Geography Reference
In-Depth Information
6.2. Liverpool city center map showing locations in newsreel films.
newsreels depict a city shaped by events linked with broader national
interests; the local and vernacular are thus less at the forefront in terms
of the locations and landmarks represented on-screen.
Following a similar patern, the locations mapped in promotional
films of Liverpool (figure 6.3) also focus on the buildings around the
Pier Head, the cathedrals and university, the Lime Street railway sta-
tion, the Overhead Railway, and the waterfront but at the same time
include places of leisure and consumption in the central area (theaters,
art galleries, music venues, and the shopping areas of Clayton Square,
Church Street, and W hitechapel), the civic and municipal buildings on
and around William Brown Street (including the William Brown and
Picton Libraries, the Walker Art Gallery, and St. George's Hall), and
Chinatown, an acknowledgment, at least in part, of Liverpool's cultural
and ethnic diversity. Again with a wider audience in mind, the promo-
tional films offer a sense of the city in which the civic, cultural, and com-
Search WWH ::




Custom Search