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Topical Budget 229-1: Snow Bound Galicia (1916)
 

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Main title. "The terrors of the Russian winter are greatly feared by the Central Powers. Russian transports moving with difficulty over the snow covered roads." Two horse-drawn wagons pass through a snow-covered village. Around six Russian soldiers wander behind the wagons. The wagons seen from another angle, to the right is a bomb-damaged building. Pan right of snow-covered ruins of a village - no people present. The ruins consist only of a few thick walls, no roofs or upper parts of walls can be seen.