WWI - Russian Military Preparation & Fighting 220504-11X | Footage Farm

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[WWI - Russian Military Preparation & Fighting; Celebrating; Wounded Returned Home]
Blimps / barrage balloons carried by troops along dirt road, then on field moved into place & released
10:48:09 Well-dressed crowds at horse races in front of large elaborate covered grandstand.
10:48:33 Troops at attention on field parade; training w/ gun mounted on tripod.
10:49:09 Soldiers w/ rifles & dog on field, fall on ground, point & talk.
10:49:32 Russian cavalry maneuvers on horseback, riding past camera standing up.
10:50:04 Tsar & others off launch; Tsar inspects troops. Tsar and family in carriages past troops at attention.
10:51:19 Pan over crowd gathered in front of Winter Palace, cheering; tilt up to flag on pole above building & back down to crowd waving.
10:51:57 Soldier w/ flag to Priest at podium in front of Kremlin; soldiers take oath. Kiss bible; kiss flag.
10:53:17 Tsar inspects troops at Kremlin.
10:53:54 Military march past.
10:54:31 Troops walk motorcycles past camera, followed by military vehicles past Kremlin.
10:55:43 Troops & marching band down wide street / beside square; camera behind line of light poles, troops pass both sides.
10:56:25 Women folk dances next to railway train before troops depart.
10:57:13 Troops in trenches & behind berms firing rifles - advance.
10:57:43 Russian officers & Tsar walking past log barracks; German General (captured?) beside railroad cars. Orders posted on notice board & read.
10:58:43 Tsar inspects troops. Religious services in field w/ troops, priests, choir or signing. Troops leave, march down road.
11:00:15 Troops by artillery emplacements & in trenches, MCU drinking tea; soldier using periscope, soldier using field telephone. Cannons / gun firing.
11:01:44 Cossack dancing by troops in street (scratched); celebrations.
11:02:23 Soldiers in foggy conditions, some on horseback near tall cross, stones & grave.
11:03:09 Wounded carried from railway car - into carriages & trams. (at 11:03:22 time code reverses).
Russian Homefront; 1910s; WW1; Royalty;
NOTE: 11:01:44 matches 11:01:51 on 220505.