Save Time by Tunnel

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1798A
Date Released
21 Nov 1963
Date submitted
18 Nov 1963
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 3
Summary
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 work began to enlarge the existing tunnel to a width of twenty-eight feet. Now, four and a half years and many millions of pounds later, the tunnel is open. A toll tunnel. SHOTLIST: Key scene. CU lift down tunnel shaft. CU same. MCU men out of lift. LS pilot tunnel built in 1938. GV same. MS men working in original tunnel. CU same (2 shots). CU drill bites into wall. CU men working in tunnel. CU drill. CU man shovelling earth away. CU same (3 shots). MS men working in tunnel. CU same. CU sign indicating tunnel. GV lorries through toll gates. CU inside car approaching gates. CU toll lights. CU exchange of money. CU toll lights change. BS traffic through gates. SV same. MCU placing bikes on rack of bus. CU same. CU owners into bus. GV pan bus moves away. ES tracking car down gradient leading to tunnel. GV control room. CU traffic controller. CU television screen. CU traffic controller on phone. CU pan two breakdown vans move off. GV control room board. CU pan fans. GV fans move across air outlet. MS same. CU same. CU button pressed on panel. CU fan revolving. LS interior car through tunnel. ES tracking car through tunnel. LS interior car through tunnel. ES tracking car through tunnel. LS same (2 shots). ES tracking car up gradient from tunnel.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Engineering
Locations
River Thames; Kent; England; Essex; Dartford
Footage sources
Movietone Library
Card file number
87562
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
Ronald E. Collins
Length of story (in feet)
206
Story extras:
Film clip

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