British Pathe have recently put over 81,000 films from their collection onto Youtube. It really is amazing to go through them. Heres one we found from 1972 which looks like it was mainly shot in the Coburg Dock, classified as unissued and unused material, hence no audio. Beautiful footage.
The 75th anniversary of the sinking of the HMS Thetis was marked by a memorial being unveiled in Birkenhead showing the names of all those who died. Here’s Bill Smith and Ronnie Swain talking about their experiences of seeing the Thetis at the time of the disaster.
Footage from this weekend’s special celebrations in Anglesey.
The Liverpool Retired Merchant Seafarers held a memorial service for the 1,012 people lost in the sinking of RMS Empress of Ireland in the Saint Lawrence river on May 29, 1914. The service took place in the Liverpool Parish Church of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas, Chapel Street, at 2.30pm on Thursday, May 29, 2014.