Eurotunnel break through 1990 La percée Eurotunnel
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- 1 December 1990, ITN reports on the day that Britain and France were joined in the South tunnel. After two years of tunnelling, the breakthrough was made from England by Graham Fagg, and his French counterpart Phillipe Cozette. The Copyright in this video segment belongs to ITN . © ITN 1990
Le 1er décembre 1990, ITN rend compte le jour que la Grande-Bretagne et la France ont été associées au tunnel du sud. Après deux ans de perçage d'un tunnel, la percée a été faite à partir de l'Angleterre par Graham Fagg, et de ses contre-parties françaises Phillipe Cozette. Copyright dans ce segment visuel appartient à ITN. © ITN 1990 
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that must have been one of the most fulfilling sensations that a human being has ever felt.
And to think the sea is above your head
Sleeping with your wife was a close 2nd
Moon landing
@@sadhu7191, Sleeping with another man's wife is nothing to brag about you just sleeping with a fucked up banged up woman, I prefer to sleep with a very fresh virgin gal of any given legal age of consent
@@crappymeal Was easyer, hence why it was done first.
I remember watching this live while at work. I worked with a real little Englander at the time, who hated the French with an absolute passion. She didn't want to watch it, but I kept her updated with the progress with comments like "only an hour left to live on an island", "only half an hour to live on an island" etc.
As a French man I would have lived that, enjoying her tears haha
That’s brilliant ahah, it’s amazing what Britain and France can combine to achieve; The channel tunnel, Concorde, and of course the napoleonic wars.
How can you hate country so much. Is it that you start usually hating the most annoying people, that have behaved most annoying way to you for example screaming over you, when you speak.
Jesus 🤣🤣🤣
You must have driven her nuts
Chuckles!
Two nations who waged war for 100 years finally worked together to connect the two countries.Amazing.
More like a 1000 years, one particular war lasted longer than 100
@@amxst1819 You said what I was about to say!
I love how when the English and French are doing group projects together, they're just about in stoppable and do it splendidly, however when they're not, they always have their little mocking whispers behind each others backs
The rivalry keeps both countries sharp.
Who's here because of Ted Ed?
Me😌
I am
Not me, who's he?
Me 😆
Me
Un grand moment d'amitié entre nos deux pays! / A great moment of friendship between our countries!
+Teriyaki B
Yep it's sad that British euroskeptics are now ruining the whole thing with talks of destroying the tunnel. They have literally lost their minds!
yea
Our two countries are great in rivalry and great in cooperation. May both continue.
My grandfather helped build the TBM's that dug the chunnel and knew how to run them. He taught both sides of the channel how to do it. He spent 2 years in Calais France and 2 years in Dover England to dig this. They, The Robbins Company, even brought him out of retirement to do it. Although he's not in the video, he was there that day. Viva La France, God Save The Queen.
30 years today. This is the kind of cooperation that leads to great things.
Why do I find this so moving?!
two old enemies brought together through science and engineering- seems pretty moving to me!
same bro watching first time, tears rollin'
You should be moved mate. I'm an Ozzie but think of all the shit you blokes (England and France) have given each other over the years. I mean fuck me dead you blokes once had a war which was called 'the hundred years war' fuck mate that's a war which lasted half the history of the nation I'm from. Bloody beautiful to see this and personally its a reminder i take for granted the times we're in. It's a privilege we get to see this. Far more than just a tunnel opening this is one of those momentous historical moments.
@cm. CG Merry Christmas troll! All the best for 2021! X
Its amazing
I was 6 when this happened. Amazing.
For two nations with such a long, illustrious (and bloody) history, when we cooperate we don’t half do it well.
why can't we all be friends
+opsimathics
money oil land women thats why
Cos friends don't forget to bring presents
We can. And we want to
Gammons, basically
Governments and powerful people
This is history! Best wishes from Brazil to France and the UK!
1st men to have crosses this channel by foot since the ice age
Practical engineering sent me!
I fucking love big infrastructure projects. Just shows what humans can accomplish. Kinda wish we had infinite money so we could build crazy stuff all the time.
what a historical work!
It is for love and friendship
And Science!
I was nine years old I remember watching this moment on television.
I remember this when I was small amazed me then and now what a fantastic piece of engineering and cooperation
They should have swapped hard hats there and then
Great video and an amazing achievement on this anniversary, (2017). I echo the sentiments below is where is worldwide cooperation on projects like these? Let's go to Mars!
you really just can't help but smile
2:30 Does he say "Another good view of a French tunnel there!" referring to the man's butt? :p
Leedle leedle leee
no he says "A rather inelegant view of a French tunnel there!
