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fear they faced. remember every second of this nightmare. it will remain in their memories and hearts forever. and it seemed so. innocent. a little angel. on live from our studios and some from moscow this is our team glad to have with us let's take a look at your top headlines. turkey's call for a no fly zone in syria fails to get support at the u.n. as rebels in the country declare a civilian airports their latest targets warning international flights to stay away . wrong welcomes
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a course of support for its peaceful nuclear program at the nonaligned summit in tehran dealing a blow to u.s. moves to isolate the islamic republic. republicans of freshly nominated presidential candidate mitt romney promises a hardline stance against russia but faces criticism for flip flopping on previous policies. and romano bottom of it successfully fends off attempts by self exile tycoon borders but is also keen to carve five billion dollars out of his fortune a london court ruled by themselves he was a fundamentally unreliable witness. and next we hit the road with the russian delegation to the famous war and peace show in britain for the reenactment of many of the twentieth century's major battles are special reports next.
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in the early hours of a hot july dawn a group of unusually dressed people carefully head on to the shore of one of the tributaries. military uniform from the days of world war two. in the summer of nine hundred forty one crossing. one hundred thousand people were killed while they were trying to escape the surrounding enemy. eyewitnesses say that the river ran red with blood for several days now candles float down the river. moscow's military history club called the division has traveled here to honor the memory of fallen russian soldiers but this journey to smolensk is just the beginning now they have three thousand kilometers to cover across the european roads to take part in the legendary war and peace show in england.
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in the village of. the old hope surrounded by a huge park today collectors of military vehicles and others with an interest in reenacting great battles of the past century the thirtieth war and peace show is about to take place. since the beginning of summer has turned the festival venue into a swamp. military and feels e.s.p.n. arriving long before the beginning of the show for them not even bad weather can overshadow the event they've been waiting a whole year for one after another festivals open up offering every thing from uniform buttons to tanks. number two number two do you read me number two over. there's a gas station one hundred kilometers from a third of a tank left the copy i copy. there was an accident after
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a four wheeler and broke my spine before that i was a physician a surgeon there is suddenly i was bedridden the last six months i started walking slowly recovering. thinking of was going to do when my friend from rostov told me he'd restored an old soviet. also had a gas sixty nine cheap it was me here stored it i did it in a mill. i need a uniform to match. on the next day the rain passes by the campground and. historical reactors from a soviet paratroopers club a keenly digging away and mud in accordance with military protocol the soldiers are preparing shelters in case of an enemy attack the most amazing thing is not one of these soldiers speak russian these people hail from belgium britain sweden france
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and holland. well we're digging a trench or trying to dig a trench we're doing it by hand so. see how far we get an attorney for going to finish it reenacting soviet union in afghanistan because. because no one else was there were basically it's nothing political over enough for communism or something it's just out of interest it was quite. interesting also quite hard. for heavily loaded cars with trailers to cross seven european countries. and there's little time for rest. we had a pretty interesting trip to the war history show.
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my friends would. be friends with fascists. but there is no ideology in it whatsoever but there's no difference between those dressed as the red army. uniforms only served to you know it is very nice when you pass a german camp in a soviet uniform and the german stand. at the camp the festival go. together with the families. and friends in the. british police officer. and.
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trip. only few stops in the most important places connected with. one of them is the fortress. of the. garrison demonstrated outstanding bravery and resilience. troops to defend. most of the death. now they are already up. they are meticulously reenacting scottish infantry units who fought in north africa in one thousand nine hundred eighty nine to forty three. using the renowned bren
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gun carrier armored vehicles. the club members but the biggest emphasis on the atmosphere in the camp and pay strict attention to the everyday life of a soldier from that time. they. want to be accurate and we do want to be serious but not over serious because we are paying respect to the people who were in the desert war. living history group rather than a reenactment group what we do is we try and show. the public how crude tried to live a normal life in an abnormal situation and during the war the nazi uniforms i think the japanese uniforms i don't think the time is now i think
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when all our veterans are our way then i think yeah i believe that we should be doing or showing uniforms that make them suffer. germany greets the russian convoy with gloomy weather and cold rain. the drive every few hours to meet the shuttle and arrive in time for the meeting in the old. go. here on april twenty fifth one thousand nine hundred five soviet an american troops and embraced each other as brothers. there's a ventilator became known as. history's full of curious paradoxes and today the descendants of russian soldiers once again reunited with their friends at the river . but this time the ones in allied uniforms the germans from a military reenactment society is possible there.
