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The Transmanche Projects

Publication date 18/01/1975 From €100.00

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From London Pascal MICHEL traces the various Transmanche projects that have almost been born since 1802. Archive images: Pompidou and Heath sign an agreement in 1973, drawings of projects from the 19th century, and current site.

Aerial views of the Railway Terminal of Coquelles

Publication date 16/01/1992 From €100.00

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Rushes without sound. Aerial views of the road and railway infrastructures of the Coquelles terminal and the Beussingue trench.

Overview of the Coquelles terminal

Publication date 01/01/1990 From €100.00

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The overview of the Colombes yard, allows to see the progress of the construction works, the communication axes, road, railway, the boarding platforms, the access ramps

Tunnelling Machine Pascaline’S Exit From The South Railway Gallery In Coquelles

Publication date 18/12/1989 From €100.00

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Under the eye of the cameras, the tunnelling machine Pascaline pierces the last centimeter of Crai, in the trench of Beussingue, of the south railway tunnel, earth side (T5). Pierre MATHERON (President TML France) welcomes the choice of these tunnelliers, which although the development has been long, are proving very successful. He is confident in the continuation of the work.

Update on the work of the Coquelles railway terminal

Publication date 26/11/1990 From €100.00

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An update on the construction site of the Coquelles, Beussingue and Frethun railway terminal with Yves BERTHOT. Gérard VIDAL intervenes on the choice of Coquelles for the construction of the headquarters of eurotunnel and the building of the maintenance system.

François Mitterrand On A Rail Link With England

Publication date 22/09/1981 From €100.00

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During a press conference on the development of a high-speed railway network, François MITTERRAND expressed the wish to see the birth of a high-speed communication network between France and England.

Mr Delebarre, Minister of Transport "This is a change, we are the first to have gone through the tunnel"

Publication date 01/12/1990 From €100.00

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Among the first passengers to arrive in Folkestone by the service tunnel, Michel DELEBARRE, French Minister of Transport, accompanied by Michel CHEVALET, in an informal moment, "This is a change we are the first to have gone through the tunnel". Then Michel DELEBARRE exchanges a handshake with his English counterpart, Malcom RIFKIND, "Thank you for welcoming us, Thanks, it Tooks a long time, Thousand years".

Eurostar: the first journey

Publication date 14/11/1994 From €100.00

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Report on the first commercial route of the Eurostar line from Paris to London. Images of the boarding as well as the journey, alternating with interviews of the passengers as well as Eric BOULENGER, driver of the train who claims to be moved although a little anxious.

First handshake under the English Channel

Publication date 01/12/1990 From €100.00

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Philippe COZETTE and Graham FAGG, having dug a small hole with a jackhammer in the chalk wall that separates France from England in the T1 service tunnel, shook hands at length. Then they lend themselves to the games of photographers and media: they take the pose, take the flags out, pass the head to the other side in turn...

Tunnel Under The Channel: Cross Over Construction

Publication date 05/03/1992 From €100.00

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12.5 km from Puits de Sangatte, the workers of TML are working on the construction of an art work 100 meters below sea level: an immense underground station that will allow by a switch system the change of track of trains, as explained by M.BOREL (Eurotunnel).

Eurotunnel: first commercial freight

Publication date 01/06/1994 From €100.00

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At the exit of the tunnels in the Beussingue trench, the first car transport train arrives from Angletrerre. Interview with a Eurotunnel manager on the use of these transport trains. Another official talks about trafficking.

François Mitterrand’s visit to the Channel Tunnel in Sangatte

Publication date 28/01/1988 From €100.00

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The President of the Republic François MITTERRAND visits the construction site of the tunnel under the Channel, at the well of Sangatte. Pierre MATHERON guides him. He signs a golden book and says he is impressed by the progress of the works. André BENARD listens attentively to François MITTERRAND’s comments to journalists "I can already see the quality of the beginning of the work, which bodes well for the rest, and I am delighted to see so many workers at all levels, managers of talent and professional consciences who will be passionate about the company. This undertaking is of an international dimension, it must be stressed, when we signed the commitment of our two countries with Mrs Thatcher in Lille, we felt that we had really marked the time".

