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Tomorrow's Merseysiders, Documentary, 1974

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1969 Commer 1500

1968 Leyland Retriever

Ruston-Bucyrus 22RB

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dsl ◊ 2014-08-19 02:26	"A day in the life of a regional newspaper that also serves to promote and insist on a better future for Liverpool’s youth." Very pedestrian self-promoting production attempting to show how the paper reflects the dynamic changes which are transforming the city, but it fails. Some good footage at beginning but then drowns in sequences of printing presses, reporters writing things, papers being delivered, telephonists, and local kids running about. Some Mersey ferry footage if you like that sort of thing. 1* rejects: Marina van in Chester Viva HA and bike Herald 13/69 estate, Cresta PC and a soupcon of Imp Van Cortina XL Mk3 estate newspaper delivery van
GodzillaFan54 ◊ 2014-08-19 02:52	Why are so many British documentaries popping up on this site?
dsl ◊ 2014-08-19 02:55	Because I've bought a DVD box set.
jcb ◊ 2014-08-19 10:34	And I bought a cheapo BTF dvd Give's the handfull of British contributors something to chew on -- Last edit: 2014-08-19 10:36:55
electra225 ◊ 2014-08-19 12:27	GodzillaFan54 wrote Why are so many British documentaries popping up on this site? ...and British cars of that period are WONDERFUL...!!!
jcb ◊ 2014-08-19 12:57	Newspaper van is a BMC/Leyland EA almost certainly a post office van like this with raised roof- -- Last edit: 2014-08-19 13:03:29
dsl ◊ 2014-08-19 14:15	I'd defend the current splurge of old UK stuff as interesting and fun for a lot of us, useful for developing and sharing knowledge between members, sometimes pushing knowledge beyond what exists elsewhere on t'interweb, and pretty dynamic for boosting imcdb as a primary information/research resource. Most of the UK stuff is being released on various DVD compilations - easily found on eg Amazon - so has a potential audience of truth seekers out there. Perhaps the question could be reversed to considering the lack of non-UK historical documentaries?? Old CDN stuff could be fascinating for instance.
sixcyl ◊ 2014-08-19 14:35	electra225 wrote ...and British cars of that period are WONDERFUL...!!! We support this... Good quality, nice and always interesting pictures ! Keep on !
dsl ◊ 2014-08-19 15:40	JCB wrote Newspaper van is a BMC/Leyland EA almost certainly a post office van like this with raised roof LV series plates were Liverpool issue - maybe they bought PO-style vans from new??
jcb ◊ 2014-08-19 16:33	I think its something to do with the flowerseller, maybe a market trader who has bought a second hand PO van. Van could be six year old by 74.
antp ◊ 2014-08-19 17:49	dsl wrote Most of the UK stuff is being released on various DVD compilations - easily found on eg Amazon - so has a potential audience of truth seekers out there. and it is listed by imdb, so I guess that indeed they can have some potential audience, they're not too obscure, even if I'm not fond of listing a lot of documentaries -- Last edit: 2014-08-19 17:49:24
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2014-08-19 19:20	Still a bit modern for me, I was 26 when this film was made, and busy wrecking RFD 100M, my second Hillman Hunter estate. -- Last edit: 2014-08-19 19:22:42

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