This last part of the Il était une fois episode on George Stephenson deals with the Rainhill Trials, a competition that determined what kind of trains (steam engines or locomotives) would be used on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Stephenson proves to be the best competitor.
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Caption 32 [en]: The TGV [High-Speed Train], I told you, three hundred [kilometers] per hour. Caption 32 [fr]: Le TGV [Train à Grande Vitesse], je tidé [slang for "je t'ai dit"], trois cents à l'heure.
Vespuccia or America? In the last episode of this fun cartoon, we find out how the name of the new continent now known as "America" came about.
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Caption 18 [en]: In fifteen hundred and one, Vespucci, all alone this time, without Alonso Ojeda, Caption 18 [fr]: En mille cinq cent un, Vespucci, tout seul cette fois, sans Alonso Ojeda,
He may not know it yet, but Amerigo Vespucci's life is about to change. Though he works as a successful banker, Amerigo feels restless and aspires to greater things. Luckily, Lorenzo de' Medici has offered him the opportunity of a lifetime: a trip to Spain to help Christopher Columbus prepare for an expedition to the Indies.
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Caption 31 [en]: And on August third, fourteen hundred ninety-two, Caption 31 [fr]: Et le trois août quatorze cent quatre-vingt-douze,
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