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It was the ultimate holiday -...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eVisitors to Paris are stepping back in time on board the original Orient Express.\u003cbr/\u003eIt's part of an exhibition dedicated to the legendary steam train that epitomised luxury travel for more than a hundred years. \u003cbr/\u003eIt was the ultimate holiday - a long weekend on a luxurious, long distance train from Paris to Istanbul. \u003cbr/\u003eRunning from 1883 to 1977 the Orient Express revolutionised train travel, allowing wealthy travellers to cross Europe to the Middle East in less than 3 days - and to do so lavished in luxury and comfort with the most cutting edge technology of the day at their fingertips. \u003cbr/\u003eIn tribute to the legendary locomotive, the World Arab Institute in Paris is staging an exhibition dedicated to the Orient Express which allows visitors to explore 3 original carriages, a locomotive and memorabilia from the many famous people that rode and were inspired by the train over more than a century.    \u003cbr/\u003eIn one carriage the scene is set for the early 1930's.  A typewriter, an ashtray and a bottle of gin are in place representing the creative space of author, Graham Greene, whose novel, 'Stamboul Train' was set on the Orient Express.   \u003cbr/\u003eAnother seat is dedicated to Agatha Christie. Published in 1934 her detective novel  'Murder on the Orient Express' and the subsequent film of the same name brought the magic, mystery and sumptuousness of the Orient Express to a mass audience, ensuring its place in history not only as an icon of the industrial revolution, but also as a synonym for luxury and wealth in the collective consciousness. \u003cbr/\u003eThe exhibit has enticed 260,000 visitors on board since it opened in April according to the institute. \u003cbr/\u003eCurator, Claude Mollard says the Orient Express is so popular because it harks back to a time when travel was more than just a means to an end:\u003cbr/\u003e\"You had four days of travelling during which you had nothing else to do than enjoy travelling. That meant meeting people, having conversations and being actively engaged with other passengers. So it was like being at a theatre show, but being the actor and comedian of your own theatre show.\"\u003cbr/\u003eOn board service of the finest food and drink would reflect the countries that were being travelled through.  Mollard says even in today's first class air cabins and train compartments, the sheer luxury of the Orient Express at that time cannot be matched. \u003cbr/\u003e\"You have Lalique lead glasses, with nude men and women. Can you imagine today in the TGV (Train a Grande Vitesse, French high-speed train), photos of nude men and women? Impossible. So people come to see that.\"\u003cbr/\u003eMollard says the idea of pampered VIP travellers - film stars like Marlene Dietrich and gallant officers like Lawrence of Arabia -  coupled with the romantic image of the train created by authors and film-makers make the Orient Express a perpetual place of intrigue for visitors.   \u003cbr/\u003e\"It's all that melting pot that creates poetry, creates an environment and creates the mythology (of the Orient Express).\"\u003cbr/\u003eIt took just under 68 hours to reach Istanbul, seven days to Cairo and eight days to Baghdad. These were places that before the Orient Express would have taken weeks or months to reach. \u003cbr/\u003e\"The Europeans in the 19th century were dreaming about the Orient, but the Orient was far; a trip there was long and far and this train, the Orient Express made that region reachable in three or two and a half days and that is the cause of the immediate success of this train, \" says Gilles Gauthier of the Arab World Institute. \u003cbr/\u003eBut it was the development of even faster transport - high speed trains and cheap passenger flights - that eventually saw the demise of the Orient Express. It made its last journey from Paris to Istanbul in 1977, although it continued to run an overnight service to Vienna until as late as 2007. \u003cbr/\u003eToday, the route no longer exists, but the Venice Simpion Orient Express - a private venture - still offers luxury train travel to destinations around Europe. \u003cbr/\u003e\"Once Upon A Time The Orient Express\"  runs until August 31st. \u003cbr/\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eParis, France, July 7th 2014 \u003cbr/\u003e1. Mid of train (front view), a Steam locomotive, Ten Wheel 230 G, built in 1922, used in Sidney Lumet's film 'Murder on the Orient Express' (1974), restored in 2013 after 2,500 hours of work\u003cbr/\u003e2. Close up of locomotive (window/mirror)\u003cbr/\u003e3. Mid of locomotive (back view)\u003cbr/\u003e4. Close up of locomotive wheels (front view).