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british band to join basis kicks off the. yeah i think the music that we play on the music of voters is coming back now because. a lot of people find it here the young people think it's near the older people remember it but i think also people are getting fed up of just. you know electric pop music and also somebody suggested that and the thoughts is jazz swaying and music came out of the depression. and the world now there's a lot of you know economical problems so maybe people are looking for the same sort of entertainment to cheer them up and that's what we try and bring some sunshine.
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the war and peace show in kent england is in full swing russian military react as of even brought about a like air and two accordions to entertain the troops. with the first call to the famous beatles song people begin to gather around the t.v. so the full tank a rumor that the russians had brought a ballet company to spread around the camp. and the war and peace shows there's always somebody taking pictures or video of what's going on they may use modern cell phones or even an original hand crank camera. this camp is a rare place with a combination of eccentric people and historic military hardware can be found many
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of those in attendance lead normal lives but once a year after thorough preparations they come here to fulfill their childhood dreams and take on the role of a proud tank driver or a brave paratrooper for a week. whatever their age big boys old ways to approach the toys. from the. visit to his paratrooper. especially recruits from western europe for quite some time. but some of them. get a little lost in translation good day comrades. this invincible. but when it comes to the reality of. everything becomes clear.
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on the mark. turning around three i did it got to see one attempt out of three sure to be successful i'm coming to you one. to. turning around three. not get away from me. thank you for your service. there are different attitudes towards the events in afghanistan one thing is certain it's a brighter day each in history of our army associated with heroism and courage of our soldiers and officers and it is worthy of reenactment so when the guys reconstruct the events of that time it's fascinating a very worthwhile. living conditions at the.
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a knowledge of how to handle equipment but this is why command. is especially hard on recruits who are at the show for the first time. neil himself is an enthusiastic reenact disconnect his father fought against the germans in the navy but never met them face to face just after the role his father began collecting german army memorabilia to get to know his former enemy fire to his son continues to hold. it's quite often that. people attempt to politicize people attempt to think that the reason why we do this is because somehow we are neo nazis also how we how right wing far right off i left wing leanings these things are not true war is a terrible thing this is why it's called war not having snoozy one time terrible things happening terrible thing war in itself is a crime against humanity and it is man's sin always to forget. the sacrifices that
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so the contemporary historically. has nothing to do with ideology it blurs the boundaries between former enemies and allows people to better understand history and not to repeat the mistakes of the past however not everyone shares this opinion . you know. you have a failure in. kind food. and you don't want to approach it's a uniform effort they said with. when you're so low you do not salute a person. and that's what we're there and they still got us i mean of all. how did the enemy and i really but the person is what.
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finally the day of the great battle comes british paratroopers will face off against. this battle a huge interest given comrade stalin. crew to watch the encounter from his all terrain vehicle. at last the first shots ring out. according to the battle scenario british paratroopers kicks the germans out of a small dutch town and quickly took up defensive positions. british intelligence then revealed the enemy was sending large numbers of infantry troops and tanks to take back to tell your dad.
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the course of. paul the last night for the war and peace show comes to a close members of the british team reenacting the second god's tank ami designed to give their russian friends from real surprise they've translated the famous wartime song to fuchsia into english and to sing it for the first time. for many years a symbol of soviet victory the song might just become an anthem for those reenacting
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