The beginning of the May Day military parade of 1941 on Red Square (05.01.1941)

A unit of light armored cars on Manezhnaya Square before the May Day parade of 1941 (panorama).

An artillery crew stands in formation in full dress uniform.

Heavy armored cars on Manezhnaya Square before the parade (panorama).

Armored vehicles before the parade.

Representatives of the high command of the artillery stand in formation on Red Square.

Wehrmacht officers pass the guest stands.

Molotov V.M., Stalin I.V., Voroshilov K.E. and their entourage walk through the Kremlin to Red Square, followed by Voznesensky N.A., Malenkov G.M. Stalin, Molotov, and Voroshilov at the exit of the mausoleum.

Spectators in the guest stands applaud.

The leaders of the party and state ascend the stairs to the mausoleum tribune.

Stalin on the mausoleum tribune.

People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR, Marshal of the Soviet Union S.K. Timoshenko delivers a speech from the mausoleum rostrum (synchronously and off-screen), M.I. Kalinin stands next to him, a panorama of Stalin, Voroshilov, and Molotov.

Kaganovich L.M., Kalinin M.I., Stalin I.V., Voroshilov K.E., and Molotov V.M. on the mausoleum rostrum.

View of Red Square with troops lined up for parade (top).

A tank crew stands in formation near their combat vehicle.

Faces of tank commanders.

One of the units in parade formation (top).

Artillery commanders stand in formation during Timoshenko's speech.

Crews of light armored cars near their combat vehicles.

Faces of students of the Air Force Engineering Academy and cadets of flight schools standing in parade formation.

A panel with portraits of Lenin and Stalin on the GUM building.

A view of Red Square (top).

Motorized infantry in the back of trucks on Manezhnaya Square.

Stalin, Voroshilov, and Molotov on the mausoleum tribune during Timoshenko's speech.

Tankers in formation near a combat vehicle.

Timoshenko continues speaking, with Voroshilov and Molotov standing nearby.

A panorama of Red Square with troops lined up for the parade.

Views of Manezhnaya Square with armored vehicles and motorized infantry (top).

Troops standing on Gorky Street (top).

The crew of one of the armored cars near its combat vehicle.

Stalin on the mausoleum tribune.

Timoshenko finishes her speech, with Voroshilov standing nearby.

Views of Red Square with troops lined up for the parade during the performance of "The Internationale" (top), as an artillery salute thunders.