Excavating tunnels from World War I

Name: Excavating tunnels from World War I
Uploaded: 2011-11-03T07:07:00.000Z
Duration: 2 min 23 s
Description: Four miles of tunnels which were dug during WW1 in the Somme battlefield are now being excavated by a team of British and French archaeologists.

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Four miles of tunnels which were dug during World War I in the Somme battlefield are now being excavated by a team of British and French archaeologists.

Some of them are up to 100ft (30m) below the ground. Robert Hall is in the village of La Boisselle, in France, with the details.

Europe

3 November 2011