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  1. One Minute News

    Date released
    14 Mar 1949
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    49/21
    NoS ID
    102818
    Story no
    5 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Fire sweeps a Dartford paper mill and firemen battle non-stop for more than two days to contain the blaze.

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  2. Down-And-Up Speeds Railways Ups-And-Downs

    Date released
    3 Nov 1949
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    49/88
    NoS ID
    103165
    Story no
    1 / 4
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    The first double-decker train makes its run from Charing Cross, London, to Dartford, Kent

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  3. COAL WELL USED

    Date released
    Jun 1953
    Series name
    Mining Review 6th Year
    Issue no
    10
    NoS ID
    345789
    Story no
    1 / 4

    BFI synopsis: the Littlebrook B power station at Dartford, Kent - one of the most efficient coal-burning stations. NCB Commentary - Meet the champion power station of 1952, Littlebrook ‘B’ at Dartford...

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  4. New Thames Tunnel

    Date released
    28 Mar 1957
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1451A
    NoS ID
    021593
    Story no
    4 / 8

    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...

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  5. News Highlights: Dartford: Tunnel Inaugurated

    Date released
    28 Mar 1957
    Series name
    Gaumont British News
    Issue no
    2424
    NoS ID
    074066
    Story no
    8 / 14
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

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  6. Tunnelling Under the Thames

    Date released
    28 Mar 1957
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    57/26
    NoS ID
    107606
    Story no
    4 / 4
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    Work starts on the main road tunnel which will link Dartford in Kent with Purfleet in Essex - relieving East London of much heavy through traffic.

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  7. New Thames Tunnel

    Date released
    17 Mar 1958
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1502
    NoS ID
    022279
    Story no
    4 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Purfleet Tunnel. DESCRIPTION: London’s River - and a progress report on the tunnel being built between Dartford and Purfleet. The completed tunnel will cost something like eleven...

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  8. Meeting Under the Thames

    Date released
    23 Apr 1959
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1559A
    NoS ID
    022979
    Story no
    2 / 7

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Meeting Under the Thames. DESCRIPTION: Just a few more feet and the two shafts of the Dartford-Purfleet tunnel will be joined! A handshake 25 feet below the Thames marked a milestone in...

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  9. Gypsies’ Problem

    Date released
    1 Mar 1962
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    62/18
    NoS ID
    110075
    Story no
    2 / 4
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    Romanies recently evicted from Darenth Wood are still camped on side of main road.

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  10. Save Time by Tunnel

    Date released
    21 Nov 1963
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1798A
    NoS ID
    025334
    Story no
    1 / 3

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Save Time By Tunnel. DESCRIPTION: A tunnel to link Essex and Kent was suggested in the seventeen hundreds. But it wasn’t until 1938 that a pilot tunnel was completed. Then in 1957...

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