In this paper, we study a local and a non-local eikonal equations in one dimensional space describing the evolution of interfaces moving with non-signed velocity. For these equations, the global existence and uniqueness are available only of Lipschitz continuous viscosity solutions in some particular cases. In the present paper, we are interested in the study of the global in time existence of these equations, considering BV initial data. Based on a fundamental uniform BV estimate and the finite speed propagation property of these equations, we show, in a particular setting, global existence results of discontinuous viscosity solutions of this problem. An interesting application of these results is shown in the case of dislocation dynamics.Mathematics Subject Classification. 35A01, 74G25, 35F20, 35F21, 70H20, 35Q74.