https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/560ee5a8-9427-4d5b-a7ca-ef90c72d88a9 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Help us preserve, scan and post more rare and endangered films! Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com View our Amazon store here: https://amzn.to/3XQHsVD This 1963 teaching film for Americans learning Russian was produced by the International Film Bureau with assistance from the Audiovisual Center at Syracuse University. Written and spoken by Olga S. Federoff, the film describes in slow and simple language the footage of Russians enjoying rest and leisure activities. In particular, this film is useful for intermediate-level learners of Russian who are working on how to describe and narrate daily life and hobbies. For other audiences, this film is a unique glimpse at life in Moscow in the early 1960s. Written and spoken by Olga S. Federoff, the film describes in slow and simple language the footage of Russians enjoying rest and leisure activities. In particular, this film is useful for intermediate-level learners of Russian who are working on how to describe and narrate daily life and hobbies. For other audiences, this film is a unique glimpse at life in Moscow in the early 1960s. At the time of this film, the USSR was led by Nikita Khrushchev who initiated certain reforms as part of a broader "de-Stalinization." The Cuban missile crisis occurred in 1962 and the year prior, Yuri Gagarin became the first human to enter space. A popular past-time for Moscow residents included going to parks such as Gorky Park. Creating these impressive parks was a priority for the Soviet government's urban planning because it provided a way to improve residents' living conditions in an urban environment while also serving as a tangible achievement of the government. Moscow had seen a significant growth in its population after World War II due to internal migration due to the war and industrialization. Moscow itself had to be reconstructed to recover from the heavy wartime damage. Americans were able to visit Russia in the 1960s but due to the Cold War and restrictions on visas, it was an uncommon travel destination. Certain Americans visited as part of cultural exchange programs. For many Russian language learners in the United States, films like this were a unique glimpse at life in the USSR. (00:49) A Russian orthodox priest (01:09) Jewish men talk with each other (02:03) Women and their babies in public parks (02:30) A baby toddles around near birds (02:57) Children play with leaves in a park (03:39) Preschool age children play at a playground with their teacher (04:18) They do gymnastics-type exercises (04:37) They play on a see-saw (04:55) People enjoy a large carnival at a Moscow park (05:12) Children eat ice cream (05:32) Children sit in a mock airplanes during a carnival ride (06:14) In the winter, people use sleds and cross-country skis. (06:46) A map showing Moscow and a Crimea (06:54) A park with nice flowers, a fountain, and a lake behind (07:23) People pose for photos in the nice park (07:53) Russians enjoy the water and the beach during the summer (08:25) Women sunbathe (08:44) A woman does pull-ups on an exercise bar (09:03) Another throws a discus (10:28) A man uses a motorboat (10:36) A mountain range (10:50) People dance and a men play musical instruments (11:21) Americans on board demonstrate an American dance (11:41) Young people dance on a boat Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have endangered films you'd like to have scanned, or wish to donate celluloid to Periscope Film so that we can share them with the world, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the weblink below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvc1Pw-cvNc Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:56:30 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/560ee5a8-9427-4d5b-a7ca-ef90c72d88a9 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.