00:28The discoverers
00:30They offer us all the guarantees of happiness
00:32Exemplary light
00:36Who enlightens, who prospers
00:38And opens the way to the dreams of humans
00:42They found levers to lift the world
00:47And thanks to them, the Earth wanted to play ring-around-the-rosie
00:52Turn, turn, all the wheels of locomotion
00:57And cars following each other in a line
01:00And they march by, then quickly speed away
01:02The discoverers
01:04I'm already dreaming of other pipe dreams.
01:06So that we may progress in the wisdom of our old age
01:13The discoverers
01:18The discoverers
01:30Oh, the steam!
01:33Did you know that humans have known how to use steam for quite some time?
01:36Two short centuries more
01:38But maestro, you did tell us that back in Alexandria, a very long time ago
01:43Heron invented the steam engine, didn't he?
01:47You'll see, there again the Greeks
01:50Alexandria isn't Greek, it's in Egypt
01:53It's true
01:54But Heron's invention had no practical application
01:57Remember, children
02:00It's a steam engine
02:16It spins, but it's useless.
02:18That's true, it was pointless.
02:25It would take two thousand years for a Frenchman, Denis Papin, to achieve this.
02:29He is once again interested in a steam engine
02:44Oh, there's power in the steam
02:50Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch
02:55Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch
02:59But it's true that she has a lot of strength.
03:07Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch
03:09I don't know if it has any strength, all I know is that it's hot
03:12You have to be careful, Mr. Papin
03:14What is pasmini...
03:39Pisz, what is it?
03:49Hooray! I've invented a machine that uses steam power!
03:54Your machine isn't very fast, Mr. Papin.
04:04I'm going to make a bigger one
04:17Warning, it's going to explode!
04:25That's it, I understand, we need a safety valve
04:31Are you cooking now, Mr. Papin?
04:34But I invented something
04:37Look at the vegetables, they're going to cook very quickly.
04:44My God, what is this?
04:46A pressure cooker and the vegetables are cooked.
04:49No, you have to wait much longer.
04:51That's right, well done, Mr. Papin
04:57For once, you've invented something useful.
05:00Yes, children, what we have left of Denis Papin is the pressure cooker
05:04But things are going to change, and it's going to be a real explosion.
05:07You can believe me
05:13Yes, a real explosion
05:15A technological explosion, of course.
05:18The first industrial steam engine would be invented by Newcomen
05:22An Englishman
05:28Faster, little one, faster
05:30So, we need steam, let's go!
05:59Is this the machine?
06:01The machine is not economical, I assure you, it wastes coal
06:03So, Professor Watt?
06:05Here in Scotland, we don't like waste.
06:08Look at all that steam going away
06:10There's nothing we can do about it.
06:12But if
06:14Look
06:15I can't see anything, it's too small
06:17Well, that's because we also need to save paper.
06:21I don't understand any of it.
06:23You'll see
06:33Maestro, I don't understand.
06:34How can steam turn a wheel?
06:37Steam, it makes
06:38Shh
06:39That's all
06:40Wait, let me explain
06:43Slow down, slow down
06:44But we can't see anything.
06:45Stay
06:48Do you see?
06:50The steam arrives in this sort of drawer
06:53Who will distribute it to both sides of the piston?
06:55thus setting it in motion
07:01Did you understand?
07:03Yeah, we get it.
07:06And this engine will revolutionize the world
07:10Tchouk, tchouk, tchouk, tchouk, tchouk, tchouk, tchouk, tchouk
07:14Soon, steam engines will be invented.
07:16There will be the Frenchman Cugnot and his steam carriage
07:22And you believe, Mr. Cugnot, that your machine can transport this large cannon, don't you?
07:27You'll see
07:45You have to go through that door, Mr. Cugnot.
07:48Not through the wall
07:49But I have this, sir, I have this
07:53English, therefore, dies.
07:57It is forbidden to operate mechanical vehicles during the day, Murdoch
08:01So I could try it at night, Mr. Watt
08:04Yes, but at your own risk.
08:12My God
08:18Ah! Yes, yes! I did it, hurrah!
08:25Oh! Wow! Chick!
08:28Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!
