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Photographed the Czar and the English photographer story
The article describes Donald Thompson filming the Czar and his son at Tsarskoye Selo near Petrograd after the revolution began. The Czar granted access for close shots as soldiers watched. Thompson recalls meeting him in 1915 and notes a casual exchange with the ruler. The piece also discusses the Oxford University Press adding strafe to the Oxford dictionary, noting its transformation from a German loanword to a British slang term.
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Donald Thompson
Tzarskoye Selo
Petrograd
Mr. Thompson
Lemberg
Mouse
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