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You can go all the way back to 1841 and look at the words of an
economist like Friedrich List, who was saying at that very time
that railways needed to be built. If all these states that
would comprise Germany, would literally be linked together. And that's what the
railways would do. The newly formed Germany
required a vast train network that would enable the country
to both unite and expand. It needed to be able to
transport its people and goods across the nation. In many ways it was the railways
that helped weld Germany together as a new country
economist like Friedrich List, who was saying at that very time
that railways needed to be built. If all these states that
would comprise Germany, would literally be linked together. And that's what the
railways would do. The newly formed Germany
required a vast train network that would enable the country
to both unite and expand. It needed to be able to
transport its people and goods across the nation. In many ways it was the railways
that helped weld Germany together as a new country
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You can go all the way back to 1841
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and look at the words of an
economist like Friedrich List,
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who was saying at that very time
that railways needed to be built.
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If all these states that
would comprise Germany,
00:00:13.084 --> 00:00:16.064
would literally be linked together.
00:00:16.068 --> 00:00:18.068
And that's what the
railways would do.
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The newly formed Germany
required a vast train network
00:00:25.036 --> 00:00:28.048
that would enable the country
to both unite and expand.
00:00:29.048 --> 00:00:31.076
It needed to be able to
transport its people
00:00:31.008 --> 00:00:33.008
and goods across the nation.
00:00:36.000 --> 00:00:39.008
In many ways it was the railways
that helped weld Germany together
00:00:39.084 --> 00:00:41.999
as a new country.
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Movie Summary
Many of the world's most spectacular railways are surrounded by mysterious stories, tales and sagas. But these back stories have been lost to the passing years and are now unknown even to those using the railways daily.
