Trains: Two Centuries of Innovation (2017)
• February 23rd, 2017 • 0h 0min
Documentary, History, TV Movie
Overview
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?
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Becoming Madonna
Released on: 2024-12-30
Documentary, Music
Madonna's rise to fame from 1978 to 1992, exploring her personal life, controversies, and the challe...
I Am Steve McQueen
Released on: 2014-06-24
Documentary
A walk through the incredible personal and artistic history of legendary actor, race car driver and ...
Senna 30 Anos: O Dia que Ainda Não Terminou
Released on: 2024-04-28
Documentary, History, TV Movie
On May 1, 1994, Roberto Cabrini announced the death of Ayrton Senna on national television and, sinc...
Imagine: John Lennon
Released on: 1988-09-30
Documentary, Music
The biography of former Beatle, John Lennon—narrated by Lennon himself—with extensive material from ...
Spielberg
Released on: 2017-10-05
Documentary
A documentary on the life and career of one of the most influential film directors of all time, Stev...
Quintinshill: Britain's Deadliest Rail Disaster
Released on: 2015-05-20
Documentary, History
Neil Oliver describes the worst ever railway accident in the UK, which happened a hundred years ago ...
Beside Bowie - The Mick Ronson Story
Released on: 2017-05-09
Documentary, Music
Beside Bowie: The Mick Ronson Story is a documentary about the life and work of Michael "Mick" Ronso...
Spotlight on the Highlands
Released on: 1948-02-01
Documentary
It's 1948 and hydro-electric power is transforming Scotland's Grampians.
ABBA-dabba-doo
Released on: 1976-10-27
Documentary, Music, TV Movie
This first documentary about the pop group ABBA was made around the time of the release of their fou...
Shot Through the Heart
Released on: 1998-10-04
TV Movie, Drama, War
The horrors of war are examined from the view points of lifelong friends (Linus Roache, Vincent Pere...
Maria by Callas
Released on: 2017-12-13
Documentary
Told through performances, TV interviews, home movies, family photographs, private letters and unpub...
Jodie Foster, Hollywood Under the Skin
Released on: 2021-04-03
Documentary, TV Movie
From her precocious status as a sex symbol to her consecration as a filmmaker, Jodie Foster's story ...
Haramain: The Train of the Desert
Released on: 2021-04-06
Documentary
The pilgrimage to Mecca is one of the most important religious journeys for millions of people aroun...
Tshiuetin
Released on: 2016-09-08
Documentary
Take a breathtaking train a ride through Nothern Quebec and Labrador on Canada’s first First Nations...
Off the Rails
Released on: 2017-07-05
Thriller, TV Movie
A married woman loses her memory after a train accident. As her memory starts to return, she thinks ...
Val
Released on: 2021-07-23
Documentary
For over 40 years Val Kilmer, one of Hollywood’s most mercurial and/or misunderstood actors has been...
Jane by Charlotte
Released on: 2022-01-12
Documentary
Charlotte Gainsbourg looks at her mother Jane Birkin in a way she never did, overcoming a sense of r...
In Memory of Rock
Released on: 1963-01-01
Documentary, History
The rock-wild youth of the 1960s during the apparitions of their idols.
Wintopia
Released on: 2019-11-23
Documentary
IDFA and Canadian filmmaker Peter Wintonick had a close relationship for decades. He was a hard work...