Russian Dancers 1955

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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...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
31327
Sort Number:
55/089
Time in/Out:
01:05:27:00 / 01:06:56:00
Canister:
55/89
Film ID:
555.06
Issue Date:
07/11/1955

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