May Day Parade (1965)

Title reads: “May Day Parade“. Moscow, Russia (Soviet Union, USSR). Various shots crowds parading in Red Square - some people hold flowers, snow falls around them. Various shots traditional folk dancers dancing in square. L/S government dignitaries on balcony of Kremlin, including President Leonid Brezhnev, watching parade. More shots dancers. M/S crowds applauding (including unidentified black man). More shots parade. C/U girls in traditional dress clapping. M/S group of children running forward with bunches of flowers, pan as they give flowers to Brezhnev and VIPs. Zoom back to L/S of Red Square. Narrator comments on the lack of arms and weapons which have featured in the parade in previous years. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reute