On the labor achievements of Soviet people on the eve of the May holidays of 1956; parade and festive demonstration in Moscow.
Labor achievements of Soviet people on the eve of May 1. Construction of apartment buildings in Kiev. Oil production at the Baku oil fields. Loading cargo onto ships at the Odessa seaport. A fishing vessel fishes in the Atlantic Ocean. Vacationers in Sukhumi stroll along the embankment and ride a boat. The artist of the All-Union Radio L. Kazanskaya sings (synchronously). Greenhouse workers in Moscow prepare flowers for sale. Pre-holiday trade in the Moscow store "Gifts". Meeting at the airfield of foreign guests who have arrived in Moscow. Military parade on Red Square to celebrate May 1. K. S. Moskalenko commands the parade. G. K. Zhukov accepts the parade. Students of the Military Academies, military units of the Moscow garrison, and military equipment march across Red Square. Athletes' parade, workers' demonstration on Red Square. On the tribune of the Lenin Mausoleum are members of the Soviet government and leaders of the CPSU.
Ice drift on the river.
General view of the construction of the Kuibyshev hydroelectric power station.
Construction of buildings in the industrial district of Kyiv-Darnitsa.
Bricklayer foreman Mikhail Sidletsky lays bricks.
A worker of the Kyiv plant of automatic machines, the foremost worker Alexander Shulzhenko, at the machine.
Oil rigs in Baku.
The team of foreman Rasulov drills a new well.
Oil spurts out of the pipe.
General view of the Odessa port.
Loading and unloading operations in the port.
Sowing in the Crimean collective farm named after Kalinin.
Fishing near the Ferrero Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean.
Sailors are preparing for the holiday.
Embankment in Sukhumi.
Flowers.
Vacationers on the streets and on the beach.
The artist of the All-Union Radio Lidiya Kazanskaya sings (synchronously).
Selling flowers in Moscow.
Trading in a gift shop.
Muscovites with purchases on the streets of the city.
The building of the Moscow airport.
Arrival of foreign delegations to the festival – Hungarian People's Republic, GDR. General view of the Moscow Watch Factory.
Workers leaving the factory.
Dancing on the streets of Moscow in the evening.
Illuminated Moscow (Gorky Street, the telegraph building).
Streets of Moscow in the morning.
Muscovites on the streets.
Young people dancing.
Pioneers and athletes passing by.
In the room of the radio station on Red Square are the writers who will be reporting: A. Safronov, Lev Kassil, Tatyana Tess.
Announcers Olga Vysotskaya and Yuri Levitan take their places in the radio station.
Troops on Red Square and on Gorky Street.
Guests in the stands.
Foreign guests in the stands.
On the podium of the Mausoleum are the leaders of the CPSU and the Soviet government: K.E. Voroshilov, N.A. Bulganin, N.S. Khrushchev, G.M. Malenkov, L.M. Kaganovich, V.M. Molotov, A.I. Mikoyan, M.G. Pervukhin, M.Z. Saburov, M.A. Suslov, E.A. Furtseva, D.T. Shepilov, N.M. Shvernik, A.B. Aristov, N.I. Belyaev.
The Minister of Defense of the USSR, Marshal of the Soviet Union G.K., who is hosting the parade, leaves the Spassky Gate.
Zhukov.
The commander of the parade, Marshal of the Soviet Union K.S. Moskalenko and G.K. Zhukov inspects the troops. G.K. Zhukov ascends the podium and delivers a speech.
Troops on Red Square.
The parade is opened by students of military academies.
The following pass by: Frunze Military Academy, Lenin Military-Political Academy, Dzerzhinsky Artillery Academy, Armored and Mechanized Academy Stalin Troops, Kuibyshev Military Engineering Academy, Soviet Army Air Force Academy, Zhukovsky Air Force Academy.
Sailors marching.
Cadets of the Moscow Military School named after the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR marching.
Border guards, infantrymen, and Suvorov cadets marching.
The leaders of the CPSU and the Soviet government are on the Mausoleum tribune.
On Red Square are units of the Kalinin Guards Taman Division.
Airplanes are flying by.
Paratroopers are driving by in cars.
Columns of artillery are moving.
The ceremonial march of the troops is completed by a combined brass band.
Children with flowers are walking to the Mausoleum.
Young Pioneers and athletes of the capital are walking along Red Square.
Demonstrators are walking.
Guests are greeting the demonstrators from the tribune.