Nearly 200 years ago, the train revolutionized our lives. It redrew the maps of states and nations, and changed concepts of distance and time like no other invention before. What visionaries imagined the development of the railroad? How did we get from the first chugging locomotives to the smooth giants of speed we see today? How does France's extensive rail network keep running smoothly, 24/7?
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Galaxie, RMC Découverte
Keywords
- tgv
- train accident
- engineering
- train
- railroad
- archive footage
- electric train
- steam train
- train engine
- high speed
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Top Cast
Cédric Allard as Narrator (voice)
Clive Lamming as Self - Railway historian
Philippe Hérissé as Self - Engineer, train transportation expert
Christophe Keseljevic as Self - Railway expert
Michèle Merger as Self - Researcher and historian
Philippe Mirville as Self - President of the French national railway museum
Laurent Quessette as Self - Jurist, railway expert
Jean-Marie Duthilleul as Self - Architect, train station expert
Top Crew
Sigrid Clément · Director, Writer
Cyrille Massey · Director, Writer
Mathurin Ray · Writer
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