Liverpool in 1954. Archive film 97232

A busy street in Liverpool, two men run across a crossing as a number 40 tram passes Liverpool Central Station, the advertisement on the side of the tram is for Vernons. Top of the Liver Building, the camera pans down to show two buses on the road, one advertising Vernons, the other Littlewoods Pools. A ship (the Mersey Ferry?) leaves the dockside. Sign on a building reads ’Mersey Railway. Frequent Service of Electric Trains to Liverpool & C.’ People walk past the station, some carrying umbrellas. Merseyside to Birkenhead: the Mersey Line. Sign for Birkenhead Central station. A train pulls into the station. Close up of the lattice caging between the carriages as the train departs, view of First Class carriages. Train pulls out of station. Interior of trains, people sitting on seats. Sign for Birkenhead North Station. View from outside of a man sitting in the train as it pulls out, sustained shot of train pulling out of station, guard walking towards station along track. Interior of train, row o