May Day celebrations in Poland and, separately, in Bucharest Romania's Stalin Square. Parade through the streets comprising of workers of mills and factories. The paraders holds posters of Stalin, Lenin and other leaders. A huge crowd gathers to witness the event. Communist leaders and representatives of Poland and Romania accept the salute of marching people. including Gheorghiu-Dej, the Secretary General of the Central Committee of the Romanian Workers Party and Petru Groza, Chairman of the Council of Ministers. Marching paraders release pigeons from cages.
Communist youth rally in Warsaw during the Cold War. Participants carry two large posters bearing the images of Joseph Stalin and Polish President Dr. Boleslaw Bierut. Polish drummers march. Polish flags are being waved. Polish people clap in unison as they watch the youth rally. Polish official wave with rose bouquet. North Korean youth delegates, wearing the North Korean Pioneer uniform, march in Warsaw Youth Rally with the North Korean flag and posters of Supreme Leader of North Korea and President Kim Il-Sung and Chinese Communist Leader Mao Zedong. North Korean youth delegates waving flowers and flags in the air during Youth Rally. Polish Youth Rally participants marching. Polish President Dr. Boleslaw Bierut claps during rally. Polish spectators clap in unison from building. Youth rally marching with Stalin’s poster in Warsaw. Polish youth rally participants carry large letters spelling “WROCLAW” and the coat of arms of Wroclaw, Poland. Polish youth rally participants carry letters spelling cities in Poland. Female polish youth carry flags during youth rally. Youth rally participants carry posters of communist figures and a model of the Warsaw Palace of Culture and Science. Polish couple, the woman wearing a floral headscarf and the man with sunglasses, watch the rally. An political effigy of United States President Harry Truman, depicted holding a Nazi Swastika wand, is being paraded during the youth rally. Effigies of rats with top hats, skeletons and Nazi Swastikas, are being paraded around Warsaw by Polish youth during rally. Polish officials watch from review platform. Polish youth rally marching.
The May Day celebrations and march-past through the streets in Poland. A political leader takes the salute of the marching people. Sound track fragmented and combines other stories.
View of May Day Parade in Warsaw during the Cold War. Warsaw written in Russian (Varshava). Polish women raise their arms with clenched fists in May Day Parade. President of the People’s Republic of Poland, Dr. Boleslaw Bierut, raise his hands greeting Polish citizens in May Day Parade. Prime Minister Joseph Cyrankiewcz, beside President Boleslaw Bierut, claps during May Day Parade in Warsaw. Polish Military official in May Day Parade. Polish citizens during May Day Parade in Warsaw.