Mistral: destination Riviera
Le train commercial le plus rapide du monde (à cette époque..) en route pour des rivages de rêve...
Cette vidéo prend le train un peu avant Avignon jusqu'à sa destination: la Côte d'Azur. Bien entendu, la promotion du train est assurée, en insistant sur le confort et le service mais aussi au passage un petit "topo" sur la pose de la "voie sans joint"!
Quand le train atteint les rivages de destination, le film noir et blanc passe en couleur (rien n'est trop beau...) avec toutefois une légère inexactitude: au moment de la transition, on passe en gare de Villefranche sur Mer, dont le cadre splendide est d'ailleurs utilisé à d'autres reprises dans le film, ainsi que Beaulieu sur Mer et Eze Bord de mer, des sites que la Mistral n'a pas vus puisque situés après Nice, destination finale du train... Mais bon, on pardonnera ce petit "aménagement", le train le valait bien...
The fastest commercially operated train in the world (at that time ..) running to dream shores...
This video takes the train just before Avignon to the final destination: the French Riviera. Of course, train promotion is carried out, focusing on comfort and service, but also in passing a small "guidebook" on the laying of the "jointless railtrack"!
When the train reaches the shores of destination, the black and white film turns into color (nothing is too good ...) with a slight inaccuracy: at the moment of the transition, train is passing through Villefranche sur Mer station, which the magnificent landscape is re-used many times in the film, as well as Beaulieu sur Mer and Eze Bord de Mer, sites that Mistral has not seen, as they are located after Nice, final station of the train ... Anyway, we will forgive this little "arrangement", the train deserved it...
This video takes the train just before Avignon to the final destination: the French Riviera. Of course, train promotion is carried out, focusing on comfort and service, but also in passing a small "guidebook" on the laying of the "jointless railtrack"!
When the train reaches the shores of destination, the black and white film turns into color (nothing is too good ...) with a slight inaccuracy: at the moment of the transition, train is passing through Villefranche sur Mer station, which the magnificent landscape is re-used many times in the film, as well as Beaulieu sur Mer and Eze Bord de Mer, sites that Mistral has not seen, as they are located after Nice, final station of the train ... Anyway, we will forgive this little "arrangement", the train deserved it...
