Channel Tunnel A Look At Plans For A Channel Tunnel Plus Some Other Ways Of Getting Across Footage

CHANNEL TUNNEL A look at plans for a Channel Tunnel, plus some other ways of getting across.
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	Catalog #:	365011
	Clip Number:	365011-1
	Orginal Film:	68/99
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	Location:	The English Channel
	Year Shot:	1968 (Actual Year)
	Audio:	Yes
	Color:	No
	Headings:	CONSTRUCTION: Tunnels
	Description:	CHANNEL TUNNEL Plans for English Channel tunnel being discussed. Also shows other methods of crossing the channel. L/S white cliffs of Dover. C/U newspaper headlines about the tunnel. Stack of British newspapers with Channel tunnel story. L/S meeting taking place. Various shots maps, diagrams and working models regarding the proposed tunnel. Man points with stick at a large board with plans; other men sit at built-in seats with long tables. C/U working model. CU plans with pictures and words; and title "Channel Tunnel". ECU plans; slow pan. Another place; a bunch of men looking at long model; with little buildings, cars, trains, etc. CU model. ECU road sign on model Trains going in and out of tunnel. Man pointing.Tiny sign:"To France". Train into tunnel. Another sign promotes avoidance of rough seas. Shot of just that: rough sea, waves blowing up over wall. Pan along map of proposed tunnel. Dover cliffs. Another shot of cliffs; pan down to man walking toward door in cliff wall; like a secret passageway. M/S as man opens gate and enters old tunnel. Interior M/S man with torch walking down, he pauses to inspect the roof. Man walking through squarish walled tunnel with flashlight; toward camera. He pokes roof with stick. C/U roof showing water dripping through. C/U side of tunnel showing words, "This Tunnel Was Begun in 1880". M/S looking down tunnel showing water that has seeped through. Shot of primitive part of tunnel; not completely dug out (the 19th century tunnelers only went half a mile). Old French newspaper with picture of bridge; headline about bridge over the Channel. C/U headlines of French newspaper showing picture of a proposed bridge. C/U picture of bridge. Top shot showing bridge carrying railway trains and cars. Zoom out from building on a large model to show trains travelling and roadways, etc. C/U model trains going into tunnel, (train is carrying cars). M/S passenger ferry from Dover to Calais. M/S ferry leaving harbour. Aerial M/S and C/U hovercraft crossing Channel. M/S Bleriot, (?), aviator. Rear view man crossing Channel on a small craft. Group of people stand around invention; a "canvas and string flying machine". Man on small craft crossing channel; heading toward sun in distance. M/S and C/U man trying to cross on motor scooter on floats. CUs of two other guys riding similar marvels of water transportation and recreation. More sports type methods. Man swimming. M/S's Channel swimmer. M/S pan as parachutist takes off from beach being towed out to sea. M/S and C/U man being towed on skis by motorboat. LS person waterskiing. Closer shot same; skiing on one; dropping rope. Several people standing on circle which is being lifted in the air over the sea. M/S group of men standing in cradle slung by crane over sea.