May 1, 1941 (05.01.1941)

Views of central Moscow on May 1, 1941 (top).

Portraits of Lenin and Stalin on the facade of the GUM department store.

Troops of the Moscow garrison on Red Square in parade formation (top).

Commanders, Red Army soldiers, and Red Navy sailors in parade formation on Red Square.

Tank commanders in formation near the flag.

The face of an aviation school cadet.

An Air Force general in parade formation.

Airplanes at the airfield before the May Day air parade.

Armored cars and crews in formation on Manezhnaya Square before the May Day parade (panorama).

Trucks with infantry in the back on Gorky Street.

Artillerymen in formation at their guns.

Units of heavy and light armored cars on Manezhnaya Square before the May Day parade.

Red Army soldiers and Red Navy sailors in parade formation.

View of Red Square before the May Day parade.

The guests of honor walk past the granite stands of the mausoleum to their seats.

The faces of the guests of honor.

Schmidt O. Yu. is among the guests of honor.

Foreign military attachés, Red Army commanders, and leading industrial workers walk past the granite stands to their seats.

Voroshilov K. Ye., Stalin I. V., Molotov V. M., and their entourage walk through the Moscow Kremlin, followed by Voznesensky N. A., Malenkov G. M., and Kalinin M. I. Children on the side granite stand of the mausoleum.

Stalin, Voroshilov, and Molotov exit the mausoleum door and begin to ascend the stand.

The guests applaud, and the leaders of the party and state ascend the mausoleum's stand.

Stalin, Molotov, and Voroshilov ascend the mausoleum's stand.

People on Red Square greet the leaders of the party and state.

Stalin on the mausoleum's stand.

The clock on the Spasskaya Tower shows 12:00. Marshal of the Soviet Union S.K. Timoshenko, the parade inspector, rides onto Red Square.

Parade commander I.V. Tyulenev, General of the Army, and S.K. Timoshenko ride toward each other.

Tyulenev reports on readiness for the parade.

Timoshenko and Tyulenev inspect the troops on Red Square.

Views of the parade formation during the troop inspection (above).

Timoshenko continues her troop inspection.

Timoshenko and Tyulenev during the troop inspection.

Red Army commanders in the parade formation.