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tv   Documentary  RT  May 9, 2013 10:29am-11:01am EDT

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as crew members. this. trip. few stops in the most important places connected with. one of them is the fortress on the polish border. of the. outstanding bravery and resilience. the. death.
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beltran has seen the start of a training program for newcomers to the desert platoon living history group they are meticulously reenacting scottish infantry units who fought in north africa in one nine hundred thirty nine to forty three. using the renowned bren gun carrier armored vehicles. 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. after they. do 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 we are living
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history group rather than a reenactment what we do is we try and show. the public how crudes tried to live a normal life in an abnormal situation and during the war but i think the nazi uniforms i think the japanese uniforms i don't think the time is now i think when all our veterans are are away then i think yeah i believe that we should be doing or showing uniforms that make them suffer. germany greets the russian convoy with bloomy weather and cold rain. to drive every few hours to meet the shuttle and arrive in time for the meeting in the old saxon town of tall girl. here on april twenty fifth one thousand nine hundred five soviet an american troops met and embraced each other as brothers. this a ventilator became known as. history's full of curious paradoxes and today the
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descendants of russian soldiers are once again reunited with their friends at the river. time the. society. eastern front. the history but also keep the soul of a. russian coming to the peace to. the division has been working on the restoration of. the famous.
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people to see them. take. the symbol of. the queue for the ferry across. it's beginning to seem as though everyone in europe has put on a uniform and is heading for england. across the water. and the festival.
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doesn't just. have. to find the strength to change into dress. uniform. wearing glamorous period clothing the ladies are also invited out to a night of swing enjoy music. with a dance floor is just people see the same way their grandparents did. the british band to join basis. 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 old people remember
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it but i think also people are getting fed up of just. you know electric pop music and also somebody suggested that and the jazz swing 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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finally the russian convoy drives into the. heavily laden vehicles desperately. through. the international paratroopers in afghanistan to help them. as. they drive into the field. with. sleep gives them a boost. and.
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the war and peace show in england is in full swing russian military be an act of even brought about alike aaron to 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. of the war and peace show 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 where a combination of eccentric people and historic military hardware can be found many of those in attendance lead normal lives but once again after thorough preparations they come here to fulfill their childhood dreams and take on the role of the proud tank driver or a brave paratrooper for a week. whatever their age. old ways to cope with the tories.
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especially recruits from western europe for quite some time. good day comrades. but when it comes to the reality. on the mark. three i did it got to see one attempt out of three sure to be successful i'm coming to you one. two.
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three. not get away from me. thank you for your service. there are different attitudes towards afghanistan one thing is certain it's a bright history of our army. heroism and courage of our soldiers and officers and it is. one of the guys reconstruct the events of that time fascinating very worthwhile. living conditions at the. from the group. have totally embraced the mood they've set up. to try to recreate. as closely as possible. the history of the first.
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famous operation of september one thousand nine hundred. fifty. very.
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correctly. it is. a multinational team of. trinity church. oh. i. know years. and. we will remember.
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the british. soldiers practice the. british. being a member of the club. to wear a uniform properly and reenacts german life for the frontline but also to have a knowledge of how to handle equipment. this is why commander. is especially hard on recruits who have to show for the first time these things neil himself is an enthusiastic react 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
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army memorabilia to get to lose his former enemy fire technique 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 also how we how right wing far right off ah left wing leanings these things are not true why is a terrible thing this is why it's called war not having snoozy terrible things happening terrible thing war in itself is a crime against humanity and it is monsoon always to forget. the sacrifices that were made by people. in walk. just looks at the movies the movies the americans won the war. the russian people. seventy five percent almost all. of these.
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people recognized maybe seventy five percent of the effort. was committed by the recent people and not be americans. so the contemporary. has nothing to do with ideology it blurs the boundaries
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between former enemies and allows people to better understand history and not to repeat the mistakes of the past however not everyone. you know. you have a failure in. food. and you don't want to approach the uniform 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. the enemy and i really but the person is what. finally the day of the great battle comes british paratroopers will face off against. this huge interest.
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group to watch the. first shots ring out. according to the battle scenario british paratroopers kicked the germans out of a small dutch town and quickly took up defensive positions. british intelligence then revealed the enemy was sending numbers of infantry troops and tanks to take back the town.
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the course of. last. night. comes to a close members of the british team reenacting the second. decide to give their russian friends a real surprise they translated the famous song 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 reenacting the history of the second.
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modern russia was built on coal. fuel for its factories. coke for its steel newmark gold is it hot and heat for its people. join me james brown to meet the man who spend their lives underground and work in one of the world's most dangerous professions. and. look let's you. hearts of coal on l.t. . real damage and complexity of this oil spill was not something you can grasp just by looking at
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dirty birds we have between four to five million people in this directly affected area of the coast and it's pretty clear why it's not being reported because b.p. can't afford to have a reported all along the gulf coast are clean they are safe and they're open for business if b.p. is the single largest oil contributor to the pentagon the us war machine is heavily reliant upon b.p. and their oil this is a huge step backwards for the marker c. it's a step forward for oligarchy carex it is toxic is a look a lot like spraying in vietnam it was it was not a picture that either the government or b.p. really wanted to have out there i don't want dispersants to be the agent on. this.
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mission three cretaceous three tons four charges three coming. free. free. free. video for your media. harty dot com you. are watching r t with me marina josh it's a day of remembrance here in russia as a country marks the sixty eighth anniversary a victory over a nazi germany the bloodiest war in history claimed sixteen million lives around half of them from the soviet union the memory of those who sacrificed their lives to liberate the world russia's preparing to observe a minute of silence. when
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you mind here when you minute turn go eat. those is moscow that are both good seats and that all new sun trilled t.v. and radio stations of russia are working. smut that eats you east you must.
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seriatim by the light of our great for memory. side the light of a love of eat that shit. city of the light of our dream which. led the names of the fallen shine in our memory for every. spoken let us recall that he bought this three years d.c. to meet once. others eighteen days. whatsit your great patriotic war claimed the twenty six million six hundred thousand lots each it is truly a wave that. spawned you let us remember spoke only of
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letters remember those who fought the enemy at the front of the way while those who fought in guerrilla detachments the star those who suffered in fascist concentration camps sperm you let us remember those who worked without sleep and rest on the home front spoon let us remember those baby girl each to berlin in prague it was though it was you who are not with us today and. let us remember the villages and settlements that were reduced to ashes let us remember the hundreds of towns destroyed but we're not defeated look at those. let us remember booker t. o. every street. to every house just spoke in every home gosh they don't. sell best soldier of the great patriotic war. you fought to the bitter end my school near moscow in a stalingrad go through delivered bread at me to the located leningrad. and your
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burned in a tank at the front line. but you buy it when dying is to save millions of lives. use it to lost your kids and in the stolen labor camps it's not freedom to the inmates of auschwitz. who can model. and. if that got you did not intrude for an boundaries you need sky neither did you seek fame baeza she should just defended your motherland as a she defended your family. sprawl such as today remember all those who place their lives on the altar of a tree. the coolest barlow to that's. what it will as the years and decades passes each year. one generation takes the
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place of another not as good motion now but is it possible to pass into oblivion week says she the heroic deed of the warriors who defended not only our lives each but the very notion of a human being knew that fascism for she wanted to crush. her t.v. leaky pipe and the day of the great the tree square game we bow our heads in bright memory as the years leap by beats you did not get a greater december you are saying the sons the cittie daughters at some others when fathers grandfathers. husbands drives but others sisters at nama john's relatives. and friends nuts to play it. i mean with
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that. the minute of silence. was.

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