- Title: NORWAY: THE LONGEST ROAD TUNNEL IN THE WORLD
- Date: 23rd November 2000
- Summary: LAERDAL, NORWAY (RECENT ) (VNR - ACCESS ALL) 1. AERIAL SHOTS OVER THE SOGNE FJORD (2 SHOTS) 0.08 LAERDAL, NORWAY (NOVEMBER 23, 2000) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 2. PAN LOCATION OF A RECENT ROCKSLIDE 0.15 3. SLV/SV ROAD WORKERS REPAIRING THE ROAD AFTER THE ROCKSLIDE (3 SHOTS) 0.27 4. MCU (Norwegian) ROAD WORKER MAGNE HAGEN SAYING: "It happened last Friday. Two hundred cubic meters of stones had fallen from this mountain. Nobody was injured." 0.38 5. SV OF LAERDAL 0.42 6. MCU (Norwegian) LAERDAL RESIDENT ANDERS LOGEN SAYING: "Car queues here stretched for 2-3 kilometers. For several days ferries ran at full capacity, they even had to start an extra one." 1.02 LAERDAL, NORWAY (MARCH 15, 1995 ) (VNR - ACCESS ALL) 7. SLV (FIRST BLAST), BEGINNING OF CONSTRUCTION OF THE TUNNEL 1.11 (VNR - ACCESS ALL) 8. GRAPHICS OF TUNNEL 1.40 LAERDAL, NORWAY (NOVEMBER 23, 2000) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 9. SLV ENTRANCE INTO TUNNEL 1.44 10. CU SIGN READING "LAERDAL TUNNEL 24,5 KM" 1.47 11. CU OF THE BOX WITH FIRE EXTINGUISHERS AND EXIT SIGNS 1.49 12. TRACKING SHOT FROM CAR DRIVING THROUGH THE TUNNEL 1.57 13. (SOUNDBITE) (English) PLANNING ENGINEER GUNNAR LOTSBERG SAYING: "People should get a feeling of the daylight. They should go six kilometers (4.5 miles approx) into the tunnel, then they should feel like they are coming into the valley again. And then they start a new tunnel six kilometers (4.5 miles approx) long. And then comes a new valley after six kilometers." 2.14 14. CU SIGN READING "TURN AND EXIT" 2.16 15. SLV/SV WORKERS CHECKING THE LIGHTING SYSTEM BEFORE THE OPENING (2 SHOTS) 2.23 16. SV/CU OF THE COMPUTER SCREEN WITH THE GRAPHICS (2 SHOTS) 2.36 17. MCU (English) CONTROL CENTRE MANAGER GUDMUND LUNDEN: "That is very important. When you are in such a long tunnel and you see the fire, please, turn around, get out as fast as possible. That is the most important information we can give." 2.55 18. SLV ENTRANCE TO TUNNEL 2.58 19. SLV WORKERS CONSTRUCTING A WOODEN PLATFORM FOR THE OPENING CEREMONY 3.04 20. GV LAERDAL. 3.08 21. MCU (English) JON TAMNES, LAERDAL COMMUNITY OFFICIAL: "I think people here are confident that the tunnel will be safe because there are a lot of security measures have been taken. I think that the local population see the driving in the tunnel as perhaps safer than driving on the exposed parts of the road." 3.29 22. GV/LV ONE OF LAST FERRIES DISAPPEARING INTO THE FJORD (2 SHOTS) 3.38 23. SV BOAT 3.42 24. GV FERRY DISAPPEARING INTO THE FJORD 4.01 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 7th December 2000 12:00
- Keywords:
- Access Restrictions:This media cannot be downloaded as there may be copyright restrictions. Please contact us for more information
- Location: LAERDAL, NORWAY
- Country: Norway
- Reuters ID: LVA1JHF4A3JBEZIZ2NMP5V4P2I2C
- Story Text:
- Copyright Holder: REUTERS - SOURCE TO BE VERIFIED
- Copyright Notice: (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2014. Open For Restrictions - http://about.reuters.com/fulllegal.asp
- Usage Terms/Restrictions: None