AUSTRO-HUNGARIANS IN PRZEMYSL 2 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: AUSTRO-HUNGARIANS IN PRZEMYSL 2 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 1045c
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  • Summary: Brief film of the woods near Przemysl after the Russian retreat, Eastern Front, June 1915.
  • Description: The American cinematographer Albert K Dawson and a civilian wander through the woods, which show damage after the battle.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (IWM 1045c)
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1915-06
  • Production Country: Austria-Hungary
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  • Keywords: journalism and record, Austro-Hungarian - photographer (object name) 01/3(4-11).4 (event) Russia & Russian Poland & Przemysl area (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 70 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Summary: "This footage was shot shortly after the capture of Przemysl on June 3, 1915 by the Austro-German army. It has a full match with frame enlargements found in the Dawson collection at the Library of Congress, showing dead Russian soldiers who had been killed by machine gun fire in the woods around Przemysl. You will find one of these frame enlargements as an illustration in the article on Dawson (1885-1967) attached"; see Film flashes of the European front: The war diary of Albert K. Dawson, 1915–1916 Ron van Dopperen and Cooper C. Graham Film History Vol. 23, No. 1, Art, Industry, Technology (January 2011), pp. 20-37 (article consists of 18 pages) Published by: Indiana University Press DOI: 10.2979/filmhistory.23.1.20 Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/filmhistory.23.1.20 The footage was used in Dawson's feature film Battles of A Nation, released in the U.S.A. in November 1915." [Information kindly supplied by Ron van Dopperen, 25/1/2012] Technical: this film is currently held on the same reel as films IWM 1045a-d, the can is marked as IWM 1045
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    IWM 1045c

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