Liverpool was a flourishing, prosperous city in 1901 and this display of English patriotism and civic pride was one of several events in the city captured on film that year. We see the throng of onlookers around Nelson's monument and Castle Street as the procession wends its way to St. George's Hall.
Watch the official St George's Day Procession in Liverpool 1901 trailer in HD below.
United Kingdom 23 April 1901
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1901:
21 May 1901
A film from the UK based Mitchell & Kenyon.
31 December 1901
Footage from the dawn of film taken by Mitchell and Kenyon in North England, 1901.
01 January 1901
Single panning shot of the Grand Harbour, Valletta, Malta.
27 April 1901
This wonderful dog "Mannie," owned by the vaudeville star, Miss Laura Comstock, is a most learned animal.
22 October 1901
Firefighters ring for help, and here comes the ladder cart; they hitch a horse to it. A second horse-drawn truck joins the first, and they head down the street to a house fire.
15 October 1901
A lad from a butcher shop is carrying a tray laden with a roast or a leg of lamb. A hobo grabs it and runs.
29 April 1901
The President of France and entourage on a pier's promenade.
19 October 1901
This film is difficult to classify. It opens on a scene showing a mourner with bowed head sitting in front of what appears to be a tombstone.
09 July 1901
“One of the principal features at the Pan-American Exposition is the Alaskan or Esquimaux Village. In this most interesting exhibit, scenes are enacted just as they take place in the far away frozen North.
01 January 1901
A collection of short films by Swedish engineer Emil Sieurin.
11 August 1901
The famous acrobats in the above title appear in a marvellous acrobatic act. There are three barrels arranged on the stage.
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