SNCF supports documentary, film and cultural projects that help to raise awareness of and pass on the history of the company and its railway workers, particularly during the Second World War.
Documentary films, audiovisual productions and cultural projects help to bring to light archives, testimonies and individual journeys, and to make the public aware of episodes of this history that are sometimes little known. They also offer new ways of accessing historical sources and contribute to renewing approaches to passing on knowledge.
These productions thus help to spread knowledge beyond specialist circles and reach a wider audience, particularly younger generations. They contribute to an approach of knowledge, transmission and dialogue around history, giving a place to archives and testimonies in contemporary creations.
Documentary: “Sauvons les enfants !”, 2022
On 11 September 1942, 600 foreign Jews were rounded up in Lille and the surrounding region.
Film: Le dossier du docteur Jackson, 2015
Involved in the Resistance in Paris under the Occupation, he was deported by the Gestapo and died tragically in 1945.
Mini-series: Les Résistances, 2014
Shining a light on the actions of more than 200 Resistance members across France.
TV movie: Alias Caracalla, au cœur de la Résistance, 2013
Tracing the coming-of-age journey of a young man who moves from his initial convictions toward republican commitment.
Film: Hélène Berr, une jeune fille dans Paris occupé, 2013
Deported on 27 March 1944 to Auschwitz-Birkenau, she died at Bergen-Belsen, shortly before the camp’s liberation.
TV series: Les Combattants de l’ombre, 2011
Exploring the Second World War on a European scale through the lens of resistance to Nazism.
Documentary: Drancy, dernière étape avant l’abîme, 2002
Tracing the tragic history of the Drancy camp during the Second World War.
