Miscellaneous scenes from "May Day parade Moscow" Part 1

Description

Shots of crowd in Red Square. Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev starts to mount reviewing platform, other man behind him. A view in Red Square during the carrying of the replica of a missile. Fellow shots of citizens walking on the street. Premier Khrushchev and Pres Gamal Abdel Nasser, of the United Arab Republic, on podium. CU, Nasser waves to crowd at airport. Views of people in the streets. Armored self-propelled guns or tanks. Nasser at reviewing point. Multiple rocket launchers on trucks parked in street. Cut-ins, of Russian troops at curb. Troops in armored vehicles and trucks in parade. Self-propelled guns or tanks, rocket launchers, guns move past. Cut-ins, Russian faces in the crowds. HS, parade of civilian groups, people carrying flowers. HS, crowds in Red Square. MLS, MSs, CUs, Russian citizens parade past. (Excellent material, varied expressions on people, some sing). People carry posters of Khrushchev and other Soviet officals including the late Josef Stalin. Cut-in, a few people watch from windows. Scenes, police keep crowds in line. Cars pass; people cross the street. Russian band plays. A high ranking officer salutes in passing car. Russian drum corps. Large groups or contingents of officers in parade followed by naval troops, troops in armored cars. Poster of Lenin. Tilt-down to self-propelled guns or tanks, rocket launchers, track vehicles with troops towing gun. School children on parade. Civilian groups carrying picture of Soviet officals. LS, from ground of a missile (inflated ballon) in sky.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection