National Day parade in Vietnam. Flags of different nations hoisted as aircraft fly over head at an annual parade to commemorate the overthrow of Diem regime in Vietnam. High ranking Vietnamese officers and United States ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge in the review stand. Vietnamese tanks, trucks and communication vans pass in review. Helicopters and jets fly overhead during the parade. Trucks with Vietnamese soldiers tow artillery pieces past the stand. (Vietnam War period).
May Day spring festival in San Francisco, California. Girls dressed in fancy dresses take part by dancing around May poles at the spring festival. Each girl holds a ribbon with its other end attached to the May pole. The girls move around the May pole in a circle.
May Day celebrations in Rome, Italy during World War II. A large crowd gathered at the Piazza Del Popolo. A podium with dignitaries on it. People carry flags and banners. People clap as they listen to the speakers. A man addresses the crowd from the podium. Banners bearing signs in Italian. A girl in the crowd faints and is being attended to. An Egyptian obelsik at the center of the Piazza. A statue in the foreground as people walk past it. People walk down a street as they carry flags.
May Day demonstrations in Tokyo, Japan. Half a million laborers, agrarians and white collar workers demonstrate in front of the gates of the Imperial Palace and march on the streets of Tokyo. People march along a road and carry signs and banners.
May Day demonstrations in Tokyo, Japan. Half a million laborers, agrarians and white-collar workers demonstrate in front of the gates of the Imperial Palace (1-1 Chiyoda, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-8111, Japan). People assemble in the Imperial Park. Some protesters hold red banners. Speeches are held in the park. Some cars are driving in the park.
Speeches held during May Day demonstrations in Tokyo, Japan. Japanese laborers, agrarians and white collar workers gather and listen to a speaker in the Imperial Park. The speaker on a makeshift stand is Chairman Shingoro Shimagami. A group of workers listens to the speaker. The demonstrators sing 'Song of the Red Flag'. The speakers on the stand direct the singing.
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