Different people share their memories of May Day celebrations in past years
Cinema.
A man takes off his coat.
A projectionist loads film into a projection device.
People are sitting in a cinema.
Chronicle. 1970-1985. A fragment from the newsreel "Nizhneye Povolzhye #17".
Pigeons are walking around the square.
A child is reading a poem.
Demonstration on May 1. A child is sitting on his father's shoulders.
A column of demonstrators is marching.
Gymnasts are on a platform.
Party members and leaders are reviewing the parade.
People are marching with flags.
A man is blowing up balloons for children.
A girl is giving an interview.
Chronicle.
A school orchestra is marching at a demonstration.
A woman is giving an interview.
Chronicle.
A column of demonstrators is marching.
They are dancing in national costumes.
They are carrying a model of an airplane.
A man is giving an interview.
Chronicle. 1940-1953. A seamstress is working at a sewing machine.
A tribune with portraits of Lenin and Stalin.
Demonstrators are carrying a portrait of I.V. Stalin. 1953-1964. Demonstrators carry portraits of N.S. Khrushchev, N.A. Bulganin.
People carry banners.
A man gives an interview.
Chronicle. 1980-1985. Column with flags.
Tribune with party members and leaders.
A truck with a banner and people drives by.
Demonstrators carry portraits of L.I. Brezhnev, A.N. Kosygin and others.
Motorcyclists with flags ride across the square.
Photographers take pictures.
A man gives an interview.
A woman gives an interview. 1980-1985. Demonstrators release doves, launch balloons.
A model of a hand and a tractor.
People walk with flowers.
People in national costumes.
Rowers in a boat.
Female athletes with fans.
Female athletes with umbrellas.
A pyramid of gymnasts.
Children sit in a model rocket.
A rocket takes off into the sky.
A woman gives an interview.
Chronicle. 1970-1985. Crane operator in the cabin.
Female workers at the plant at the machines.
A worker assembles a motor.
Female workers assemble a cabin.
Metal smelting.
Driller.
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1940-1953 1953-1964 1970-1985
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Chronicle. 1970-1979. Demonstrators on the square.
A ZIL truck with inscriptions drives by.
People carry banners.
Spectators.
Fragment of a play about communism.
Milling machine operator Lidiya Pryadikhina gives an interview.
A woman gives an interview.
Chronicle. 1970-1979. A column of pioneers marches.
A woman gives an interview.
A man gives an interview.
A woman sits with headphones.
Chronicle. 1970-1979. Demonstrators carry banners.
A tribune with leaders.
Cadets march.
Motorcycle racing.
Rock concert.
A rock band on stage.
Young people dancing.
Chronicle. 1970-1985. Schoolgirls at a demonstration.
People with flowers and balloons.
They are carrying a model of a tractor in a truck.
A woman gives an interview.
A man gives an interview.
Chronicle. 1970-1985. Demonstration in the rain.
Cameraman films.
An umbrella is held above him.
Military conductor.
Demonstrators are walking.
People are singing.
Salute.
Women are walking down the street.
A man is walking down the street.
A guard is locking the gates of the Lower Volga newsreel studio.
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1970-1985
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