''The Battle and Fall of Przemysl'' is a 1915 documentary

war film War film is a film genre concerned with warfare, typically about navy, naval, air force, air, or army, land battles, with combat scenes central to the drama. It has been strongly associated with the 20th century. The fateful nature of battle s ...

shot on the Eastern Front by official war photographer to the Central Powers,

Albert K. Dawson Albert Knox Dawson (September 20, 1885 – February 1, 1967) was a photojournalist and film correspondent who covered World War I with the German, Austro-Hungarian and Bulgarian army. Early life Albert Knox Dawson was born in Vincennes, Indian ...

. Its four reels depicted the

Siege of Przemyśl The siege of Przemyśl was the longest siege in Europe during the First World War. The siege was a crushing defeat of the Austro-Hungarian Army by the Russian Army. Przemyśl (german: Premissel) was a fortress-town and stronghold on the River San ...

, disastrous for the Austrians, with incidents reenacted using soldiers as extras. Most of it has been lost.

The Battle and Fall of Przemysl USA 1915

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''"The Battle and Fall of Przemysl"'' (USA, 1915)
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