08:31Oh! It's the devil, it's the devil who's touched me
08:49So, Mr. Treadwithic, we're having fun, we're making toys, that's not why we pay you.
08:55But this isn't a toy, sir, it's a scale model of the first railway locomotive
08:59You must be joking, a machine will never replace a horse.
09:15A few years earlier, in 1797
09:49I think I have an idea
09:53Hey Dad, we could just as easily put the engine on a wagon, it would move all by itself
09:57Well, we've already tried that, Georges, the machine is far too heavy, it can't pull the wagons.
10:02The rails break
10:04But what's going on now?
10:07It's nothing, Dad, the piston is stuck, a little oil will do the trick.
10:13So, Georges?
10:14Wait, it'll come
10:18Well done, son, you know about mechanics?
10:24Dad, I want to build a real locomotive; I need a workshop for that.
10:30I think I can fix that
10:35The first public rail train, which ran in England in 1803, was pulled by horses.
10:42Wasn't that a train for two real people?
10:44A train needs a locomotive.
10:47That's true, but soon there will also be locomotives, do you want to see?
11:08Do you think it will work, Dad?
11:10Perhaps, but not for long; it's far too heavy.
11:14Are you familiar with steam engines?
11:16Yes, sir, I am a mechanic.
11:18Well, my machine is going to go so fast that no one will be able to outpace it.
11:22I called it "my trap that can"
11:24It weighs around 7 tonnes, which is quite heavy for these rails.
11:28I know my job, young man.
11:30Hey, your locomotive tower, that's the transport of the future
11:33One shilling, a round, yes indeed, just a small shilling
11:36Dad, can I come up, please, Dad?
11:39Okay, but stay on the edge of the carriage
11:41I think the rails are going to give way, so then you'll jump.
12:00You were right, Dad!
12:02Robert!
12:02You're always right!
12:03It was too heavy!
12:05No, what we need is a lighter machine, you understand?
12:07So, you want to build a locomotive, Georges?
12:12Yes sir, much lighter, therefore faster
12:15Listen, Milord, locomotives are expensive toys.
12:18They will never be of any use.
12:20Horses, that's what we need
12:23It's true that it's expensive.
12:26Yes, sir
12:27How much ?
12:28Several hundred books, perhaps a thousand
12:31That's too much, that's way too much
12:33And if you make one, will it work?
12:36Ah, that, I can assure you of.
12:38Don't listen to him, Milord, that little mechanic is quite capable of...
12:45Okay, well, I trust you, Georges.
12:48Here's what you need to equip your workshop
12:52Madness, madness, all that gold wasted for nothing
13:06Wood is lightweight, it will make the boiler more robust
13:09Hey, look there, do you see the two cylinders?
13:12Well, these rods will transmit the movement of the pistons directly to the wheels.
13:16But you, Robert, you have to go to school to become an engineer.
13:20That way, later on, you'll be able to help me.
13:38Gentlemen!
13:40For as long as we've been trying to build locomotives, well, it never works
13:44The accounting is disastrous.
13:46Workers' wages, steel purchases, forge repairs
13:49And that's not all, damage caused by explosions
13:53Medical expenses, real, expenses, false, expenses
13:55With all that, you're looking fresh
13:58Oh, I'm funny.
13:59Oxford
14:00Your new locomotive, the Locomotion
14:02Thanks to her, we will open the first steam railway line
14:07Insane!
14:07Bad idea!
14:10Accepted!
14:17Are you sure, Georges, that the locomotive will be ready in time?
14:20I'm certain of it.
14:21I entrusted the workshops to my son
14:23He can be trusted completely.
14:25The train will pass
14:26Will the train pass?
14:27You can count on that, Milord.
14:30We won't need it
14:32Oh, but I certainly hope so.
14:33The future of the railways will be decided today.
14:36What's going on?
14:37Yes, it's over.
14:38But it's a house, me
14:39Hey, let me make the future
14:45Bravo, yes, bravo, yes, it's not alone
14:48Long live the locomotive, bravo, yes, it's not alone
14:5338 wagons, can you believe it?
14:55It's impossible, the train won't move.
15:13Here we go
15:18It's nothing, just a valve
15:20That's good, all steam, all
15:27She won't succeed
15:30I say she won't succeed.
