Moscow Clad in Snow (1908) documentary

“Moscow Clad in Snow“ (1908) - silent documentary short film George Meyer in 1908, showing the Moscow winter 1907/08 year. Also known as “Moscow under the snow“ and “Moscow in the snow“. The first film shot in Russia at the Moscow branch of the Studio “Brothers Pathe“. The first screening of the film took place on 9 April 1909 in the United States. The film is in four parts. First, the camera pans the Kremlin and Marshal’s Bridge. Sleds are parked in rows. Horse-drawn sleighs run up and down a busy street. Next, we visit the mushroom and fish market where common people work and shop. In Petrovsky Park are the well-to-do. Men are in great coats. A file of six or seven women ski past on a narrow lane. Last, there’s a general view of Moscow. A slow pan takes us to a view above the river front where the film began. Moscow Clad in Snow (1908) documentary Genre; Documentary Production Co: Pathé Frères, Moscow branch Directed b