The Tunnel

Is not this song ever ending?

It's Beethoven.

Is dead.

I'm glad.

You have a pencil?

There is something they hate, more than a bad business.

- What? - Good music.

The kings of the industry have come.

Yes, it's a good school: Three Kings.

Steel...

planes...

and weapons.

And a queen: Oil.

Mr. Greifer looks like a cat...

stealing milk. With what will you be dreaming?

With better bombs, inspired by Beethoven.

- Or machine guns. - No, no, that's Mozart.

How ingenious!

Mr. McAllan would not understand you.

He is a mechanic.

You do not like her, do you?

I like human beings.

Is it inhumane to do things?

So boring things... Tunnels.

Do not idealize him.

McAllan is a kind of mole.

He only knows how to live underground.

Also, look at what clothes he wears.

I was looking at his eyes.

They will be glad that it is over.

What has this been?

After listening to Beethoven, they will listen to anything.

Your father knows how to overcome commercial resistance.

Of course.

If you know what dollars are...

come by and we'll talk about them.

Or do you prefer a little more music?

My driver plays the concertina.

Good luck honey.

I do not know how to explain things.

They will listen to you.

The millionaires never listen.

Anyway...

Hey, Mac,

Do not give figures

- ? Why? - They do not understand them.

Talk to them like kids and...

Take care of Ruth.

They will have been surprised to hear Beethoven...

but I have an even bigger surprise.

The orchestra has been, a kind of appetizer.

And quite expensive.

But do not worry, we will recover that money.

Close the door, honey.

And Mr. McAllan, inventor of Allante Steel...

Channel Tunnel Builder...

and the Bahamas-Miami tunnel...

will tell us how to get it.

Mostyn, I would like you to sit down.

They will wonder why I have made them come.

I wanted you to know...

Mr. McAllan...

that you want to propose something to them.

He is the man who built...

the Channel Tunnel.

But before he speaks...

I want to make two things very clear.

First, I'm as sane as you are.

Second, Mr. McAllan is much saner.

Go ahead, Mac.

I'm just an engineer proposing a work.

It may seem fantastic, but I know it can be done.

It's about building a transatlantic tunnel...

from England to America.

There will be problems, of course.

Many we know them.

It is likely that others will arise.

But I will try to explain the idea.

It is possible because Allante steel...

it's not porous...

not even under tremendous pressure.

And thanks to the Robbins radio drill.

Ruth, come here for a moment.

I want to tell you something.

- There were once three bears... - Robbie, you're stupid!

There was a big bear, a medium bear...

- What are you smoking? - Esparto.

And a little teddy bear.

Do not worry.

- They seemed so hard! - Yes, hard as stones.

I hate waiting.

When your son was born, we waited fourteen hours.

They seemed more to me.

By compensating the pressure.

Considering the depth of the sea...

and the seabed...

England and America.

A tunnel.

Like this.

Maybe they prefer to express their enthusiasm...

in the absence of Mr. McAllan.

Do not applaud everyone.

- What? - What did they say?

They are talking now.

Will they let you build it?

- At my expense. - You have not been interested?

They almost fall asleep.

Do not worry.

They can not stop you.

Money.

You will get it.

- Do you believe? - The world needs the tunnel.

It seems something heroic.

And is not it?

You've always done things to make the world better.

And thinking that you did it for you.

- Mr. Greifer? - It's an excellent idea.

When they build their tunnel...

the other countries will try to destroy it.

"Ten millionaires so happy."

"One wanted the tunnel and there were 9."

Very funny.

The Miami tunnel gives money.

And this one will give it!

Governments will back it, it's employment.

Useless employment!

It's the one they prefer. Save problems.

If it ends...

- How will it end? - I said "yes."

It will give a lot of money.

Leave the Atlantic. Theirs is oil.

- It's crazy. - Not as much as...

Mr. Lloyd and I subscribed a third of the shares.

What?

Messrs. Lloyd and Mostyn...

subscribe a third of the tunnel's shares.

If you are interested, me too.

- Do not try to stop me. - I try to participate.

Let's ruin everyone!

If my experts approve it.

- It will not be ruined. - Of course.

Mr. Greifer...

The tunnel means peace. You negotiate with the war.

What does it say?

Armamento Internacional buys three million shares.

Thank you, Mr. Greifer.

The public will buy the remaining shares.

Tell it to McAllen.

Very good.

I will go.

Good.

First stop, Europe!

Will you let me continue?

You were right. They listened to me.

And I thought not!

What happens? You will not regret.

I don't know.

Now that we have achieved it, I am afraid.

Why?

Is so big!

Is not it too much for us?

Do not worry.

The International Broadcaster speaking to the world.

Broadcast for English speaking countries.

Today is the third anniversary...

of the beginning of the transatlantic tunnel.

We will celebrate the anniversary...

offering to the peoples of both countries...

chance to see the progress...

made in this colossal engineering company.

For three years, armies of men...

they have made their way from both sides of the Atlantic.

This is the last completed section of the English coast.

You will remember that the main factor...

that has allowed this company...

has been the invention of the radio drill...

by Frederick Robbins.

The improvements introduced...

have allowed the works to progress...

at an unthinkable speed.

The genius that is behind this tremendous effort...

is known to everyone.

Mr. McAllen...

whose enormous faith and untiring energy...

they have been the stimulus of thousands of workers.

They have read about him, they have heard about him.

Now they will see you and hear you speak.

Mr. Richard McAllen.

The transatlantic tunnel is the largest industry in the world.

Down on the Atlantic bed...

men work day and night.

From both sides of the Atlantic...

men come closer and closer.

Someday you will find yourself in the depths...

and this great project will come true.

And Jim Burton...

and his American team, I want to tell you:

Let's go there!

Okay, Mac!

Come on, guys, to work!