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250,000 PEOPLE

250,000 People (1934)

Masses of people gather to see, and walk through, the world's greatest tunnel.

BREAKDOWN SERVICE

Breakdown Service (1964)

A new fork lift breakdown truck is brought in to ease problems in the Mersey...

1,700 FEET BELOW THE MERSEY

1,700 Feet Below The Mersey (1928)

The Mersey Tunnel is broken through! The Lady Mayor of Liverpool...

ITALY'S UNDERGROUND RAILWAY

Italy's Underground Railway (1939)

Good footage of workers building new underground rail network in...

THAMES TUNNEL HALVES MEET

Thames Tunnel Halves Meet (1959)

Construction of Dartford Tunnel - Kent and Essex ends of tunnel meets.

EUROPEAN HIGHWAY NUMBER 3

European Highway Number 3 (1950-1959)

European Highway number 3 in Germany.

 WIND TUNNEL INSTALLED AT BEDFORD

Wind Tunnel Installed At Bedford (1957)

Various shots of the building of a large wind tunnel in...

 

 

MR. JOHN HARDING SPEAKS ON CHANNEL TUNNEL aka JOHN HARDING SPEAKS ON CHANNEL...

Mr. John Harding Speaks On Channel Tunnel AKA John Harding Speaks On Channel... (1963)

An...

SKIING AND RAILWAY COTTAGE  - Colour

Skiing And Railway Cottage - Colour (1962)

Railway guard and his family living in railway cottage...

TO REPORT PROGRESS

To Report Progress (1927)

Civic leaders pose in oilskins and sou'westers on a visit to the Mersey...

A NOVEL RAILWAY

A Novel Railway (1933)

A large model railway in a garden is featured.

SQUEEZING FOR SAFETY

Squeezing For Safety (1933)

Incomplete story featuring a wind tunnel - woman with an umbrella is blown...

RAILWAY LINES

Railway Lines (1931)

Various shots of railway stations, tunnels, bridges etc. as seen from the front of a...

PARIS aka AIR RAID TUNNEL IN PARIS

Paris AKA Air Raid Tunnel In Paris (1939)

Footage of workers constructing a new air raid tunnel in...

BIRKENHEAD TUNNEL SHAFT

Birkenhead Tunnel Shaft (1926)

Sir Archibald Salvidge cuts first sod of the Birkenhead tunnel.

TUNNELLING UNDER THE THAMES

Tunnelling Under The Thames (1958)

Great scenes of the building of the Dartford Tunnel under the River...

NEW MERSEY TUNNEL

New Mersey Tunnel (1968)

Building of new traffic tunnel under the River Mersey.

TWO NEW WIND TUNNELS

Two New Wind Tunnels (1960)

Item showing two new wind tunnels in Warton, Lancashire.

COEN TUNNEL NEARS COMPLETION

Coen Tunnel Nears Completion (1966)

Coen tunnel in Amsterdam nears completion.

STORM WATER TUNNEL

Storm Water Tunnel (1965)

A tunnel is built to reduce the danger of flooding in Bristol.

DOWN BELOW THE RIVER

Down Below The River (1934)

Great footage of the nearly completed Mersey Tunnel between Liverpool and...

UNDER CALIFORNIA'S MOUNTAINS

Under California's Mountains (1938)

Men work on the Jacinto Tunnel beneath the mountains of Southern...

TUNNELLING UNDER THE THAMES

Tunnelling Under The Thames (1957)

Work starts on the main road tunnel which links Dartford, Kent with...

INS AND OUTS DOWN UNDER!

Ins And Outs Down Under! (1935)

We hurtle through numerous railway tunnels on our way to Barron Falls...

QUEENSWAY

Queensway (1934)

King George V opens Mersey tunnel between Liverpool and Birkenhead.

Selected Originals - AIR NEWS - U.S. NAVAL PLANES ATTACK KOREA COMMUNICATIONS

Selected Originals - Air News - U.S. Naval Planes Attack Korea Communications (1952)

Material...

MIRACLE HIGHWAY

Miracle Highway (1957)

Formosa builds a great roadway across deep canyons and through mountains.

NEW TUBE HALFWAY MARK

New Tube Halfway Mark (1965)

Work continues on the new Victoria Line underground tube network. Green...

TUNNEL OR BRIDGE?

Tunnel Or Bridge? (1961)

Pathe shows both sides of the Tunnel or Bridge argument over crossing the...

ROAD UNDER THE STRAND

Road Under The Strand (1964)

An old tram tunnel is converted to road use to speed up traffic in London.

TUNNEL THROUGH MOUNTAIN

Tunnel Through Mountain (1964)

Engineers in Hong Kong finish tunnelling through a mountain to create a...

BRITISH PASSENGER TRAIN

British Passenger Train (1969)

British rail uses working model to demonstrate their train of the...

Selected originals - VICTORIA LINE OPENED

Selected Originals - Victoria Line Opened (1968)

Material relating to newsreel story "Victoria Line...

HEINENOORD TUNNEL OPENED

Heinenoord Tunnel Opened (1969)

Opening of new tunnel to complete the Delta route which connects...

NEW MACH 4 WIND TUNNEL

New Mach 4 Wind Tunnel (1960)

Item showing new Mach 4 wind tunnel at Warton in Lancashire.

THE CHANNEL TUNNEL

The Channel Tunnel (1957)

Bleriot plane taking off and in flight over Channel, and people waving...

CHANNEL TUNNEL FRENCH SIDE

Channel Tunnel French Side (1957)

Steamer 'Twickenham ferry', document of tunnel agreement, man...

SAINT GOTHARD RAIL TUNNEL

Saint Gothard Rail Tunnel (1962)

Cars travel through tunnel on railway cart.

 GRAN SAN BERNARDO TUNNEL LINKED

Gran San Bernardo Tunnel Linked (1962)

Workmen from Italy and Switzerland make the breakthrough in...

TRENCHES

Trenches (1914-1918)

French (?) soldier emerges from tunnel in a trench.

SOME TUNNEL!

Some Tunnel! (1932)

King Albert of Belgium visits the site of a new tunnel under the Scheldt waterway.

NEW YORK - LINCOLN TUNNEL

New York - Lincoln Tunnel (1937)

Tunnel in the middle of the city - New York.

TUBE TAKES NO TRAVELLERS

Tube Takes No Travellers (1932)

Great footage of the Post Office's 'Mail Tube', stretching from...

ABOVE AND BELOW

Above And Below (1930)

Underground freight system in New York - most of image unusable due to...

UP-UP-UP!

Up-Up-Up! (1930)

Alpine landscapes - a Mountain Railway in the Bavarian Alps.

ALOFT OVER ALASKA!

Aloft Over Alaska! (1940)

Road engineers fly over Alaska in preparatory work for a new highway.

THE BOY'S DREAM

The Boy's Dream (1931)

Large and complex model railway in a Hertfordshire garden.

ELEVEN MILE BORE

Eleven Mile Bore (1937)

California Power Companies built tunnel in mountains.

WORLDS LARGEST TUBE aka WORLD'S LARGEST TUBE & CUTS

Worlds Largest Tube AKA World's Largest Tube & Cuts (1926)

Lieutenant Colonel Brabazon opens new...

WORLD'S LONGEST UNDERWATER TUNNEL

World's Longest Underwater Tunnel (1927)

The Liverpool to Birkenhead tunnel.