Tunnelling Under the Thames

Series

Series Name: Pathe News

Issue

Issue No.

58/22

Date Released

17 Mar 1958

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 3

Summary

Striking pictures of men at work on one of the hardest jobs in the world - under-river tunnelling. They are building the tunnel which will ease London’s through traffic problems by providing a road link between Essex and Kent. They work in an air pressure of nearly two atmospheres - this is believed to be the first film made of a compressed-air job of such magnitude.

Researcher Comments

Dartford Tunnel.

Keywords

Engineering

Locations

London; England

Footage sources

Library

Credits:

Camera: Cedric Baynes
Camera: William Jordan

Length of story (in feet)

187

Story extras:

Film clip

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