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Newsreel of the First World War. (1915 - 1916)
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Scene №1 Newsreel of the First World War
The officers interrogate the captives of the Austrians.
The prisoner shows on the map the location of the Austrian troops.
The prisoners are sitting under a railroad embankment near the car, waiting to be sent to the rear, warming themselves by the fire, smoking pipes.
A photograph of the captured German officers.
A column of Austrian prisoners is taken to the streets of the city for boarding a train.
Granting of a salary to Russian officers in the field treasury.
Rewarding the soldiers who distinguished themselves in combat, the officer pins the soldiers Georgievsky crosses on their overcoats.
The military echelon during a stop on the way, soldiers dance "Russian".
Infantry regiment in the campaign.
Loading injured in ambulances.
Infantry in the trench.
Machine-gun crews occupy fighting positions.
The staff officer orders the adjutant.
A sentry at the railway station in winter.
The infantry unit marches through the city, a column of captive Austrians is moving behind, people are walking alongside, they are examining the prisoners.
Austrian artillerymen manually raise the mountain guns to the firing position during the battles on the Italian front.
View of the Austrian artillery battery in shelter.
Kind of sledging train of the Austrian army.
Mountain troop unit moves on skis.
Mountain shooters are fighting, machine-gunning for positions.
The movement of Austrian units in the highlands.
Calendar
1915-1916Locations
Russia
Italy
Seasons
SummerAutumn
Winter
The First World War History
Scene №2
Crossing the pontoon bridge of a train of one of the Russian army units.
Infantry regiment in the campaign.
Infantry in combat positions.
Russian soldiers after the battle in the Carpathians stand at the dead corpses of comrades.
Soldiers of one of the parts of the Russian army after the battle, posing for the cameraman.
Officers welcome General Brusilov AA. And the representatives of Kiev, who came to the positions for the distribution of gifts to the soldiers.
Officers and guests pass along the line, General Brusilov
Says a short speech.
The Kiev representatives talk with Brusilov and the officers.
Give gifts to soldiers.
Soldiers in the ranks with gifts in their hands.
Arrival of the Kiev guests to the position of light artillery.
One of the calculations of the Mortar Division conducts an indicative shooting for the Kiev guests.
Type of field bakery (top).
Baking bread in the furnaces of the field bakery.
General Brusilov and representatives of Kiev on cars leave the location of the military unit.
Personnel
Alexey Alexeevich Brusilov - military leaderCalendar
1914-1915Locations
Poland
Seasons
WinterThe First World War; Generals and war heroes; Armament; Army History; Biography; Defense and internal security