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1969: What on Earth is the LIVERPOOL BEACON? | Nationwide | Voice of the People | BBC Archive
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Bob Langley reports from Liverpool, where the 380 foot tall Liverpool Beacon has become a distinctive feature of the city's skyline. What is it for? And what do the passing Liverpudlians think of it?
Clip taken from Nationwide, originally broadcast on BBC one, 30 September, 1969.
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