Channel Tunnel Digging

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2323A

Date Released

9 Dec 1973

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Doctorate of Music for Queen Mother
2. 1Channel Tunnel Digging
3. 2Ice Figure Skating Championships
4. 2Fuel Crisis
5. 3Costume Collection
6. 3Model Car Racing
7. 4Round the World Rowers
8. 4Model Steam Engines
9. 5Christmas Tree Harvest
10. 5Sailing Championships
11. 6News in Colour: Smithfield Show
12. 6Water Skiing

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Channel Tunnel Digging. DESCRIPTION: Tunnelling research in the Chilterns at Chinnor, Oxfordshire, with speculation about the Channel Tunnel. SHOTLIST: GV machine on site. SLV ditto pan to front of tunnelling machine. SV TS in towards cutting face of machine. SV mechanic at controls of cutter. CU stop start buttons, cut in ignition key holder with key in it, a hand pushes the start button. STV tunnelling machine. AS blades rotating. SV tunneling machine. SV cutting blades rotating. SCU cutter revolving (cutting heads are not yet fitted). SV cutter rotating pan to chalk face of cliff. SV exterior machine operating SV conveyor belt. STV ditto pan along to end of conveyor belt. SV end of conveyor belt rotating. GV tunnelling machine in Chilterns.

Keywords

Environment; Industry and manufacture; Engineering

Locations

Oxfordshire; Chinnor

Card file number

99572

Credits:

Commentator

Leonard Martin

Camera

Norman Fisher

Length of story (in feet)

90

Story extras:

Film clip

Movietone IconMovietone

• The first time you use this link in a session, you will need to log on at the British Movietone website and then click this icon again to see the film. For the remainder of the session, this link will take you directly to the film.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

AP Archive

Email

info@aparchive.com

Web

http://www.movietone.com

Phone

+44 (0)20 7482 7482

Series held

View all series held by AP Archive