Saturday, 23 May 2015

Bruce Experimental Hypervelocity Gun, Dover (Historic Document)



The Experimental hypervelocity gun located near St. Margaret's Bay near Dover. This gun was named Bruce, heres some links to more detailed information:

kenthistoryforum:
http://www.kenthistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=5903.0

sussexhistoryforum:
http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?PHPSESSID=qd304hlnp3rf8ijmm028k7mlf6&topic=453.0

du.kent-history:
http://www.du.kent-history.co.uk/1/bruce/bruce.htm

1880 Channel Tunnel Test Bore (Historic Document)



The revisit to the 1880 channel tunnel test bore dating 1880. This time  I go to the end of the bore. Very wet and cold around 200 feet underground.

Eastry Caves (Historic Document)


A look into the history of Eastry Caves, located near sandwich in kent.

more info here:

http://www.undergroundkent.co.uk/index.php/2013-08-29-00-41-33/eastry-caves

Dover Castle Western Battlements (Historic Document)



The Western Battlements  of Dover Castle, my journey starts from the cliff edge exploring the 13th century wall all the way up to Gattons tower.

My research goes to:

English Heritage:
1997 - Jonathan Coad
2012 - Steven Brindle

Department of the Environment:
1975 - R. Allen Brown.

Nuclear Bunker, Brede Waterworks (Historic Document)



This week I remade the Brede Bunker video from the original tape.

I interview mike Wade and he talks about the Nuclear bunkers built on utility sites across the country.

Dover Castle Canons Gate (Historic Document)



My historic document into the 1790's gateway Canons gate, all my research go to:

English Heritage:
1997 - Jonathan Coad
2012 - Steven Brindle

Department of the Environment:
1975 - R. Allen Brown.

many thanks to Subterranean History, for the Martello Tower photos.
http://www.subterraneanhistory.co.uk/

For great sound effect visit:
https://www.youtube.com/user/YTSoundEffects

Darenth Wood Chalk Mines (Historic Document)


My new remake from 2008 document of Darenth Wood deneholes.

The information researched for narration was from Sub Brit:

http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/sites/d/darenth_wood_dene_hole/index.shtml

Short Brothers Underground Factory (Historic Document)



Short Brothers underground factory and public air raid shelters located in Rochester Kent. The document is combining two trip of mine 1st was 2006 and 2nd was 2009, Information researched from links below:

http://www.subbrit.org.uk/

http://www.kurg.org.uk/

http://sync-below.com/shorts-brothers-seaplane-factory/

FanBay Shaft (Historic Document)


My revisit to the man made caves and shaft at Fan Bay near St Margarets bay Dover.

This time I tell you more information about the cave uses and what my thoughts are.

We get a wonderful look down the 20foot deep shaft, something i failed to do in my first video in 2014.

The North Entrance, Western Heights Dover (Historic Document)


Iv been working on this documentary for months, filmed last year inside the North Entrance of the Western Heights Dover.

The external footage was filmed a couple of weeks back All done now.

A Historic Document into the history of the North Entrance in Dover.

We look into the old history and new, and what happened in 1967, the destruction of 19th century fortifications.

All information narrated has been found in John Peverley book, Dover's Hidden Fortress.

Soundtrack mixed: Tomb Raider 2013 and 2014

All Aerial images are from google earth.

Gravesend Cold War Bunker (Historic Document)


The cold war bunker in Gravesend, kent. In the early 1950s the civil defence used this bunker as a command post in the of a nuclear war.

This bunker is open to the public.

please visit this like:
http://www.gogravesham.co.uk/thedms.aspx?dms=3&venue=3093673

Some likes to archive videos and more civil defence sites:

Atomic Ephemera YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpAdEdi-1c62xxQPe2Mok4g

Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Defence_Corps

SubBrit:
http://www.subbrit.org.uk/category/civil-defence