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16 results found for '"Underwater tunnels"' in Keywords.
Channel Tunnel scrapped (1975)
- Genre
- Interview
Peter Allen interviews Anthony Crosland, Secretary of State for the Environment, on the Labour Government’s decision to scrap the Channel Tunnel plan announced on 20/01/75.
Channel Tunnel Group and Venturers propose English Channel crossing (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on proposals for the Channel Tunnel. Includes interviews with London Central Europe MP, Sir David Nicholson, who is leading the European Channel Tunnel Group, and Ian MacGregor of British Steel, who...
Channel tunnel alternative (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Interviews with NCB Chairman Ian MacGregor on why he does not support the Channel Tunnel rail project, and with Sir Nigel Broackes of the Euroroute consortium, on how near a go-ahead for the project is....
Channel tunnel proposals (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on proposals to build a Channel tunnel between Britain and France. Includes interview with Sir Nicholas Henderson, Channel Tunnel Group. Male reporter not identified.
Sealink scheme for Channel fixed link crossing (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Interview
Report on ferry operator Sealink’s submission of its Channel Expressway Channel crossing fixed link scheme which proposes twin road tunnels with two mid-channel ventilator towers. Includes announcement and...
Channel Tunnel construction (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Rodney Bennett reports on the (noisy) construction of the Channel Tunnel at Dover. Includes interview with construction engineer, Ken Deakin(?).
Channel tunnel breakthrough (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
James Bays reports on the the first major breakthrough of the Channel Tunnel as the eight-kilometre tunnel between the M20 at Folkestone and the coast at Dover is completed. He also comments on Eurotunnel...
Challenges faced by developers of Channel Tunnel (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Music
Overview of the challenges faced by developers of the Channel Tunnel, the underwater link between the UK and France, as the builders are about to break through and meet. Includes excerpt of Margaret Thatcher...
Channel Tunnel breakthrough links UK to France (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
The momentous occasion when French and British sides of the Channel Tunnel will be knocked down linking the two countries following the Channel Tunnel development has arrived. Senior Construction Engineer,...
Channel tunnel main tunnel breakthrough (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the breakthrough in the main tunnel of the Channel Tunnel. With comment from Chairman of Eurotunnel Sir Alastair Morton; and Transport Minister Roger Freeman. Male reporter not identified.