@@введитебросок He says "tunneller" not tunnel. Tunnel would have been funnier though :)
Historical moment of unity, friendship, cooperation... All thrown away by resentment and lies cast during the Brexit referendum.
Britain is paying a high price for that.
imagine the kind of cool projects humanity could do if we weren’t solely guided by profit and diplomacy at this scale
This project was guided by profit.
@@darklibertario5001 yeah that’s what i’m saying, that this was built for economic and political reasons. i’m fantasizing about a world where borders don’t exist and we don’t just do things to make more money for rich people
@@riotdrone Humans and the economy are intrinsically connected, profit is only possible if your investments are being useful for society, in this case, the construction of the tunnel benefited millions of people and thus generated a lot of profit, which is why it was built. Without profit, it would never be done in the first place. Profit moves the world, and it's not wrong or imoral, it's the reward for doing something that helped someone.
@@darklibertario5001 that's pretty naive, so you think billionaires are so rich because they're done the most good for people? because i think they're that rich mainly due to exploiting the labor of other people. human beings are not intrinsically connected to the economy, for the majority of our history there was no economy
@@riotdrone That's actually a very common thought, but it's actually a misconception.
Why billionaires are billionaires? Well, it depends on who we are talking about, Jeff Bezos became a billionaire because he literally created a service that interested millions of people and made peoples lifes at least a bit better. His service also helped the growth of thousands of other small businesses and made society overall more rich.
The same can be said about the people who created Google, Microsoft, Apple etc, you might disagree with their policies and even think they are "evil" (which I'm sure some of them certainly are), but they didn't obligate anyone to buy or invest in their services, Google never came to your home and made you use their service under gunpoint, you use it because it is actually useful and it probably helped your life to be at least a little bit more confortable. That's true for millions (in some cases billions) of people, and small services and appliances make a big difference at the scales we are talking about, that's why they had so significant returns.
There's nothing inhertly evil about this, we are both using RUclips right now, and although I really disagree with many policies RUclips has, it's still an incredible platform and this very conversation we are having would be impossible if RUclips didn't seek profit. Exploiting people doesn't make anyone rich, being a dick to your employees doesn't make your product seem more appealing or make it more useful, and in the end, people can just quit their job if they don't like it, but the thing is, those jobs wouldn't even exist in the first place if it wasn't for profit.
And now about what you said involving humans and the economy, no, humans are involved in judgments involving value and energy since the dawn of time, economy is at it's core precisely this, a bunch of people deciding where resources should go. The first people to discover agriculture only did this because they decided to invest time and effort into learning this hability, this was a judgment of value and in it's core, an economic action. Deciding how and where resources should be spent.
Notorious S.I.D sent me here!
This was a solemn occurrence, for the 1st time in 10K years, one of the British Isles would be joined to the Eurasian Continent. I am watching this while listening to Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber. Solumn music for a solumn occasion that was also moving yet triumphant. It was 4 more years before the Channel Tunnel opened for revenue service. Since 12-1-1990, England, Wales and Scotland are no longer an island.
My Ancestor got Britain out of the Stoneage by introducing Islam, but then we Muslims are treat like crap today for the thanks we gave.
@@ahsenkhan5386touch grass
there is a Russian joke - when English and French wanted to build the tunnel they asked Japanese first - how fast and whats gona be the precision of both tunnels to connect
-the Japanese said - we will build it for two years and 95% that tunnels will meet
-then they asked Americans - and they said we will build it for 1 year and probability that tunnels will meet will be 70%
-then they asked Russia - and they said - ok listen we will do it for 1 month, the probability is 50/50 that tunnels will meet, but in the worsest case you will have two tunnels lol
(it*s just a joke ;)
This kind of multinational cooperation is what makes countries great. What has happened to the UK...?
????
Multinationalism has turned into multiculturalism.
@@TucsonDude And multiculturalism is a Canadian creation - which also makes it quintessentially British and French.
it's not our fault that the eu has become an authoritarian mess.
@@ms.antithesis KEEP CRYING BABY
@iksproduction
Thanks for your comments. I am pleased you enjoyed the VT.
I expect that was happening rather a lot! Indeed I stated quite emphatically "I will never travel in it" How things change - I have completed at least 30 return journeys now!
Thank You for your comments..
The awkward moment when they realise they have joined the up and down tunnels
Loved it!
I have a welsh friend who worked on that tunnel. He was there that day. Such a day! ... after all those tricky centuries... I spent a few years in Wales and England, and most part of the people i met were very good persons. What a waste!
I was working and this autoplayed in background. Half listening I thought it was monty python
wonderful moment
Absolutely amazing
And this happened under the sea
When your playing minecraft and dig a tunnel to find your Freind
I will be the first to say i am here from the peter crouch podcast
Another good view of a French tunnel there
That Full House music is killin me lol
Fantastic
1:45 Minecraft players run into each other underground, on a public server.
