine.

Filmmaker Mary Corner was headmistress of Howard St. Nursery School in Burnley for many years. She was also a highly skilled member of Burnley Cine Club, and her films record not only the early education of children in her care, but community and topical events both locally and further afield.

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