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Isambard Kingdom Brunel, FRS (/ˈɪzəmbɑrd bruːˈnɛl/; 9 April 1806 – 15 September 1859), was an English mechanical and civil engineer who built bridges and dockyards including the construction of the first major British railway, the Great Western Railway; a series of steamships, including the first propeller-driven transatlantic steamship; and numerous important bridges and tunnels. His designs revolutionised public transport and modern engineering.
Though Brunel's projects were not always successful, they often contained innovative solutions to long-standing engineering problems. During his short career, Brunel achieved many engineering "firsts", including assisting in the building of the first tunnel under a navigable river and development of SS Great Britain, the first propeller-driven ocean-going iron ship, which was at the time (1843) also the largest ship ever built.
Brunel set the standard for a very well built railway, using careful surveys to minimise grades and curves. This necessitated expensive construction techniques and new bridges and viaducts, and the two-mile-long Box Tunnel. One controversial feature was the wide gauge, a "broad gauge" of 7 ft 0 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm), instead of what was later to be known as 'standard gauge' of 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm). The wider gauge added to passenger comfort but made construction much more expensive and caused difficulties when eventually it had to interconnect with other railways using the narrower gauge. As a result of the Railway Regulation (Gauge) Act 1846 (after Brunel's death) the gauge was changed to standard gauge throughout the GWR network.
Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson (born 11 April 1960) is an English broadcaster, journalist and writer who specialises in motoring. He is best known for his role on the BBC TV show Top Gear along with co-presenters Richard Hammond and James May. He also writes weekly columns for The Sunday Times and The Sun.
From a career as a local journalist in Northern England, Clarkson rose to public prominence as a presenter of the original format of Top Gear in 1988. Since the mid-1990s, Clarkson has become a recognised public personality, regularly appearing on British television presenting his own shows and appearing as a guest on other shows. As well as motoring, Clarkson has produced programmes and books on subjects such as history and engineering. From 1998 to 2000 he also hosted his own chat show, Clarkson.
His opinionated but humorous tongue-in-cheek writing and presenting style has often generated much public reaction to his viewpoints. His actions both privately and as a Top Gear presenter have also sometimes resulted in criticism from the media, politicians, pressure groups and the public.
Actors: Ricardo Noel Frutuoso (producer), Ricardo Noel Frutuoso (director), Ricardo Noel Frutuoso (editor), Cherylyn Clifford (actor), Paul Price (composer), Claire Byrne (writer), Jamie Moss (actor), Bart Palyga (actor),
Plot: Brunel and Mary travel on the same train without knowing each other. They end up seating in the same compartment but Mary is asleep. Her dream takes her to a different moment in time, the future. Where she is taken around a city presented by this man achievements in life. When she wakes up, the man she dream with is sat opposite to her.
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Short,Actors: Nelly Kaplan (actress), André Oumansky (actor), Jean Sorel (actor), Didier Sauvegrain (actor), Patrick Préjean (actor), Jacques Herlin (actor), Jean Rougerie (actor), Jean Barney (actor), Jean-Paul Bonnaire (actor), Charles Berling (actor), Philippe Dormoy (actor), Michel Peyrelon (actor), Jacques Herlin (actor), Nelly Kaplan (writer), Anny Romand (actress),
Plot: In Paris occupied by the Nazis, a young boy plays his violin alone in a park. He is spotted by a SS high rank officer, who soon learns he is an war orphan. The music-lover officer is going to take care of the boy's musical education, while his subordinates are torturing French prisoners in the basement of his big house. But is this young boy really whom he pretends to be.
Genres: Drama,Actors: Jack Gold (producer), Marie-Christine Barrault (actress), Anne V. Coates (producer), Robert Lang (actor), Derek Jacobi (actor), Lino Ventura (actor), Lee Remick (actress), Richard Burton (actor), Michael Byrne (actor), Harry Andrews (actor), Norman Bird (actor), Gordon Jackson (actor), Michael Hordern (actor), Jack Gold (director), Arnon Milchan (producer),
Plot: John Morlar is watching the British television broadcast when an anchorman states that American astronauts are trapped in orbit around the moon. Suddenly someone in Morlar's room picks up a figurine and strikes him on the head repeatedly. His blood splatters the television screen. A French police inspector, Brunel, arrives at Morlar's apartment to begin an investigation. At first he thinks Morlar is dead, but soon he hears him breathe. At the hospital, Morlar is hooked up to life support systems, one machine in particular monitors the activity of his battered brain. Brunel discovers that Morlar has been in psychological analysis because of his history of being witness to many disasters, other people's disasters. Dr. Zonfeld, Morlar's analyst, explains that Morlar's delusions had begun when he was a child. He believed that he had caused a hated nanny's death. Morlar's childhood delusions were reinforced at a resort when he overheard his parents discussing him with disapproval. When his parents strolled on top of a cliff, Morlar watched as the family car suddenly pushed them off the cliff to their deaths. One evening, Brunel pores over the mysteries of Morlar's diary and through his scrapbook of disastrous events. Gradually, Brunel begins to develop an opinion of what Morlar was like and begins to wonder if he is chasing a murderer or a victim.
Keywords: airplane-accident, astronaut, based-on-novel, brain, childhood, church, cliff, crash, destruction, disasterActors: Oswald Döpke (director), Herbert Fleischmann (actor), Günter Gräwert (actor), Hans Korte (actor), Bernhard Minetti (actor), Peter Schiff (actor), Hannelore Elsner (actress), Gertrud Kückelmann (actress), Margot Mahler (actress), Maria Körber (actress), Kurt Buecheler (actor), Rolf Unkel (composer), Sonja Karzau (actress), Herbert Grünbaum (actor), Lothar Blumhagen (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Carsten Byhring (actor), Egil Hjorth-Jenssen (actor), Rolf Søder (actor), Alf Malland (actor), Toralf Sandø (actor), Ragnhild Michelsen (actress), Sverre Hansen (actor), Elsa Lystad (actress), Per Bronken (director), Roy Bjørnstad (actor), Tor Stokke (actor), Jon Eikemo (actor), Frimann Falck Clausen (actor), Knut M. Hansson (actor), Per Gjersøe (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Marcel André (actor), René Blancard (actor), Paul Frankeur (actor), François Joux (actor), Gérard Oury (actor), Maurice Ronet (actor), Georges Tabet (actor), Charles Vissières (actor), Joëlle Bernard (actress), Jean Dréville (director), Gabriel Rongier (editor), Jean Chevrier (actor), René Cloërec (composer), Giselle Pascal (actress), Lisette Lebon (actress),
Genres: Adventure, Drama,