Aviation festival at Khodynka airfield (06.01.1924)

Red Army Air Force aircraft lined up at Khodynka Airfield on June 1, 1924. L.B. Kamenev, standing on the platform of a propaganda truck, speaks at a ceremonial rally.

The aircraft lands.

People file into Khodynka Airfield to participate in the aviation festival.

Red Army airfield crew members and volunteers turn the aircraft around on the parking lot. L.B. Kamenev stands next to the speaker.

Red Army soldiers with rifles stand in formation.

Spectators watch the festival and the aircraft, sitting and standing on the grass at the edge of the airfield, their faces reflected in the crowd.

Spectators inspect a Junkers passenger aircraft from the Dobrolet company.

The pilot and Junkers representatives stand near the aircraft.