
30 May 2021

Journey to the East
Could our mounting modern problems have ancient solutions? Travel to the depths of China to find out.
Documentary on the evolution and introduction of modern coal burning locomotives on the Norfolk and Western Railway line.
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30 May 2021
Could our mounting modern problems have ancient solutions? Travel to the depths of China to find out.
31 Dec 1993
This incredible journey features the famous steam trains that power through the spectacular San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado. From Durango to Silverton, see the forested wilderness, and its beautiful lakes, waterfalls, and rivers. Be amazed at the route that travels over narrows passes, high bridges, and steep cliffs!
19 Oct 2024
Inside the train from Wengen to Lauterbrunnen, the snow-covered landscape and the darkness of the tunnel, three windows offer serene yet ever-changing impressions.
28 Oct 2002
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01 Jun 2020
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30 Jun 1896
A group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a train. One is seen coming, at some distance, and eventually stops at the platform. Doors of the railway-cars open and attendants help passengers off and on. Popular legend has it that, when this film was shown, the first-night audience fled the café in terror, fearing being run over by the "approaching" train. This legend has since been identified as promotional embellishment, though there is evidence to suggest that people were astounded at the capabilities of the Lumières' cinématographe.
23 Sep 1927
A day in the city of Berlin, which experienced an industrial boom in the 1920s, and still provides an insight into the living and working conditions at that time. Germany had just recovered a little from the worst consequences of the First World War, the great economic crisis was still a few years away and Hitler was not yet an issue at the time.
14 Dec 2011
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16 Feb 2022
An urban train link, the RER B, crosses Paris and its outskirts from north to south. A journey within indistinct spaces known as inner cities and suburbs. Several portraits, all individual pieces that form a whole. We.
01 Jan 1955
A production of the association of American Railroads outlining the wonders of America's rail system.
01 Jan 1967
The story of the railroad man in his role in keeping the trains moving on the rails.
01 Jan 1959
A Union Pacific production outlining the Big Boy locomotive and the history of the last great steam engine to rule the rails
31 Mar 1962
A documentary on the passing of the steam locomotive as the primary means of transportation in the United States
01 Jan 2013
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09 Jun 2017
Alice Diop's enchanting short film, a work of transcendent transformation, shows how the rough lines of Drancy station are immortalized in watercolor by the French artist Benoît Peyrucq. A tribute to a location fraught with historical and contemporary poignancy.
04 Mar 2013
Built in 1923, the Flying Scotsman was the first steam locomotive to run at 100 miles an hour and to star in its own feature film. This is the untold story of the iconic Flying Scotsman-the very best in the engineering of its time.
01 Apr 2021
A man ventures out into the streets of a pandemic-ridden London.
28 Jun 2017
Director Agnès Varda and photographer/muralist JR journey through rural France and form an unlikely friendship.
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28 May 2021
May 27th, 1971 was a rainy day. In the small town Radevormwald, the world seems to be still in order. But on this day, 46 people die in a train crash, amongst them 41 schoolchildren. Since then, Radevormwald has been connected with one of the worst railway catastrophes of Germany. The touching documentary reconstructs the tragedy and shows how much the event still influences the life in the town until today.