A Testimony on the Parc des Ateliers (1946 - 1985)

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Duration: 3 min

Former railway worker Edmond Blanc talks about his daily routine at the Parc des Ateliers in Arles in France, where he helped built steam engines between 1946 - 1985. During World War II there were 1,500 people working at the Ateliers and only 90 left when the site closed in the mid-1980s.

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