Chinese workers celebrate International Workers' Day (also known as Labor Day or “May Day”) in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province (Canton, Kwangtung Province) China. Workers’ parade in Guangzhou. Parade participants crowd streets and carry Maoist banners and placards. Chinese workers holding up pictures of Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, during a Labor Day parade. Musicians play instruments in a moving cart. A Chinese man wearing glasses beating drums. Chinese women marching with communist banners. Vertical signs are tied to floating balloons. A huge crowd gather with banners and signage. A large portrait of Mao Zedong stands in the middle of the crowd. A large portrait of Mao Zedong on display on a stage. Two flags of the People’s Republic of China flank the Mao Zedong portrait. Cultural Revolution propaganda in various posters and banners in the May Day parade. Chinese palace lantern on display. Musicians playing trumpets and flutes in the middle of the crowd. A Chinese communist musician with trumpet. Chinese spectators waving with their copies of the "Little Red Book" (“Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung”) by Mao Zedong. Mass of Chinese people reciting from the "Little Red Book" together. Chinese Communist Party officials crowd the May Day stage. A large portrait of Mao Zedong hangs above the officials. Crowds of Chinese workers clapping and cheering. Chinese women wearing factory attire cheering and holding copies of the “Little Red Book”. Young Chinese teenagers attend the parade, some raising their arms. Musicians beating drums. Smoke covers the whole surroundings during the parade. Crowds wave pom-poms and hold communist banners and side portraits of Mao Zedong.
International Workers' Day (also known as Labor Day or “May Day”) parade in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province (Canton, Kwangtung Province) China. Chinese workers raise their copies of the "Little Red Book" (“Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung”) by Chairman Mao Zedong. Boys cheering while they hold a Maoist banner. Guangdong Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Committee Secretary Huang Yongsheng delivers a speech to the crowd. Chinese proletariat men and women listen to Huang Yongsheng’s speech. Face of a Chinese woman watching May Day speech. Crowds holding Cultural Revolution propaganda banners and portraits of Mao Zedong during the celebration. Chinese workers clapping after Huang Yongsheng’s speech. Chinese women hold up their copies of the “Little Red Book”. Chinese girls and women with Cultural Revolution posters of Mao Zedong listens to Huang Yongsheng’s May Day speech. People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers in the crowd. An elderly CCP official reads his speech. Chinese students, probably Red Guards, deliver May Day speeches to the crowd. Crowds of Chinese workers cheering.
May Day Paraders carry large banners of Soviet and Bulgarian Communist leaders during May Day Parade in Sofia, Bulgaria. Bulgarian students carry a large poster of Georgi Dimitrov, the first Communist Prime Minister of Bulgaria. Students wave small flower bouquets as they carry Dimitrov’s poster during the May Day Parade. Prime Minister and General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party Valko Chervenkov on review stand with other Bulgarian officials. Bulgarian officials wave at crowd. Bulgarians clap their hands and cheer during May Day Parade. Chinese delegates, likely from the People’s Republic of China, clap alongside Bulgarians during May Day Parade in Sofia.
Chinese people celebrate International Workers' Day (also known as Labor Day or “May Day”) in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province (Canton, Kwangtung Province) China. Workers carry a large portrait of Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, during a Labor Day parade. Other workers are holding Cultural Revolution propaganda banners, and smaller sized portraits of Chairman Mao. A large crowd gathers for Labor Day parade. Chinese women and girls perform gymnastics. A traditional lion dance performance alongside modern gymnastics. Boys cheering while they hold a Maoist banner. The boys are seen holding their copies of the “Little Red Book” by Mao Zedong. Guangdong Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Committee Secretary Huang Yongsheng delivers a speech to the crowd. Crowds raise their arms with their “Little Red Book” copies during the speech. Crowds cheering under a large portrait of Mao Zedong. Two flags of the People’s Republic of China flank the Mao Zedong portrait.
A film about President John F. Kennedy's last Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, United States, just 11 days before his assassination. The President's Own United States Marine Corps Band plays at the Amphitheater. Honor Guard and Color Guard march amidst spectators towards the podium. Band plays as Honor Guards hand over six freedom torches to representatives of six different nations at the ceremony. Chairman of the Veterans Day National Committee addresses the gathering. He talks about the importance of Veterans Day. U.S. Army General David M. Shoe addresses the audiences. View of graves and scenes at the Arlington National Cemetery. The United States Marine Band plays. Various views of the musicians as they play, and of band director Albert F. Schoepper. People applaud. A man amongst the audiences clicks pictures. People stand as President John F. Kennedy leaves. People pay respect to the war veterans. Marine Corps War Memorial. A guard at the Tomb of the Unknowns. Wreaths at the Tomb of the Unknown soldier.
May Day Parade in Bucharest, likely in Aviatorilor Boulevard, full of participants and decorated with posters of Lenin and Stalin during the Cold War. Women clap their hands in the air as they march in unison during the May Day Parade. Female communist party members wave flowers as they march with large poster of Lenin and Stalin. Officials of the Romanian Communist Party on review stand. President Petru Groza waves at crowd from review stand of May Day Parade. Romanian citizens carrying posters of Lenin and Stalin participate in May Day Parade.
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