MORE than 100,000 people have watched Hull's City of Culture video.
This City Belongs To Everyone, the short film produced as part of Hull's successful campaign to be named UK City of Culture 2017, has been viewed by more than 100,000 people on video-sharing website YouTube.
Councillor Steven Bayes, Hull City Council's lead for the City of Culture preparations, said: "This film captures what is great about Hull in a truly unique way.
"We are proud of its success and that so many people have been touched by what the film had to say.
"The online audience figures for the film are another great example of the huge support for Hull and its UK City of Culture endeavours."
The video, which showcases the places and people of the city and is overlaid with the voice of Hull-born actor Sir Tom Courtenay reading extracts from Philip Larkin's poems, was viewed more than 67,000 times in the week before Hull submitted its bid.
The video has also been shown in special viewings at the city's schools and a further 20,000 people watched the four-and-a-half minute clip at a screening during the Christmas lights switch-on in Queen Victoria Square.
Alan Jones, the owner of Nova Studios, the Hull production company that made the film, said: "We're over the moon with the response to the film, not just that it helped to win the bid, but that it has touched people's hearts and crystallised the pride that people in Hull feel for the city they love.
"It's been a real honour to have been involved."
