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It is important to show the influence of railways on our culture: literature, film, painting, music, theatre,...
We aim at  providing information of cultural products as influenced by the development of railways


'Pacific 231' or 'Mouvement symphonique no 1', is an orchestral work by Arthur Honegger (1923).
The music was used in 1949 by Jean 'Mitry for his film, which received the prize for editing at the Cannes International Film Festival.