1911 Russia Various 220496-06 | Footage Farm

1911 Russia Various 220496-06 | Footage Farm

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[1911 - Moscow, Russia Aero Sleigh; Odessa Frozen Harbor; Storm; Dynamite Explosion Aftermath; French Parachute Testing; Spanish Train Wreck; King George V To Parliament]
Russian Main title & inter-title:
00:20:18 Russian inter-title: Moscow - aero sleigh testing.
00:20:25 Car body on skis w/ huge fan / propellor for traveling over snow or ice. Men board & travel along road; across frozen lake.
00:20:54 Russian inter-title: ??
00:20:58 Across lake; on road, comes to stop by camera.
00:21:25 Russian inter-title: Odessa - Unprecedented frosts bound the port with ice.
00:21:32 CU bow of ship w/ anchor chain. LS ships surrounded by ice - various shots ice bound ships in harbor. Men sawing ice & shoveling snow next to small boat. Ships frozen in next to dock.
00:22:30 Russian inter-title. Barcelona - Aftermath of terrible hurricane.
00:22:37 Sea / ocean waves beating on shore; boats wrecked on rocks.
00:22:57 Russian inter-title. USA Jersey City - Steamer loaded w/ dynamite exploded.
00:23:03 Aftermath w/ damaged building. Men w/ pick axes & policemen wearing police helmets. Damaged railroad freight train.
NOTE: 01Feb11 explosion of dynamite while unloading ship Catherine C to Jersey Central rail car. Severe damage to Ellis Island Immigration Center happened.
00:23:45 Russian inter-title: ??
00:23:51 MCU workman in MCU looking at camera.
00:23:53 Russian inter-title. Paris - Test of parachute at the Eiffel Tower - the Gervier (?) parachute.
00:23:59 Dummy (?) man tied into parachute. Dropped.
00:24;05 Russian inter-title: ??
00:24:10 Parachute floats down - man / dummy (?) lands head first.
NOTE: First drop is automatic parachute w/ mannequin mounted in a dummy airplane; invented by Gaston Hervieu & tested during late 1910 & early 1911. Second drop is unidentified dummy or man hanging by foot from parachute.
00:24:16 Russian inter-title. Spain - rail crash in Torreblanca.
00:24:22 Clean up operations, train locomotive laying on side. Upright carriages towed away.
00.24.41 Russian inter-title. London - King George V Opens Parliament.
00:24:46 Ceremonial coach & mounted troops, beef-eaters march past spectators en-route to Parliament.
The End.
Inventions; Transportation Oddities; Winter Weather; 1910s; 1911; Royalty;

There were special court cameramen and photographers who captured the daily life of the Romanov family. The Company of von Gun filmed the Tsar, and with the permission of the Ministry of the Court, showed these films in movie theatres beginning in 1907. Before the February 1917 Revolution, the von Gun Company was the main provider of the Tsar's chronicles in the Russian film industry. After 1907 other filmmakers were permitted to film the Royal family, including A. Drankov, V. Bulla (the elder), Khanzhonkov Company, Pate Company, and others. Before the beginning of World War I a newsreel became popular capturing military parades, holidays, reviews and drills. Many are devoted to the Fleet. They document everyday life of the Baltic Sea and Black Sea squadrons. Some of the newsreels document the fire of the Maly Theatre in Moscow, mass gymnastics, auto and motor races, zoos and animal preserves, and the life of peoples of the Russian Empire. The objects of filming were political and cultural figures, the construction of warships, the Moscow flood, the testing of new agricultural equipment and the oil industry in Baku. There are also films showing the towns of Russia, etc. During World War I, cameramen captured events on all fronts. Before 1915, the exclusive rights to film battles belonged to the Film Department of the Skobelev Committee. The Skobelev Committee of the Assistance to the Wounded Soldiers of the General Staff was founded in November 1904 as a public organization. By the order of the Scobelev Committee many cameramen filmed the events of the World War I, such as Englishman Arcol (representative of Pate Company, filmed on South-Western and Caucasus fronts), cameramen E.D. Dored (represented American companies) and P.V. Ermolov, (filmed events on Caucasus front); P.K. Novitskiy (Gomount Company), N.M. Toporkov, K.E. von Gan, A.K. Gan-Jagelskiy, made filming in the General Headquarters. Other cameramen such as: A. G Lemberg, S, Zebel, Trushe, etc. also worked at the fronts. Cameramen filmed the war not only on the fronts but also from the rear. Since the first month of the war until 1917 the Scobelev Committee produced about 70 newsreels. From 1914 to 1915 cameramen of the Scobelev Committee produced 21 series of the newsreel "Russian Military Chronicle". The materials of this newsreel were used many times for the separate films made by Scobelev Committee and other film companies. Read more at: http://www.pbs.org/redfiles/rao/archives/rgakfd/textind10.html

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1908 - 1918
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Romanov Empire - Империя Романовых
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