Cossacks Camp - The Dance (1915)

Title reads: “The Cossacks are famous for their superb horsemanship and reckless bravery“. Cossack cavalry charge - good shot of a row of horsemen charging towards camera. This continues with the Cossacks spreading out and charging in waves, brandishing swords or spears. Intertitle reads: “After tending his mount, Ivan’s favourite recreation - the dance“. Cossack officers walk past horses who are tethered to a rope strung between fence posts. At the Cossack camp: soldiers do traditional dance as their comrades stand in ring around them. Dancers are accompanied by music from violin, accordion and tambourine. A dog wants to get into the dance, another soldier hangs onto him. 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, wh