Sangatte: border materialisation under La Manche

Publication date 30/11/1992 From €100.00

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A European Commission formalizes the birth of the international border created by the construction of the Channel Tunnel. Two members of the joint commission Maurice LEGRAND and Peter BURGES open the curtains on the plates materializing the border.

Sangatte: aerial view of the construction site of the Channel Tunnel

Publication date 09/10/1987 From €100.00

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Aerial view of the construction of the Pit de Sangatte at the tunnel construct under the Channel.

The third and final junction of the Channel Tunnel

Publication date 28/06/1991 From €100.00

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For the drilling of the last tunnel, the railway south or T3 French side, a curtain opens on the last wheel towers of the tunneller Catherine drilling the last centimetres of chalk that separates it from England. "TMLMade HISTORY 1991". The French teams go out by the cutting wheel with a smile on their lips, to join their English counterparts as well as the leaders of TML and Eurotunnel. Interviews with Lionel SUQUET (T3 site manager), Philippe ESSIG(TML), André BENARD (EUROTUNNEL). They are proud of the success of this first phase of work in just "3 and a half years".

Training of Shuttle Drivers in the Channel Tunnel

Publication date 01/11/1993 From €100.00

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Training of conductors of the "shuttle", ferrouting shuttle of the Transmanche, in the classroom and on simulator Marie Michèle CASTEL, Edouard, and Carine MERTENS (metro driver in Brussels) explain their motivation. In 125 days they will be ready to drive the shuttles in the tunnel at 140 km/h.

Canterbury: signature of the Franco-British tunnel construction treaty under the English Channel

Publication date 12/02/1986 From €100.00

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François MITTERRAND and Margaret THATCHER signed the treaty on the construction and operation of a Transmanche fixed link in the Cathedral of Canterbury today in the presence of Roland DUMAS, French Foreign Minister, and his British counterpart, Geoffrey HOWE. Reading of the treaty by Margaret THATCHER followed by a statement by François MITTERRAND President of the French Republic.

Sangatte: visit to the tunnel under La Manche

Publication date 31/03/1987 From €100.00

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Visit of a Ministerial and Parliamentary Delegation to the site of construction of the fixed link between France and England, where the works of construction of the well that will allow to dig the tunnels have started well. Pierre MATHERON explained the project to this delegation. Then the delegate to the transport minister Jacques DOUFFIAGUES talks about the ratification of the treaty and the concession by the parliament in June. Then he evokes the question of the construction of a high speed train to London, "the profitability of the tunnel depends on the rail links and vice versa, our English partners are convinced as we are that this high quality rail link must be made, now we are waiting for the will and the concrete means to follow."

Opening of the Channel Tunnel in the presence of François Mitterrand and the Queen of England

Publication date 06/05/1994 From €100.00

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Meeting between François MITTERRAND and Queen ELIZABETH II of ENGLAND for the inauguration of the Channel Tunnel. The President of the Republic and the Queen of England arrive at the Coquelles terminal on board a Eurostar TGV at the same time. Following an official ceremony, Queen ELIZABETH II cuts the tricolour ribbon to inaugurate this new communication network. A speech of the two personalities follows. Queen ELIZABETH II and François MITTERRAND embark on the "shuttle", aboard a Rolls Royce, in order to cross the Channel under the sea for the first time. In Folkestone they are welcomed by the fanfare of the English "Royal Guard".

The beginnings of the drilling of the tunnel tunneller "Brigitte" at the tunnel under La Manche in Sangatte

Publication date 09/03/1988 From €100.00

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At the construction site of the Transmanche, the tunnelling machine Brigitte started the excavation of the service tunnel (T1), from the well of Sangatte. The tunneller dug 8 meters and laid 5 voussoirs. Gérard VIDAL about the success of this first phase. Then he explains the operation of the teams on a tunnel tunnelling machine: 27 people stationed, 24/24 hours stationed, and 365 days a year.

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