Russian in WWI Pt1/3 220505-01X | Footage Farm
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Troops leave, march down road.
11:00:14 Troops by artillery emplacements & in trenches, MCU drinking tea; soldier using periscope, soldier using field telephone. Cannons / gun firing.
11:01:44 Cossack dancing by troops in street (scratched); celebrations.
11:02:22 Soldiers in foggy conditions, some on horseback near tall cross, stones & grave.
11:03:08 Wounded carried from railway car - into carriages & trams / trolleys.
11:03:57 Civilians digging trenches, including women. Refugees w/ belongings in wagons along muddy path.
11:05:08 Graves / Funerals - mourning.
11:05:54 Pan over troops across snow-covered fields; explosion. Firing from behind berm; men stading by frozen river & several fall, shot; placed on stretchers (staged?). Troops advance across snowy field or ice. Dead soldiers by flag on ice, some picked up (staged).
11:08:05 Balloon rising & aerial views from balloon basket.
11:08:37 Troops w/ horses in the snow; preparations for battle; riders w/ flag lead.
11:09:50 Religious service w/ priests & flags. Pan soldiers dug in along snowy riverbank.
11:10:10 Military vehicles along road. Soldiers looking at map in snowstorm - into large military armored truck & leave down icy road, explosions nearby. Troops in trenches in blizzard. Cossacks riding in snow. 11:13:24 Troops advance out of trench.
11:14:07 Prisoners of War marched under guard. Wounded on sleds loaded into ambulance trucks. Officer) reviewing troops.
11:15:09 Parcels handed out to soldiers hurrying past; standing holding bundles.
11:15:51 Troops on horses, w/ loaded wagons & on foot thru mud & snow; across wooden bridge over icy flowing stream.
11:17:12 Soldier delivers note into HQ in reeds; leaves. Officer looks thru binoculars. Marching troops past & out of camp.
WW1; Horrors of War; Russian Front; 1910s;
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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