tv Documentary RT August 2, 2014 6:29pm-7:01pm EDT
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where pitched battles seem an almost daily occurrence for months now the russian army has been pushed back by the german and austrian garion forces but they make them work for every inch the fine is fierce the noise deafening and the bravery of the soldiers difficult to have a state. that's for myself i've already taken pictures i never thought possible. i just need to make sure i don't run out of slow. and i keep my head down. on a hot summer's day in a park it's time to bring the past. to
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commemorate the of the beginning of. a huge battle re-enactment is about to take place. hundreds of people. have come to recreate some of the most memorable engagements of the russian army. is a place to stay and a place to fight. for your. faith in yourself. says. for those taking part but this tent camp will at least give them a roof over their heads. you'll. feel. as. if it's.
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your words. else was. do you see what something is with children. or should you know it's like it is to you it's a true it's there's also useful spalted it will still suffer also just one you like to see it's labelled as did you do it was it the you know it's the received word we did you boys don't we. think of. that there. must be some of you who just snuck off to look at the fully functional. but like of the shape yet as i say should get out of the should be done. it's.
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the way the filling us in the foot and that's just not the dress both because the upper lower on the postmortem. plus one to him i mean why do it exist does not when you. give it so much it. is a pseudo duck you have us what there are such as. i don't know which i'm using only specials. plain chicken it's just what if somebody is a possibility and she. has many of us will. be there. and once the temps are all up the participants start to arrive. at the uniform regulations are still a little relaxed at least for now. i don't. think.
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that's the guns fall silent normal life seems to quickly resume. the man away from the trenches spend their time in camp attending to various tutsis simply recovering. on the whole they've been friendly and in general happy to pose for photos. many of us for copies of my pictures if i ever have a chance to develop them. to my surprise i found i'm not even the only journalist here. and showing
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young lady named to katherina is also taking pictures for a russian magazine. she's promised to show me the latest techniques. that apply to. many of the reconstruct as a from established clubs and the time before the battle is a chance to catch up with old friends. like. it was just aloof from this. thing she does it would have felt so do not believe this. just because it's. like. for almost everyone him military appearance is all important and that means the uniforms must be as authentic as possible no self respecting highland would take to the field without
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a perfectly tailored kilt. come up as if you could see. the rules. you wanted. on your body good you should. think your. chest was still. which. is it. it's. clean with. which yes i. used to do truly believe it is b.s. but it will be with you well mostly it will. look to steal a few cool people forced to move slowly at the simple solution of the full.
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who are a. god . of the. i. will. do through their full repertoire of songs more and more recruits continue to arrive . everyone needs to be registered before taking part in the administrators are hard at work. mostly signed up the participants can relax will look for more constructive ways to pass their time like helping out with new recruits.
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steadily pushed them back from east prussia with considerable casualties but they will not be driven out easily. the russians have made a stand and they're in remarkably good spirits despite the growing shortage of equipment. they firmly believe they're destined for victory. after one try to document the battle as best i can. stretch a better is run back and forth carrying the wounded to field medical stations. it's a harrowing sight but the wounded bear their injuries stoic and the doctors and nurses do their best. to be a solitary fun the russians pushed over the top and surprised the enemy. close courses they were no match for the russians and many german soldiers were captured . it was a great victory and a much needed boost in their own. a
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u.s. military was built to square off against the soviet union. over western europe and when you take that conventional military and now try to retasking it as a counterinsurgency force it creates a lot of gaps and that's the kind of private sector stuff. the world war one cent temporary commemoration is all about detail no expense has been spent in bringing all the same to vehicles weapons to take part in the battle re-enactment. compared to weld wall to the great wall has relatively few events dedicated to it in russia and this is also used as a way to educate the audience about the conflict of killed more than two million of their countrymen. it's a spectacle of sound and vision with dozens of roles to be played and the
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nights. to get. through. because. you're going to see if they have much of. that. but you know with. one of the felt like look at the lead issue with the lead you've got. you guys think it is . jumbled up and use it like a lot of the somebody you were building up with union. and even if it doesn't but once they know who you are back to when you believe the roots of joseph mccarthy that will sway me i need your rules the usual you know i do for sure the book will still be juggled rebuilt but you'll like things that flew me to see more of the nasty good deals because you know the little bit of the other.
