OK not film footage of the original, a movie. I was keeping the hounds company this afternoon and trolling the net on my tablet for things related to wargaming the 3rd qtr of the 19th C and stumbled on this 1912 Romanian silent film of "The War of Romanian Independence: (click on the following link.)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Independance_of_Romania.webm
It begins with a village dance then mobilization, the declaration, some preliminary Russo Turkish action and then settles into Plevna and shows the Romanians tipping the balance and ends with a 30th anniversay parade. The acting and cinematography is what you would expect or better for 1912 and someone has kindly translated the captions. There are scads of soldiers in period uniforms who seem to know what they are about, I suspect they were either serving soldiers on loan or else included a lot of veterans and reservists. The film also included shots of field hospitals and at least 1 band, reminding me that those rules need to be ported over fron Hearts of Tin.
If you have any interest in the late 19thC its well worth an hour and a half. Pity its not in colour!
Thursday, February 11, 2016
Siege of Plevna on Film
Born and raised in the suburbs of Montreal, 5 years in the Black Watch of Canada Cadets, 5 years at the Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean followed by 4 in the navy. 25 years with CPC in IT simultaneous with 23 years running a boarding kennel. Inherited my love of toy soldiers from my mother's father. Married with a pack of Italian Greyhounds and 3 cats. Prematurely retired and enjoying leisure to game, maintaining our 160 yr old farmhouse and just living.
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Interesting history, Ross. Something I'd never heard of before. BTW, your short bio is very, very interesting! From your military service to your menagerie - 10 Greyhounds! You must have quite a spread.
ReplyDeleteWe often pay little heed to Turkey and the Balkans but not only is there a rich history but events of the last 2 centuries still effect our current world.
Deleteoh and Italian Greyhounds, they are an ancient miniature breed, lapdogs rather than hunting/racing ones. One can easily fit 10 of them
plus 2 people on a couch, once they've raced around a bit.