Dramatic Channel Tunnel Breakthrough
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2 жыл бұрын'Dramatic Channel Tunnel Breakthrough'
#OnThisDay 1990: British and French workers smashed through the wall of chalk separating the two sides of the channel tunnel.
#ChannelTunnel #breakthrough #handshake #nostalgia #history #throwback
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@benGman69 2 жыл бұрын
It's kind of cool to think that a French man woke up, went to work, walked down a tunnel, and shook the hand of an English man who'd done the same thing.
@Blarm 2 жыл бұрын
then the English man went on lunch break, picked up his Sun newspaper, and voted for Brexit 🤦♂️
@Captain__Obvious 2 жыл бұрын
@@Blarm Given 47% of the population didn't even vote he probably stayed at lunch. Especially since Brexit was a decision made by retired boomers who won't face its consequences. Never forget 75% of under 25s voted to remain in the EU.
@haraldisdead 10 ай бұрын
The 90s were peak civilization
@jomoeiviem7619 9 ай бұрын
For the west...Russia, Yugoslavia, and the middle east was a different story 💀💀💀
@BlueishSmurfCat 4 ай бұрын
yeah, Industrial Age, space race, nuclear age. Computer age. Flight. Like bro. so much stuff. Now a simple reactor would cost like so much these days.
@GeoffreyBronson 10 ай бұрын
They actually built a TUNNEL between England and France. It's incredible really.
@jonahs.256 8 ай бұрын
Imagine digging a hole and suddenly finding yourself face to face with a Frenchman 💀
@Justabitnosey 3 ай бұрын
I remember watching this on the news I was 12. Still not been through the channel tunnel.
@OmnoWombo 4 ай бұрын
What a great day that must've been for anyone working on the tunnel.
@danbaines10 Жыл бұрын
Steve Sidwell sent me here, what a video 😂
@StinkyCatFarts Жыл бұрын
The 90s and mid 00s gave me a lot of hope
@mckymcobvious3043 8 ай бұрын
it's a dream of mine to see this tunnel... idk what the logistics are when it comes to brexit :( it's so sad
@Welovevideos111 19 күн бұрын
@@mckymcobvious3043you can still take the tunnell
@notsosure7757 2 жыл бұрын
Lol I can literally remember watching this on ITN when I was 12.
@jamlove2020 Жыл бұрын
me too
@roblloyd6082 2 жыл бұрын
Amazing piece of engineering today they would be months and months behind and they’d be about a mile out 😂😂
@jakerussell135 Ай бұрын
don't be fooled. the tunnel opened a year late and went way over budget
@billybifocals 4 ай бұрын
Such a useful tunnel, an amazing achievement.
@roucoupse 2 жыл бұрын
Merci, super de voir ça.
@Lighttanmexican Ай бұрын
It's like two parallel universes connecting.
@andreslinares9507 Ай бұрын
Back when working people wanted a more united Europe not a less united one
@hammtron Ай бұрын
What an unfortunate last name..
@agfbuilding Жыл бұрын
What they don’t show you is it was 6m out & they had some adjustments to make before the breakthrough
@brankog7 Жыл бұрын
Bollocks
@agfbuilding Жыл бұрын
@@brankog7 you worked on it did you ?
@brankog7 Жыл бұрын
@@agfbuilding no Miss, did you?
@agfbuilding Жыл бұрын
@@brankog7 my dad did
@brankog7 Жыл бұрын
@@agfbuilding I stand corrected 🙏
@norwegianpoliceofficer5393 2 ай бұрын
French drillers more heroic, no need for ear plugs.