S1.E3 ∙ Les rites

Putting the Orient Express - also called "the train of trains" - on its tracks called for considerable stamina. Several times, the ambitious project of Georges Nagelmackers was on the brink of failure as the Belgian entrepreneur was facing the bankruptcy of his sleeping car company.

An overview of the works of French film pioneers Louis and Auguste Lumière from 1895 to 1897.

A visual history of the significance and impact of the Pop Art movement in the Sixties and beyond.

In the 1960s and 1970s, the French economy was booming, creating a labor shortage, and putting an end to the golden era of coal mines. The former colonial officer Félix Mora was sent to Morocco to recruit and bring back more than 80,000 men to work shutting the French mines down. For Mora, they represented a low-cost workforce, willing to accept meager salaries and dangerous working conditions. For young Moroccan men, this mission held out the promise of a better future. After the mines' closure, most of them settled in France, starting families that grew to represent more than 600,000 French citizens over two generations.

A documentary about the Resistance during the Nazi Occupation of Athens. 14 people recalling memories from that period. A film about collective memory.