Primrose Day (1926)

Merseyside. Title: “Primrose Day. Liverpool’s tribute to great Statesman“. L/S of a crowd gathered around a statue of Benjamin Disraeli that has been draped in garlands, in the background is a large building with columns, black with soot. M/S of wreaths and garlands covered the base of the statue, some of the crowd stand at the edges of the frame looking curiously at the camera. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.