The Tunnel
1935 · Film · 94 min
Directed by Maurice Elvey
An engineer leads the building of a trans-Atlantic tunnel linking Britain and the United States.
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Hacker Cinema Hacker Cinema1935 · Film · 94 min
Directed by Maurice Elvey
An engineer leads the building of a trans-Atlantic tunnel linking Britain and the United States.
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The article mentions that the director made a previous science fiction film, The Tunnel. But i don't think he did - that was made by someone else, and it's about the construction of a trans-Atlantic tunnel which ends in disaster [1]. He did make F. P. 1, about the construction of a mid-Atlantic airport island which ends in disaster [2]. I note that The Tunnel was re-made in English (or re-adapted from the source novel) the next year [3].
Seems there was a good market for films about disasters under the Atlantic (or North Sea, at a pinch).
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tunnel_(1933_German-language_film)
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F.P.1
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tunnel_(1935_film)
I just ran across a reference to that.
Apparently also a 1935 film:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tunnel_(1935_film)
Transatlantic Tunnel is a 1932 SF film about a strong-willed engineer determined to complete an underwater train route from London to New York.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027131/