Channel Tunnel breaks through

Title

Channel Tunnel breaks through

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop; Speech

TX Date

2 Dec 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:02:54

Description

Sue Flipping reports from the site near Folkestone on the break through in the service tunnel of the Channel Tunnel meaning the UK and France are now linked. Cheering is heard and first men to pass through being welcomed; vox pop with passengers on first train; interview with Rita Fagg, daughter of construction worker Graham Fagg (first Briton to pass through) on safety concerns- several men have died in the construction; Euro Tunnel’s Chief Executive Alastair Morton says construction is on time; Transport Secretary Malcolm Rifkind on European unity it will bring.

Contributors

Malcolm Rifkind; Alastair Morton; Sue Flipping; Rita Fagg; Graham Fagg

Keywords

Margaret Thatcher; UK; European union; France; Safety; Channel tunnels; Railway construction; Folkestone; Graham Fagg

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