How Russians Play

Summary:

In the belief that a study of the way people spend their leisure time, of their own free will, often reals a great deal about their character, this film has been made. It pictures Russian people in their amusement parks, zoos, theaters, museums and art galleries, excursions, and camps. It follows them to the bathing beaches and goes with them on their mountain hikes. It introduces the popular Russian game, Gorodki, and gives a glimpse of Russian soccer. Russians like their demonstrations on a grand scale and the film closes with a sequence on an International Youth Day celebration. (IFF promotional material)

Description:

Edited Film

Country/Location: Russia

Tribe or Group: N/A

Cinematographer: Julien Bryan and Jules Bucher

Production Company: IFF

Running Time: 13 min.

Years Filmed: 1930-1937

Decade Produced: 1930s (shot), 1940s (edited)

Years Distributed: 1946-49

Film Gauge: 35mm

Stock: B&W Nitrate

Footage Count: 474'

Sound: Narrated

Notes: Footage shot before WWII. 16mm reduction prints made from the 35mm nitrate negatives (no 35mm prints ever made). All footage for Children of Russia, How Russians Play, A Russian Children's Railway, and Peoples of the Soviet Union was shot during the same expedition.

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