May Day Parade in Red Square, Moscow, Russia. Pictures of Josef Stalin in many places. General Zukov and other officers lead parade on white horses, followed by horse cavalry units.. A huge crowd gathered for the May Day celebrations. Group of military spectators includes a U.S. Army Colonel. Horse drawn artillery pieces. Personnel carriers and motorized rocket launchers move along the road. Tanks pass in formation. Officers salute. Politcal leaders in reviewing stand include Georgy Malenkov and Marshal Nikolai Bulganin.
May Day Parade in Moscow, Soviet Union after the end of World War II. A huge crowd of civilian marchers lines up in Red Square, near Lenin's mausoleum, prepared to begin marching. People carry posters of Soviet Russian leaders. A large poster shows the goals of the current five-year plan to be accomplished by 1950. Civilians parade and carry banners. They cheer and wave. Joseph Stalin waves to the civilians. Nikolai Bulganin and Georgy Malenkov stand with Stalin. Views of clock on Spasskaya Tower of the Kremlin (Red Square, 3, Moscow, Russia, 109012).
May Day Parade in Moscow, Russia. View through arch on Kremlin wall. Civilians marching on roadway, overlooking Volga River in Moscow. Parade of boats.Speedboats in formation, flying flags. View from river as civilians cheer from bridge above. Several boats underway. Civilians marshalled beside the river. They carry banners and posters of Soviet Russian leaders.
May Day Celebrations in Red Square, Moscow, Russia. A view of buildings. Various amusements and refreshment stands, set up in the square. Russian families stroll the street. Children ride on swings and carousels. Children laugh and wave on the rides. A group of people dance on a stage, as a band plays. View of major ride at amusement park.
May Day Celebrations in Moscow, Russia. Lights on buildings. Civilians gathered on an amusement area. Searchlights flash across the sky. Decorations with lights. Posters of Russian leaders. Guns are fired and fire works during the celebrations. Reflection of light on water.
The end of World War 2 is reflected in cheerful faces as Russian women workers fold bolts of cloth at a fabric plant. Civilian production has started up again as factory workers and production turns from war production to peace time commerce. Scenes of new ZIS 110 luxury automobiles being manufactured on a Russian production line. Soviet workers place a hood on a car. Mechanics check engines of cars. Cars move along assembly line. A marriage ceremony in the countryside. An artist makes painting of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. A crowd of civilians cheers and waves their hands as a parade procession passes through streets. Marchers carry large portrait of Joseph Stalin. Girls greet war heroes with flowers as the parade moves along a tree-lined boulevard, stopping at an equestrian statue, where the portrait of Stalin is placed.