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Underground to Freedom

Date released

18 Jun 1962

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1724

NoS ID

024671

Story no

2 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Underground to Freedom. DESCRIPTION: The Communist wall in Berlin is no barrier to those people in the Eastern Sector with a desire for freedom! Our pictures show just one of many...

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Tunnels: Learning from the Mont Blanc Tragedy (2004)

Subject

Health & safety

Distribution

CD-ROM (PC Version, 10 minutes), free (Tren)

Following a series of accidents in road tunnels since 1999 The European Commission issued a draft directive proposing minimum safety requirements for tunnels in the Trans-European Transport Network. The goal...

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Rough Magyck (2006 Video)

Video recording of Forkbeard Fantasy’s Rough Magyck. Part outdoor, part indoor, Rough Magyck goes in search of the of the supernatural in Shakespeare mixing mechanical sets, film and cartoon, outlandish...

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Channel tunnel main tunnel breakthrough (1991)

Genre

News report; Interview

Report on the breakthrough in the main tunnel of the Channel Tunnel. With comment from Chairman of Eurotunnel Sir Alastair Morton; and Transport Minister Roger Freeman. Male reporter not identified.

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Kingsway: New Tunnels Below the Mersey (1974 Film)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Shows techniques used in the construction of parallel twin-lane traffic tunnels under the Mersey, with details of construction and problems to be overcome.

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Heat Within, The: The Effect of Fire in Pressurised Tunnels (2001 Video)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 26 min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (inclusive)

Demonstrates how compressed air and an added oxygen content will act on various materials commonly found in tunnels Emphasises how important it is to prevent fires starting, to wear correct personal...

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Burrowers, The (1994 Video)

Director

Neil Harris

Producer

Bob Thorpe

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks at a new machine for digging tunnels, which can burrow safely through ground previously considered impenetrable.

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Chunnel opening at Folkestone (1994)

Genre

Interview

Stuart Thomas of Invicta Radio describes the opening ceremony of the Channel Tunnel by French President Francois Mitterrand and Queen Elizabeth II at Folkestone to Angela Rippon.

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Channel Tunnel scrapped (1975)

Genre

Interview

Peter Allen interviews Anthony Crosland, Secretary of State for the Environment, on the Labour Government’s decision to scrap the Channel Tunnel plan announced on 20/01/75.

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Channel Tunnel first journey (1994)

Genre

Interview

David Kermode reports back from Waterloo International station from where he will be aboard the first train through the Channel Tunnel which is being officially opened later today. Male studio presenter not...

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