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Mersey Tunnel

Date other

22 May 1930

Series name

Gaumont Graphic

NoS ID

384644

Extras

1 film clip

NfO synopsis: The Prince of Wales visits the Mersey Tunnel, Liverpool.

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New Mersey Tunnel

Date released

26 May 1968

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

68/43

NoS ID

113109

Story no

2 / 4

Extras

1 film clip

Taking shape: a new tunnel under the Mersey. The north-east city’s traffic is strangled twice daily as car commuters flood in and out through the Mersey Tunnel. During 1970 the new tunnel will be opened to...

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Mersey Tunnel

Date released

24 Jan 1972

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2225

NoS ID

029217

Story no

4 / 7

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Mersey Tunnel. DESCRIPTION: The second half of the ‘New’ Mersey tunnel has just been opened up. A 1,000 horse power ‘mole’ cutter, cuts its way from the Wallasey side toward...

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Under the Mersey

Date released

19 Jan 1967

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1963A

NoS ID

026738

Story no

4 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Under the Mersey. DESCRIPTION: Breakthrough between Liverpool and Wallasey under the River Mersey. The pilot tunnel of the new underwater link has been completed in just over a year....

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Queen & the Mersey Tunnel

Date released

29 Jun 1971

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2195

NoS ID

028904

Story no

4 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Queen & Mersey Tunnel. DESCRIPTION: The Queen opens the new £30 million tunnel under the Mersey between Liverpool and Wallasey. Film too from Movietone’s archives of King George the...

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Retake of Mersey Tunnel

Date released

15 Nov 1934

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

92

NoS ID

052159

Extras

1 film clip

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Malaysian Engineers Visit Mersey Tunnel

Date released

Feb 1969

Series name

Roundabout

Issue no

81

NoS ID

327898

Story no

2 / 5

COI synopsis: Malaysian engineers touring the new £9,000,000 Mersey traffic tunnel.

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Inaugurating Birkenhead’s New Shaft

Date released

11 Mar 1926

Series name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue no

1562

NoS ID

383742

Extras

1 film clip

NfO synopsis: Inauguration of Birkenhead’s new shaft of the Mersey Tunnel. Sir Archibald Salvidge and members of the Tunnel Committee ‘dig the first sod’.

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King and Queen Make Tour of Lancashire

Date released

19 Jul 1934

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

267A

NoS ID

004954

Story no

11 / 11

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: King and Queen Tour Lancashire and Open Mersey Tunnel. DESCRIPTION: Visits to Manchester and Liverpool include official opening by His Majesty of the Mersey Tunnel. SHOTLIST: The Royal...

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Drive Through

Date released

7 Dec 1967

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2009A

NoS ID

027155

Story no

3 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Drive Through. DESCRIPTION: The Mole burrows beneath the Mersey - A giant Excavator, tunnelling the second underwater link between Liverpool and Wallasey. In Switzerland, excavations...

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