15:32She won't succeed
15:33She won't succeed
15:34She won't succeed
15:35She didn't succeed
15:39Where is she?
15:55Come on, faster, faster!
15:58We have to catch up with them, overtake them, come on!
16:01Increases pressure to all steam
16:04Look who's coming!
16:05All right
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17:50Nor that your locomotive is capable of pulling this train
17:54How my locomotive is the best in the world and believe me, the route I chose is the most
17:59short
18:00To date, the only working steam railway line was built by George Stephenson.
18:06We asked him to come
18:10So, Mr. Stephenson, have you studied our project?
18:15Yes sir, here is the route I propose.
18:19But this route is much longer; it's a waste.
18:23It avoids slopes that are too steep for trains and any curves that might cause them to derail.
18:28Indeed, indeed
18:29And what do you propose for the locomotive?
18:31I propose a new design, a tube boiler
18:34That's ridiculous
18:36I think that a vertical cylindrical boiler
18:40A horizontal boiler, of course.
18:42But the locomotive is the best in the world
18:45Mine is the best in the country
18:46Gentlemen, gentlemen, calm down
18:53Every inventor believes he is the best, that's obvious.
18:55So, we need to find a way to decide between you.
19:00A competition
19:02That's an excellent idea.
19:06A locomotive competition?
19:07A price of 500 pounds
19:09Oh, what a lovely sum!
19:10A race?
19:11But we'll be able to bet
19:12When is it due?
19:13In October in Renille, near Liverpool
19:16Hey, they're demanding an average speed of less than 16 kilometers per hour, can you believe it?
19:41Thank you for your honor in accepting our invitation.
19:46The competition is about to begin
19:48These are the judges whose decisions will be irrevocable.
19:53Irrevocable
19:55Bring in the first competitor
19:59Oh, what a strange challenge, but how will it progress?
20:06A casserole dish
20:20Eight kilometers per hour?
20:22Mr. Brandreis, we believe that your device is not a steam engine.
20:26Yeah, what do you mean? Come and see.
20:30Isn't that steam? Huh? Isn't that steam?
20:34Indeed, it's steam, but anyway, your average speed was only 8
20:39kilometers per hour
20:41And the minimum for the competition was set at 16
20:44Have you been eliminated?
20:45If I had known, I would have come with two horses
20:47To the next competitor
20:51Hey, it's a centraine
20:52Are they stilts or crutches?
20:55It's not going to go far, that's for sure.
21:05Oh !
21:05Oh !
21:15Eliminated, next!
21:17Bravo, very good, bravo, bravo, bravo, normal
21:43Eliminated, next!
21:54Whoops, slowdown!
21:59She's going to aim too much
22:04Oh !
22:09Weapons!
22:11Oh !
22:13Oh !
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23:25Bravo, bravo, bravo!
23:26Bravo, bravo!
23:33Hey there, friends!
23:36Ready to go?
23:39Ready !
23:41Perhaps you'd have a little space for me?
23:46But get in!
23:47Thanks, that's it!
23:49Gone!
24:16Gone!
24:21An average speed of 32 km/h, incredible, gentlemen, it's incredible! An absolute record!
24:31Well done !
24:40And these will be the glory days of the steam railway.
24:43And the following year, we will inaugurate the Manchester-Liverpool route.
24:48In a few decades, the railway will expand considerably.
24:52He would conquer Europe, then America, opening up the western plains.
24:57And where were we now?
24:59Ah yes, yes, it's Fenson, whose locomotive, the rocket, had reached 30 km/h.
25:05Today...
25:09What is this ?
25:10The TGV, what an idea! 300 km/h!
25:13Yes, yes, and maybe soon, children. 500 km per hour!
25:17Discoverers shape better worlds for us.
25:22With their eyes turned towards the sky, their thoughts wander elsewhere.
25:27Spinning hands and snow of stars, planets, and comets.
25:32Here the man takes off, he is about to leave the ground.
25:35My words are that he should fly away.
25:37Tomorrow, they will lead us to other heights.
25:41Because for them, man is only at the beginning of his story.
25:48The discoverers!
25:52The discoverers!
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