Producer-Director Pamela Peak (left) and Videographer Steve Oatley (right) give staging directions
to actor Larry Chase (left rear) in preparation for filming a climactic scene.
(photo by Mike Grobbel)
"Voices of a
Never Ending Dawn"
A documentary now in final
production that will tell the heroic story of
the American WW I "Polar Bear" soldiers who fought the
Bolshevik Red Army in North Russia
Visit the documentary's official web site
Producer-Director Pamela Peak
(left) and Videographer Steve Oatley (right) give staging
directions
to actor Larry Chase (left rear) in preparation for filming a
climactic scene.
(photo by Mike Grobbel)
Documentary filmmaker Pamela Peak is nearing completion of “Voices of a Never Ending Dawn”, which will tell the story of the Polar Bear expedition through the voices of the American North Russia Expeditionary Force soldiers and their families.
Pamela and her Videographer Steve Oatley were in Troy, MI on December 5, 2008 to shoot live action scenes in the 168 year old log cabin at the Troy Museum and Historic Village. The live action footage will be combined with voice-over narration to bring to life the words contained in various Polar Bear's letters and diaries describing their experiences in North Russia.
One of the scenes filmed by Pamela and Steve on December 5th was based on this account contained in the diary of Sgt. Silver K. Parrish:
| "March 4th 1919. Drew up resolutions to request the reason why we are fighting the Bolos, and why we haven't any big guns, and why the British run us, and why we haven't enough to eat, and why our men can't get proper medical attention and some mail. Someone squealed on March 6th and I, Silver K. Parrish, was called up before the Colonel and he read me the articles of war and showed me where my offense was punishable by death." |
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In these stills
taken during filming on Dec. 5, 2008, Larry Chase of Troy, MI
portrays the Colonel (left) and
Alex Alexandrou of Saginaw, MI plays the role of Sgt. Parrish (right).
(photos by Mike Grobbel)
Pamela and her crew were in Troy earlier this autumn to film scenes at the Troy Museum and Historic Village and their project was noted in the local newspaper: "Troy Museum transformed into World War I Russia"
World War I reenactors recently filmed battle scenes in the snow near East Jordan, MI for "memory flashback" moments in the film. WPBN TV7&4 covered the filming and posted "WWI film being shot in Charlevoix County" on their web site. The Traverse City Record-Eagle also covered the story: "Documentary films in East Jordan - 'Polar Bears' of WWI re-enacted in frigid weather"
The documentary is scheduled for completion in the Spring of 2009 and will have its first public screening in the Temple of Memories at Troy's White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery.
Return to this page or the official web site for the date and time of the screening.
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