\u003cbr/\u003e5. Wide of people waiting to visit Orient Express train \u003cbr/\u003e6. Mid of people waiting in line to visit Orient Express train  \u003cbr/\u003e7. Wide of people waiting to visit Orient Express train \u003cbr/\u003e8. Close up on sign \"Voiture-Salon-Bar\" (Car-Lounge-Bar)\u003cbr/\u003e9. Close up on train retro style window\u003cbr/\u003e10. Pan inside car from a table set and seats, down to end of carriage. \u003cbr/\u003e11. Close-up on typewriter, book, gin bottle, and ashtray on carriage table, representing a place where Graham Greene could be seated while writing his novel 'Stamboul Train'.\u003cbr/\u003e12. Pan close up from book to typewriter\u003cbr/\u003e13. Close up on set of cards \u003cbr/\u003e14. Close up on clips and writing in a notebook of Agatha Christie\u003cbr/\u003e15. Mid of table with notebook, tea set, pen and bottle\u003cbr/\u003e16. Set-up of Claude Mollard, Orient Express exhibit curator\u003cbr/\u003e17. Close-up on Claude Mollard\u003cbr/\u003e18. SOUNDBITE (French) Claude Mollard, Orient Express Exhibit Curator:\u003cbr/\u003e\"You had four days of travelling during which you had nothing else to do than enjoy travelling. That meant meeting people, having conversations and being actively engaged with other passengers. So it was like being at a theatre show, but being the actor and comedian of your own theatre show.\"\u003cbr/\u003e19. Wide right pan from seats around table covered with card game and tea set\u003cbr/\u003e20. Pan of table covered with card game and tea set and cigars\u003cbr/\u003e21. SOUNDBITE (French) Claude Mollard, Orient Express exhibit curator:\u003cbr/\u003e\"You have Lalique lead glasses, with nude men and women. Can you imagine today in the TGV (Train a Grande Vitesse, French high-speed train), photos of nude men and women? Impossible. So people come to see that.\"\u003cbr/\u003e22. Mid of Lalique glass design with nude men and women\u003cbr/\u003e23. Close up of Lalique glass design with nude man and woman\u003cbr/\u003e24. SOUNDBITE (French) Claude Mollard, Orient Express exhibit curator:\u003cbr/\u003e\"It's all that melting pot that creates poetry, creates an environment and creates the mythology (of the Orient Express).\"\u003cbr/\u003e25. Mid right pan of train compartment with screen showing James Bond on Orient Express in 'From Russia with Love' (Terence Young, 1963)\u003cbr/\u003e26. Wide of train compartment representing a crime scene, a body under sheets with blood\u003cbr/\u003e27. Close up of Agatha Christie's books - 'Murder on the Orient Express'\u003cbr/\u003e28. Mid left pan from train seat to table\u003cbr/\u003e29. Close up of table with fez, bottle of French wine and glasses\u003cbr/\u003e30. Close up of watch, pen and notebook\u003cbr/\u003e31. Wide of carriage corridor with visitors\u003cbr/\u003e32. Mid of carriage corridor with visitors\u003cbr/\u003e33. Wide tilt down of train compartment showing a suitcase and gramophone \u003cbr/\u003e34. Close up gramophone\u003cbr/\u003e35. Close up of old suitcase with Wagon-Lits tag\u003cbr/\u003e36. Wide tilt up of sleeping compartment\u003cbr/\u003e37. Wide setup shot of Gilles Gauthier, Arab World Institute \u003cbr/\u003e38. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Gilles Gauthier, Arab World Institute \u003cbr/\u003e\"The Europeans in the 19th century were dreaming about the Orient, but the Orient was far; a trip there was long and far and this train, the Orient Express made that region reachable in three or two and a half days and that is the cause of the immediate success of this train.\"\u003cbr/\u003e39. Wide right pan from saloon on Orient express to piano\u003cbr/\u003e40. Close up of poster with sign 'Orient Express', on piano\u003cbr/\u003e41. Wide of train bar\u003cbr/\u003e42. Close up of bottles in the bar\u003cbr/\u003e43. Close up of engraved decoration on train wall\u003cbr/\u003e44. Wide of people waiting to visit the Orient Express\u003cbr/\u003e45. SOUNDBITE (French) Giselle Kessler, a tourist from Orleans, France, visiting the exhibit:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The people who were using this train were extremely rich, but it was rather brave to spend days in such a small space and in a not so comfortable space.\"\u003cbr/\u003e46. SOUNDBITE (French) Lilianne Ceresiela, Parisian, visiting the Orient Express exhibit:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I've read a lot of books where the story was happening inside (Orient Express), that makes me dream and I really like the Middle East. I felt in love in the Middle East and It makes me dream of it.\"\u003cbr/\u003e47. Wide tilt down of Orient Express carriage drawing\u003cbr/\u003e48. Close up of the Orient Express sleeping compartment mockup\u003cbr/\u003e49. Wide right pan of the 'Orient Express' exhibit area with visitors watching screens\u003cbr/\u003e50. 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