Under the Alps

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1684

Date Released

11 Sep 1961

Date Other

Sep 1961

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1 / 5

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MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Under the Alps. DESCRIPTION: Here is a progress report on the tunnel under Mont Blanc. It’s a two-way task, Italians are tunnelling from their side (they started about three years ago), and have not yet gone two miles into the mountain. The entrance on the French side is near Chamonix, where work began later. Slightly better progress has been made here, and they have gone about two and a half miles in. It’s not expected that the tunnel can be in service till the end of 1963. SHOTLIST: Key scene. LS Mont Blanc. MCU Italians tunnelling from their side. MS seven men tunnelling. MCU man holding water pipe. MS two men digging. MS three men pushing a cart. MLS man drilling down in hole. GV French side of Mont Blanc. MLS train going in tunnel. MLS French men at work. MLS same. MS man drilling. MS another. MS man operating crane. MS pan crane bucket. MLS rock conveyor belt. CU drilling. CU drilling. CU same. CU same. MS rock on conveyor. MS trucks loaded with rocks.

Keywords

Engineering

Locations

France; Italy

Footage sources

Germany

Card file number

83106

Credits:

Commentator: Geoffrey Sumner

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