Vernon Howe Bailey's Sketchbook of Petrograd (1916)

The capital of Russia, which has for centuries reflected the glory of the czars and been the pivot point for the merging of the far east and the far west, a dividing line of Oriental and Occidental civilization, has been pictured in these motion drawings with all the skill of this renowned artist. The mysterious palaces of the equally mysterious city have been caught by his photographic eye and transferred to the screen. The architectural beauty of the Romanoff possession, possible to the richest family in the world, were all sketches before the outbreak of the war. The drawings have now been completed and in the film offer an excellent study of the old St. Petersburg, which added new features to its history by the recent change in its name.

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