The May Day Parade in Moscow, Soviet Union. Soviet aircraft in formation including TB-3 (ANT-6) 4-engine aircraft. Glimpse of a Polikarpov I-5 biplane fighter in flight. Soviet paratroopers jumping from TB-3 aircraft. Closeup of Pilot in helmet and goggles posing in open cockpit of an airplane, on the ground. He looks up. Next scene shows aerial view of the Tupolev ANT-20 (Maxim Gorky) aircraft from above. View from tail of TB-3 in formation with others. Glimpse of military officer of 3-star rank, looking skyward. The "Maxim Gorky" flying overhead, with name printed on its wings. Scene shifts to a parade in Moscow, where posters of political figures are being carried. A dirigible decorated with streamers, and a banner bearing image of Joseph Stalin, flies overhead. Huge posters of Lenin and Stalin carried by marchers. View from building overlooking Red Square shows about a dozen parallel lines of marchers carrying posters, banners, and flags. Some marchers release balloons that fly upwards. Scene shifts to nighttime. Numerous illuminated displays carry patriotic slogans and symbols as well as pictures of Stalin. Back to daytime, Soviet Marshal Kliment Voroshilov, is seen with 5 soviet medals on his overcoat. Cadre of women marchers in dark overcoats and berets. Joseph Stalin flanked by Lazar Kaganovich and Vyacheslav Molotov, reviewing the parade from Kremlin balcony. Mounted elements of artillery unit, pulling field pieces, ride past the reviewers. Next is seen a formation of T-26 light tanks. Visiting military officers from several nations salute as colors pass.
The May Day Parade in Moscow, Soviet Union. Soviet aircraft in flight as they pass in a review during the parade. Soviet troops march at Red Square. The troops and tanks pass in review during the parade.
The May Day Parade in Moscow, Soviet Union. Soviet biplane aircraft take off from a field. Soviet troops march at Red Square as General Secretary of the Communist Party Joseph Stalin reviews troops. The Soviet aircraft fly over Red Square. Stalin and other officials look at the sky as the aircraft pass in review.
The May Day Parade in Moscow, Soviet Union. General Secretary of the Communist Party Joseph Stalin walks with officials. Soviet troops march at Red Square. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler with officials in Germany. Stalin reviews the May Day Parade. Stalin smokes a cigar and talks to men.
Views about 10 months into the German siege of Leningrad in World War 2. Isaakievskiy (St. Isaac's) cathedral and other buildings on Vorovsky Square (Isaak Square) in Leningrad (St. Petersburg) as viewed from Mariinsky Palace. (They appear relatively unscathed.) The Monument to Nicholas I is in the center. Boats and ships are docked along the Neva River. Two youths stand atop a building and look at smoke rising across the river from buildings being shelled by German forces. Closeup of buildings being destroyed by German shelling. A small boy helps pick up rubble from the streets. A woman is helped to her feet by a Soviet soldier. Scenes of destruction everywhere. Broken windows, stones falling from buildings, an abandoned doll on a window sill. A dead child lying on stairs. A woman weeping. A young boy holding his hat in his hands and looking sadly in mourning. A mother with a baby. People standing about in sorrow and shock. 14-inch Soviet coastal guns firing, from under camouflage netting, at German positions.
German invasion of the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa) during World War II. German Pz.35t tanks and troops advance towards Leningrad. Explosions occur. Night time advancement of German armor and tanks, setting fires and burning areas as they advance. German artillery being fired at night as flashes occur in the dark. Artillery being fired across a river. German assault troops load into boats to cross the river. Aerial side view of German Luftwaffe bombers and pursuit aircraft in flight, including close-up views with pilots visible in cockpit. Infantry shock troops on bicycles wait to cross the river (Neva ?) in a captured river steamer. German troops advance through outskirts of the city on horseback and with loading equipment trailers. A wrecked through arch bridge being repaired by German engineers. Other damaged bridges in Leningrad. Smoke rises as German Pz.II and Pz.IV tanks roll past.
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