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Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 5
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Chunnel. DESCRIPTION: The Channel Tunnel has just hit the headlines again following the announcement that Britain and France have decided, in principle, to go ahead. Its reported that a double tunnel could handle around seven thousand cars an hour. Of course, there’s nothing new about the idea, work on a pilot shaft was stopped around eighty years ago when the military objected. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MCU man working on model. MCU same. CU pan model cars along roadway. ES same. CU two men watching. GV cars approaching train. CU pan cars onto train. GV pan train into Calais end of tunnel. CU same. CU cross section tunnel and train through same. MCU same. CU man working in existing tunnel. MCU same. CU same. CU man wadding through water in tunnel. GV pan train out of English end of tunnel. CU cars off train. CU survey ship in Channel. GV platform over side of ship. GV pole through platform. CU same. MCU man working winch. CU pulley revolving. CU man at winch. MLS platform over side of ship. CU pole revolving into sea. GV survey ship.
- Keywords
- Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Transport; Engineering
- Locations
- France; United Kingdom
- Footage sources
- Movietone Library
- Card file number
- 87888
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 143
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- Name
- AP Archive
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- Web
- http://www.movietone.com
- Phone
- +44 (0)20 7482 7482
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