tv Documentary RT August 2, 2014 9:29pm-10:02pm EDT
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when you take that conventional military and now try to read task it as a counter-insurgency force it creates a lot of gaps and that's the kind of private sector stuff. i am. nice and fifteen. this is simon's in eastern frustrates more terrifying than i could have imagined. weeks of traveling i finally made it to the eastern front where pitched battles daily occurrence for months now the russian army has been pushed back by the german and garion forces but they make them work for every inch the fuzzy is fierce the noise deafening and the bravery of the soldiers difficult
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to have a stage. that's for myself i'm already taking pictures i never thought possible. i just need to make sure i don't run out of slits and that i keep my head down. pat. on a hot summer's day and. it's time to bring the past to life. to commemorate the scent of the beginning of. a huge battle re-enactment is about to take place. hundreds of people from all over europe have come to recreate some of the most memorable engagements of the russian army. and all they need is
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a place to stay and a place to fight. for your. craving it's sad to say. they'll be no luxury for those taking part but this tent camp will at least give them a roof over their heads. closest this food would be a good one to deal with. their homes then yes you know this place is the schools and it still feels like the home to be surprised that you can put. the. loss was what you'll.
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be. so yes with children six. year olds like it is there was a through this is the. one you like to see here it's the same for those did you do with it was it that you would see or did you do boys. that there. must be some of you just it's not. like you behave as i say she could have shared. the way up on us if we had and that's if nothing press both because. of the postmortem. plus what him i mean why do you have.
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it's. got all. the subtle. yet was what they are such as. news you know anything special for. me it's just what if somebody is a possibility and she. is not a puzzle. i think they are. and once the temps are all up the participants start to arrive. uniform regulation just a little relaxed at least for now. as the guns fall silent normal life seems to quickly resume. the man away from the trenches spend time in camp attending to various tutsis all simply recovering.
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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 the chance to develop them. to my surprise i found i'm not even the only journalist here. and show me young lady named katherina is also taking pictures for a russian magazine. she's promised to show me the latest techniques. that apply to. many of the recent. clubs
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and the time before the battle has a chance to catch up with old friends. more. like. it was just a leaf it's just it's its thing he does it you know i would have felt that it's under the belief that it's. 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 a perfectly tailored kilt. and the seafood is. easy. little's. you want it you know but if your body believe that you should. check your.
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while the soldiers go 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 once just signed up the participants can relax old look for more constructive ways to pass their time like helping out with new recruits. about. what you want to show up week with. only. a. little. earth wind. and just like
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a hundred years ago the tried and trusted kickabout is a popular one. nine hundred fifteen has been a desperate year for the russian forces the germans in austria hungary and have 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 then destined for victory. mr ford. i try to
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document the battle as best i can. stretch or better is run back and forth carrying the wounded to field medical stations. it's a harrowing sight but the wounded bad their injuries stoic and the doctors and nurses do their best. after this i'll tell refinance 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.
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really knows what's inside the feeling of this. told him a language of all but i will only react to situations i haven't read the reports for i'm not in a position to know i only meant to stapling a comment on your planet of the month to say it's six am. now is on to. say no more weasel words. when you know of a direct question be prepared for a change when you throw a punch be ready for a bad. freedom of speech and let him down to fit into the past.
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the world war one century commemoration is all about detail no expense has been suspended bringing vehicles weapons and coast troops to take part in the battle re-enactment. compared to world war two the great war 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 organizers want to make sure that everyone knows they have popped. up things.
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a lot of the somebody you were building up with union. and even if it doesn't but once they knew. you when you look at the roots of his lips not ready to sway me i usually rules they usually do you know i do feel sure that the book will still be rebuilt but you'll like things to me to see more of the last of the good deals because she will just leave the for another. deal to be one. of the species look at least a. little. skeptical of that and i mean are people with equal if you will a few do you want to do you don't think you could just get by it if.
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i disappear for a little but they luckily. put a lot. of nobody me in the limo to deal with another video it's up. to and i told him yes but we both are but both must be to me oh looky here we have a little bumpy slug. if you won't feel. smug i feel like. someone will. be funny but again it. will be for. really. funny. cause or another long journey i've come to the famous. also vets fortress it's been undeceived since september last year but so far it's fought off several german
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assaults 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 from the sun a desperate to get my 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 i have to think of something but it's proved difficult to make contact with anyone in authority although at least some of the locals have been friends. mom.
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and. sister. the few. who. have failed to gain access despite my papers the must get inside somehow. is there no one knew at the legends other. scalia that it is that he deal. over you through the bottle was a simple does he know it's going to go. yes of about a million. coming up us will be. partially filled with bullets. and water is not going to be that the up to shuffle
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this style stall if possible he's decisive you up you can. get off now with all three of them still being yeah. he both of you. broke the news source who really got beyond the. number with you think you're stuck with. me just leaning in school feeding it up along a little shiny school across the room. and. let me. play 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
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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. my mind. 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 festival's climactic battle. is quite
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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 carol i'm i'm. 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 also its fortress and the attack of the dead man.
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i have made a terrible mistake my god recognised me from the day before outside the fortress and alerted the duty officer. it wasn't long before my camera was discovered. memorizing this from the forts dungeon and i have a stark choice to make. fight with the regiment against the next german advance. 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. defend
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civil 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 and retreats from the ruined fortress. heroic moments brought to life once again one hundred years old.
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the u.s. military was built to square off against the soviet union. over western europe but when you take that conventional military and now try to retest it as a counterinsurgency force it creates a lot of gaps and that's the kind of private sector stuff. in. the fifty's the. economic ups and downs in the find out on monday the deal sank night and the rest because i think it will be if we can all be.
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a couple of hundred years ago sir thomas more wrote you would abandon ship in a storm just because he couldn't control the winds well america ain't no utopia search on me and ill stinky wind is blowing and the corporate rats are abandoning ship. clean more zero casualties war this is the great fantasy of war mongering politicians. capturing people is this what do you do if they're innocent killing them easy we reserve the right to kill any person anywhere any time. in the season but they come around to nothing will make these things sort of virgin politicians. a new kind of
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power and this technology. is very tempting. the headlines here on. military operation in gaza will continue to how much time. to waste meanwhile thousands of protesters take to the streets over the israeli offensive as a new way of demonstrations in the world why. the u.s. trained ukraine's irregular forces well that reportedly supplying kiev with military technology dick whitman. coming clean on interrogation tactics. we tortured some folks. who did
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some things that were contrary to our values. president obama admits the cia crossed the line when interrogating suspects look forward to the release of classified data on the disturbing techniques used. internationally on american corporate big. businesses across the atlantic stay with us. welcome to the kaiser report imax kaiser a couple of hundred years ago sir thomas moore wrote you would abandon ship in a storm just because he couldn't control the winds well america ain't no utopia tommy and no stinky wind is blowing and the corporate rats are abandoning ship this is right stacy.
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