OLDEST FILM OF VIKING RE-ENACTMENT
IN 1907 LIVERPOOL CELEBRATED 700 YEARS SINCE RECEIVING THE ROYAL CHARTER FROM KING JOHN.
PART OF THE CELEBRATION INCLUDED A PARADE AND PAGEANT WHICH BROUGHT TO LIFE THE HISTORY OF THE CITY.
THE VIKINGS WERE INCLUDED IN THIS PAGEANT AND A MOCK SHIP WAS MADE.
MOCK COMBAT WAS ALSO SHOWN - UNDER THE MEDIEVAL PART OF THE SHOW.

FILM FROM THE EVENT - SOME OF THE EARLIEST CINE IN THE WORLD - HAS BEEN UPLOADED TO THE WEB BY JOHN HAINES OF CROSBY (THE TOWN I GREW UP IN) AND CAN BE SEEN BY CLICKING ON THE PICTURE ABOVE.
THE VIKING SHIP GOES PAST NEAR THE START OF THE FILM AND LATER THE 'BATTLE'CAN BE SEEN.
EVEN THOUGH THE QUALITY IS POOR IT IS POSSIBLE TO SEE PARTICIPANTS TRYING TO HIT EACH OTHER AND SOME FALLING OVER.
'OLD MERSEY TIMES' HAVE AN INTERESTING WEBPAGE WITH THE ORIGINAL GUIDE TO THE PAGEANT. GO HERE TO READ AND SEE MORE ON ROBERT CAMPBELL'S WONDERFUL WEBSITE.

UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE :I AM LOOKING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE SOURCE¨