Trains of Thoughts

The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat

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 ev

1896

Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

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 a

1927

Métro

A poetic short about the Montreal subway system

2016

Zugkraft mit Strom – Die Hightech-E-Lok

2022

A Train Arrives at the Station

“This film was a gift to me. I make no claims for it, nor do I offer any apologies. It comes from work on The Thoughts That Once We Had. There was one

2016

Railman

Railman is a film concerned as much with the distribution of roles within the film collective as with getting “as close as possible to the life and ro

1976

A&C to S

As the modernisation of London Underground continues, long serving A-Stock and C-Stock trains have been withdrawn from service, and their differing ch

2014

The Station

A day in the life of a train station.

1952

Wir fahren mit der Bahn

Two boys aged 9 and 10, Jan and Christoph, want to visit their grandma, who lives in another town. They travel by train, on their own. They buy their

1976

3rd Ave. El

Impressionistic picture of the Third Avenue Elevated Railway in Manhattan, New York City, before it was demolished. Preserved by the Academy Film Arc

1955

Christmas with the Desert Children

A short documentary about Father Christmas' annual six-day trek through the Australian desert aboard the Tea and Sugar Train.

1974

Im Herzen Schottlands

2019

Wish Us Luck

A one-month-journey of twin sisters from London back to their home, Bangkok, by train. They traveled via the famous trans-Siberian route through many

2013

Faces Places

Director Agnès Varda and photographer/muralist JR journey through rural France and form an unlikely friendship.

2017

Banlie.ue

2023

How They Dug the Victoria Line

First transmitted in 1969, this documentary follows the construction of the world’s most advanced underground system. Macdonald Hastings narrates the

1969

TGV Paris-Bordeaux, la ligne de tous les records

2021

Trains

After shooting more short films and documentaries, Deschanel wrote, directed and shot Trains, a short film that won the Silver Bear at the 1976 Berlin

1976

Appendix

An experimental film following a trip made by three friends in which the contrast between the agitated city of São Paulo, Brazil and the calmness of t

2024

Keeping Track

Tribute to the workers responsible for maintaining and repairing the tracks, stations, terminals, and tunnels of the metro.

2020