Trains: Two Centuries of Innovation

Trains: Two Centuries of Innovation 2017 Directed by Sigrid Clément , Cyrille Massey Trains : Deux Siècles d'innovation

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?

Country France

Production Country France

Language French

Spoken Language French

Gneres Documentary , History , TV Movie

Production Companies RMC Découverte , Galaxie

Release Date 23 February 2017

Cast

Cédric Allard Narrator (voice)

Clive Lamming Self - Railway historian

Philippe Hérissé Self - Engineer, train transportation expert

Christophe Keseljevic Self - Railway expert

Michèle Merger Self - Researcher and historian

Philippe Mirville Self - President of the French national railway museum

Laurent Quessette Self - Jurist, railway expert

Jean-Marie Duthilleul Self - Architect, train station expert

Jean-Claude Lustyk Self - TGV driver

Crew

Directors

Sigrid Clément

Cyrille Massey

Writers

Mathurin Ray

Sigrid Clément

Cyrille Massey

Producer

Ève Geretti

Sound

Benoît Fort

Camera Operator

Gérard Thomas