Russian Dancers (1955)

Paris, France. Several sequences of dances from different regions of USSR. Dancers wear different traditional costumes and dances slightly differ one from another. This is famous Igor Moisseiev ’folkloric ballet’ (ballet group performing folk dances) performance shot in Palais de Chaillot in Paris just a week before the group is expected to arrive in London. (F.G.) (Orig.D.) FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.