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people in. the shoes look at the silly. little. stepped up a lot and i mean enough people please people if you will if you do you want a deal don't say you will go for just to get to buy it if. i disappear for a little but they flop over. the big blob and nobody me in the room looking to deal with another video it's up. to him i will say yes but we both are but the boss be to me oh looky here we have a little company flood. if you will. not go you know what. they want you. to phone me but again it. will do for.
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you. also another long journey i've come to the famous vets fortress it's been under siege. since september last year but so far it's fought off several german assaults and it's located on the river be able to about fifty kilometers from the border with east prussia in the one place where the marshlands of the river can be crossed it's a vital choke point on the han a desperate to get their hands on it. the men here have held out for months but they must be suffering badly. has got to try and document what's happening here question is how much you have to think of something but it's proved difficult to
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is there no one in the at the legends other. scalia that it is that he deal it is that he deal. in this is going to go up always these videos are going. yes it's about a million less than it was a welcome coming up us will be. partially filled with blood. and water is not going to be that the up we shuffle them out but the roofs will reduce truck workers or. to his mill to do what you have. to. know just that security patrols have become rather lax in recent days perhaps an opportunity will present itself.
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but not. knowing it. my plan has succeeded so far. passing myself off as a reinforcement seems to have done the trick. i think they're actually grateful for any extra help they can get. but now of course i must be incredibly careful and dread to think what may happen if they find me out was. ever. on. mine.
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back in the twenty first century the weather is not being cooperative although the heavy showers do bring some relief from the intense heat. when it's like this there's not much to do but sit and wait or maybe even catch forty winks. just make sure you're not lying under an open window. several hundred of our reactors are killing time until the festivals climactic battle. is quite a close knit group and many tour the country performing in different events. spectacles like this are a great opportunity to meet people from other regions of russia and even beyond who share their love for the past and surprisingly there are plenty of him pantry partings. i'm i'm irish and i'm
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carol i'm. just a few minutes to go the last soldiers are preparing for one of the most memorable russian actions of world war one the defense of the us a with fortress and the attack of the dead man. i have made a terrible mistake my god recognized me from the day before outside the fortress and alerted the duty officer. it wasn't long before my camera was discovered.
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memorizing this from the forts dungeon and i have a stark choice to. make. fight with the regiment against the next german advance will be shot to the spine it doesn't take too much school to know what my answer will be. but what's the soldiers for many months now. at last i'll have a chance to shoot something more than the pictures in the school. bus leave my notes here and hope to have a great story to. defensible salutes was one of the russian army's most famous acts of defiance a group of less than a hundred bloodied dying men chasing all three divisions of the german army. just over a fortnight later the russians were able to sabotage the remaining german artillery
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much more efficient teaching every minute. touch me. laugh though at. my own life but. in this society all. these cases eat lobster. sometimes for nothing which. is silly and. it's not just any of the story it's still being just everything you see being a stage eight will be. but each other's. waters. to me because. i saw it spread all over norway is the
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most toxic food you have in the whole will profit drama zoltan the judicial inquiry furthermore tells restriction. really knows what's inside the. belmont told me my language of war but i will only react to situations. reports. the state department comment on your part of the monthly's a. secure you. know. when you question me prepared for
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a change when you should be ready for. freedom of speech and. the freedom to crush. israel. in gaza will continue. all force it takes. to waste meanwhile thousands of protesters take to the streets over the israeli offensive as a new wave of demonstrations and. the u.s. plans to train ukraine's irregular forces. with military technology and equipment. coming clean on harsh interrogation tactics.
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