This Is The St. Bernard Tunnel (1964)
Switzerland, Italy. Title reads Una Strada per L Europa. Aerial views of the Italian Alps piercing through the clouds. MS. Guide dog finding and dragging a body out of the snow in the Alps. GV. Slow panning shot of snow covered mountains. MS. Miners working on the tunnel in little train which takes them along the dark passages to the working face. MS. Miner setting dynamite charge. MS. The detonator is plunged and there are two explosions. Various shots of scenes of the miners digging from either side, Swiss and Italian, meet. Aerial view of Alpine highway threading its way through the snow. GV. From travelling car moving along Alpine road. GV. From travelling car moving along under the covered road leading to the tunnel. This road is covered by a ledge that sticks out from the side of the mountain. MS. Man standing at entrance to tunnel talking natural sound, Italian. Various shots of the entrance and the area around the entrance to the tunnel. MS. Two of the men who worked on the tunnel talking
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