35th anniversary celebrations of the great October Socialist Revolution at Bolshevik theater, Grand Opera House in Moscow, Soviet Union. At a meeting of Moscow soviet at the theater Mikhailo Yasnov opens the ceremony and Mikhailo Peravukhin presents a report on 35th anniversary of the revolution.
Clip opens with scenes from 1940s before moving to historical footage from 1917. A copy of Pravda, a Bolshevik Worker's newspaper is seen. People demonstrate on the streets of Moscow against the Czar during Russian Revolution. People tearing down symbols of White Russian rule. Crowds demonstrating in streets as newspapers with news are thrown to the people in the crowds. Masses of Russian people and troops during demonstrations. Lenin arrives at a railway station. Portraits of Lenin and Stalin during Russian Revolution are seen. Views of Lenin viewing training and drills of early Soviet Russian army forces. Troops, cavalry and military band at a march past, as Lenin looks on.
Faces of ordinary Russian workers. Historic footage of Russian leader Vladimir Lenin giving a speech circa 1917.Cheering Russian revolutionaries waving rifles with fixed bayonets around time of Russian revolution by Bolsheviks. Another view of Lenin speaking, followed by view of cheering civilians. Men wave their hands and their caps. A nighttime rally in street. Illuminated monument. Leaders stand in moving vehicle as surrounding crowd cheers. Fixed bayonets reflected in partial light.
Headlines of prominent newspapers show rising tensions prior to World War 1. Headline of New York American 'Czar expects war declaration today, England and Germany ready to strike, Austrians and Serbs in big battle'. Montage of headlines from various newspapers regarding looming war. Berliner Tageblatt New York Times headlines say 'Austria and Serbia ready for war, Russia gives warning to Germany, London still sees hope for peace'. New York Times and Freier Press headlines about the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria. Serbian police dragging the assassin. Blood stained tunic of Archduke. Burial ceremony of Archduke Ferdinand with coffin covered with Austrian flag. Czar Nicholas II of Russia reviews troops. Various Cossack regiments being reviewed. Russian Revolution scenes and mass demonstrations and riot in streets of Moscow as Bolsheviks seize power in 1917. Russian civilians and Bolshevik loyal soldiers armed with rifles marching in mass funeral processions and demonstrations in Russia against the Czar led government. Leon Trotsky speaking to a crowd and saluting Red forces as Bolshevik troops parade. Food distribution to Russian children and people eating on snow covered streets of Moscow around time of revolution. Headlines showing Russian entry in World War I. Snow covered Kremlin. Vladimir Lenin at a desk talking. More views of newspaper headlines regarding outbreak of World War 1.
The Soviet celebrates it's 41st anniversary in Moscow, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). Parade passes in Red Square during anniversary of 1917 revolution that put the Bolsheviks in power. People stand on either side of road. Troops march at the parade. Tanks also participate in the parade. Nikita Khrushchev and other notable Party figures watch parade from a stage. Participants stand in formation. Low pressure balloons celebrating success in the Sputnik program are launched. One large balloon is shaped like a Sputnik rocket.
Celebrations on the 41st Anniversary of the Soviet Union (following 1917 revolution) in Moscow, Soviet Union. Soldiers parade on a street. Officers and dignitaries including First Secretary Nikita Khrushchev review the parade. A large crowd gathers on the street. Armored vehicles and weapons in the parade. Large balloons shaped like rockets herald the Soviet's Sputnik space program.