New Thames Tunnel
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 8
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: New Thames Tunnel. DESCRIPTION: It wasn’t until 1938 that a pilot tunnel between Purfleet and Dartford was actually completed. Now work has started again and Mr Nugent, the Minister of Transport’s Parliamentary Secretary went down 80 feet below the surface to the workings at the Dartford end, to inaugurate the scheme. The new underwater link between Kent and Essex will cost roughly £11,000,000 and should be finished within 5 years. SHOTLIST: GV Thames looking across to Purfleet. Slip pan to map of project. Slip pan to ministers climbing steps. Closer shot of same. 3 shots of 5. CU Mr Nugent going down in lift. Mr Nugent turning lever. Six shots of tunnel, workmen, etc.
- Keywords
- Politics and government; Engineering
- Locations
- Dartford
- Card file number
- 70175
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Geoffrey Sumner
- Camera
- Norman Fisher
- Camera
- Robert Turner
- Length of story (in feet)
- 92
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