@SimonDolan
You may well have a good point. Concorde was a fine exaple of Anglo- French collaboration. Thank You for your comment.
GLF
Bro this brought tears to my eyes for some reason absolute legends
@CuteFunnyVideo
It certainly was.
Thank You for your comment.
GLF
6:18 Unfortunately I have nothing. Lol!!
And the sea is above them the whole time
Yes, amazing
Imagine telling people you dug out the channel tunnel. The jobs would come pouring in!
How do they get oxygen down there?
Who's here in 2024?
My pleasure!
GLF
Why isn't there a Tunnel to the Isle of Wight
I predict Boris Johnson will want to block it back up now.
Chris Devine And how about the Irish border
@@newsannouncement226 make a United Ireland.
Alas Smith and Jones brought me. He got the skip in the end
Well done
Wow
Anyone here from Peter Crouch Podcast? 😂
@infinitydreamzz
It is my pleasure. I believe it was a very important civil engineering project which certainly deserves a place on 'My Channel'
Hoping if Japan would reunite with Asian mainland for the first time in 10K years to build tunnel to cut travel time between ferry and plane.
What a long way Britain has come. From this, to Brexit....
The EU is not Europe 🤷🏼♂️
@@crustysnake123 But you cannot deny that the EU has shaped modern Europe.
@@MrJason005 I've gotta give it to you, for saying your comment was four months ago I did not expect such a quick reply 😂
@@crustysnake123 that's the magic of youtube notifications!
@Weimar1924
Indeed. One would have thought they would have taught him a few words of French. but no the Brits go on regardless!.
GLF
Every time I see humans accomplish a feat of this magnitude, I think of the Bible verse from Genesis 11:6:
“And the Lord said, “Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. And nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them.”
Whether you believe such things or not, it’s a pretty amazing and inspiring statement coming from the being that is not only supposed to be omnipotent and omniscient, but also the one who knows our capabilities the best due to being our Creator.
Elegant view of a French tunnel there. 🧐
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So much wind !
Yeah sorry just had a vindaloo
2:35 "and now theres the packies coming through.."
Was this televised live. I don't think it was
It was. On the morning of Saturday 1/12/90.
I was there and 8th man through the hole.
Wonder if the actually met at the halfway point or were the French doin much slouchin
The really impressive bit is that they were only a few centimetres 'off' re the centres of their respective tunnel shafts meeting.
@@alfnoakes392 that was impressive indeed.
They're about to goBBBRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!
I’m here from Practical Engineering!
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A Tunnel to the
Isle of Wight
Should be Made.
Tunnels to the
Orkney Islands
Should be made.
Tunnels to the
Outer Hebrides Islands
Should be Made
04.06.2021
Situational irony
The day Britain stopped being a true island.
To be fair we could always just collapse the tunnel and we would be again.
It still is an island, I think it still fits the definition of an island.
island
/ˈʌɪlənd/
noun
1.
a piece of land surrounded by water.
Yes and no
@Weimar1924 Well, he did say 'Vive la France'.
Interesting but too bad I can intergrate this video into my blog whose franco canadian. I wished my french audience could listen your british point of view .
Thanks anyway
Crikette Guilimaux
@rozzer10
Please tell me what time it is featured in the VT, then I can help you.
GLF
신기하다
Seal it back up we can't trust them.
What bollocks. My Dad and his team made the first breakthrough and had already shaken hands and received wine from the French. After that breakthrough they were told to make themselves scarce as the cameras and the suits came down to pose for the news.
No. My uncles team had already built the tunnel, ridden the first train through and shared a few cans with the French by time the cameras got there
Madness luka magnota broke through first before this camera footage with his ice pick.
Talking bollocks, all of you
Big regrets who really wanted this and the crooks at the eu
xd
alert
Who's here because of the Peter crouch podcast ?
@crikette65
Sorry, I do not understand - "Too bad I can integrate this video into my blog whose franco canadian"
Please e-mail me using the You Tube message service.
GLF
White Excellence
Brexit supporters want this bricked up
Of course they do. Brexit supporters are morons.
Sam Williams How?
What a load of tosh. Stop being daft.
Yes. Why don't we keep being one of the tiny net-contributors to the EU to prop up corrupt states.
Why not stay in a union which wishes for the unvetted migration of people from Terrorist-affected nations
Why not stay in a union which forced no migration rules on all states
Why not stay in a union which has destroyed our great nation...
No they don't you vegan gender studies freak
Nazis be like 'too late'
Brexit.
One of the biggest mistakes Britain ever made.
Nope
I think you are the biggest mistake..