About the celebration of May 1 in Moscow, about the parades and demonstrations that took place on this day.
May morning in Moscow: girls walking with flowers, a woman watering flowers on a balcony, women pushing strollers, schoolchildren planting trees. Lenin Stadium. Streets of Moscow. Shoe House. Shoppers in a store. Izvestia newspaper editorial office building. Illumination on the telegraph building. Workers of the Krasny Proletariy plant preparing banners. Workshop of the Trekhgornaya Manufaktura plant. 1st State Bearing Plant. Workshop of the plant. A young man working. Demonstrators on the streets of Moscow. Troops of the Moscow Garrison line up on Red Square. Troops in Okhotny Ryad. Guest stands. Members of the government ascend the tribune of the Lenin Mausoleum. USSR Defense Minister R. Ya. Malinovsky reviews the parade. Report of the parade commander, USSR Marshal K. S. Moskalenko. Review of the troops. Marshal R. Ya. Malinovsky speaking (synchronously). Troops and equipment on Gorky Street. Columns of military academies open the parade. Cadets of military schools, soldiers and officers of various branches of the armed forces pass by. Solemn procession of Muscovites on Red Square. Performance of athletes.
Morning plans of the Kremlin from the embankment: sunrise over the Kremlin.
Two windows of a house, illuminated by the sun – kr.
Girl opens a window – Wed.
Flowering tree, flowering branch – Wed, kr.
Flower – kr.
Girls and a young man with flowers, girls with bouquets – Wed, kr.
Woman on the balcony watering flowers – general, Poland, Wed.
Muscovites walking down the street, a man pushing a scooter with purchases – general, Wed.
Cars driving down Gorky Street – general.
Traffic light near the building – kr.
Cars are parked – general.
Pedestrians crossing the street, women with strollers – general.
Boulevard – general.
Children sleeping in strollers – kr.
Girl squatting – kr.
Schoolchildren planting flowers and trees – Wed.
Hands – kr.
Students planting trees against the background of new buildings – general.
Young man and girl – kr.
A racing boat is sailing along the Moskva River – Wed, CR. People at the Lenin Stadium – CR; in the stands – CR. Columns of athletes with banners are marching through the stadium – CR. Banners of sports societies – CR. A female builder is hoisting a banner at a construction site – Wed, PA. PA of the construction site of a new district of Moscow – CR. A large banner is in the foreground; cranes are visible.
Yaroslavskoe Shosse (from the movement).
Shoe store – Wed, CR. A shop window with women's shoes – Wed, CR. Girls are trying on shoes – CR. Pedestrian tunnel on Mozhaisk Shosse – CR. Decorated building of the Izvestia editorial office – CR. They are decorating Moscow – CR. Decorated telegraph building – CR. Feeding pigeons on Red Square – CR. Preparing banners – Wed.
Banner of the Krasny Proletariy plant – kr.
NPL on the workshop – Wed.
Workers working at the machines – Wed, kr.
Banner of the Trekhgornaya Manufaktura factory – kr.
NPL on the factory workshop – Wed.
Girls laying out material – Wed.
Banner of the 1st State Bearing Plant – kr.
NPL – factory workshop – Wed.
Banner of the Moscow Plant of Small Cars.
NPL on the workshop – general.
Assembly of Moskvichs on the conveyor – Wed, kr.
Banner against the sky – kr.
Demonstrators on the street – general.
Banners – kr.
Red Square – general (top).
Troops of the Moscow garrison, the Navy, the standard-bearers of the Nakhimov School, lined up on Red Square and on Okhotny Ryad Street – general, kr, Wed.
Guest stands, Soviet and foreign guests applaud – general, Wed.
Comrades Voroshilov, Khrushchev, Mikoyan, Kirichenko and others ascend the Mausoleum stand – general.
Kremlin chimes – "10 o'clock" – cr.
Marshal of the Soviet Union R. Ya.
Malinovsky, who is receiving the parade, leaves the Spassky Gate; the parade commander, Marshal of the Soviet Union K. S. Moskalenko, is riding towards him – Wed. K. S. Moskalenko reports to R. Ya.
Malinovsky – general, Wed. R. Ya.
Malinovsky and K. S. Moskalenko are driving around the troops lined up for the parade – Wed, general. R. Ya.
Malinovsky greets the troops (synchronously).
Red Square, troops are standing – general (above).
Marshal of the Soviet Union Malinovsky's car is approaching the Mausoleum. R. Ya.
Malinovsky ascends the tribune – cf.
Fanfarists – cf. R. Ya.
Malinovsky delivers a welcoming speech (synchronously) – cr.
Mausoleum tribune, guest tribune – common.
Red Square (top), panorama of the People's Republic of China from the Mausoleum to GUM – general.
Troops and equipment on Gorky Street – general (top).
Faces of the military listening to Malinovsky – short.
Malinovsky speaking (synchronously) – short, general.
A cannon salvo in the Kremlin, smoke flashes are visible – general.
On the Mausoleum tribune are the leaders of the party and government: K.E. Voroshilov, N.S. Khrushchev, A.I. Mikoyan, M.A. Suslov, A.I. Kirichenko, F.R. Kozlov, E.A. Furtseva, Marshals of the Soviet Union I.S. Konev, V.D. Sokolovsky, A.A. Grechko, S.M. Budyonny, S.S. Byuryuzov, A.M. Vasilevsky, K.K. Rokossovsky, K.A. Vershinin and others.
Soviet and foreign guests, children in the stands – general, medium, small.
A military orchestra is standing – general (top).
A car with Marshal of the Soviet Union K.S. Moskalenko passes – medium, panorama.
Drummers pass – medium, panorama.
The parade is opened by columns of military academies: students and teachers of the Frunze Military Academy, the Lenin Military-Political Academy, the Dzerzhinsky Artillery Engineering Academy, the Stalin Armored and Mechanized Troops Academy, the Kuibyshev Military Engineering Academy, the Air Force Academy, and the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy pass by.
Sailors of the Caspian Higher Naval School named after Kirov, cadets of the School named after the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, Soviet border guards, alumni of the Moscow and Tula Suvorov Schools, the Leningrad Nakhimov School are marching – general, medium.
The banner of the Nakhimovites – small.
On the march are the Guards Mechanized Taman Division named after Kalinin, airborne troops (in vehicles), artillery units: self-propelled guns, long-range artillery – general, medium, small.
Parade of athletes – general (from above).
Athletes from various sports societies are marching along Red Square, doing gymnastic exercises, changing formations – general, medium, small.
Balloons over Red Square – small, general. K.E. Voroshilov, N.S. Khrushchev, A.I. Mikoyan greeting the athletes – cf.
Children with flowers run to the Mausoleum, hand them to K.E. Voroshilov, N.S. Khrushchev, A.I. Mikoyan and others – cf.
Demonstrators with banners, portraits, flowers, balloons walk across the square, greeting members of the party and government – general, medium, cr.
Demonstrators carry a model of a space rocket orbiting the Earth – cf.
Guests, members of the government greet the demonstrators – cr., cr.