Gorodki - Best Russians Compete For National Game (1961)

Russia, Soviet Union (USSR). Various shots of the Russian national game Gorodki being played. Five pieces of wood about eight inches long shaped like a cut out of a broom handle, are placed in the middle of 5 ft square piece of wood. A longer piece of wood, about 3 ft long, is hurled from a given distance (usually about 30 ft) at the pieces of wood in square, which are built up in various formations. When the longer piece of wood strikes the smaller pieces one must get as many small pieces as possible out of the wooden square. Various shots of the men competing and crowd watching. Winner being congratulated and receiving award. (Lav.) Date found in the old record 14/09/1961. 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.