Funeral of I.V. Stalin (Fragments from the documentary "The Great Farewell") (1953)

Views of the Spasskaya Tower and the Moscow Kremlin, red banners with mourning borders fluttering in the wind.

People stand near the GUM building.

View of Red Square before the start of the funeral rally on the day of I.V. Stalin's funeral on March 9, 1953.

View of the Spasskaya Tower of the Moscow Kremlin, red banners with mourning borders fluttering in the wind.

People in line move to the Column Hall of the House of Unions to bid farewell to I.V. Stalin.

A stream of people moves along Gorky Street to Red Square on the day of I.V. Stalin's funeral.

People are going to Red Square for a mourning rally.

People go to Red Square for a mourning rally.

A mourning portrait of I.V. Stalin on the facade of the Column Hall of the House of Unions.

Funeral portrait of I.V. Stalin on the facade of the Column Hall of the House of Unions.

Queue to the Column Hall of the House of Unions on the day of I.V. Stalin's funeral, view of part of Pushkinskaya Street (Bolshaya Dmitrovka).

The queue to the Column Hall of the House of Unions on the day of I.V. Stalin's funeral, view of part of Pushkinskaya Street (Bolshaya Dmitrovka).

People enter the Column Hall of the House of Unions to say farewell to Stalin.

People enter the Column Hall of the House of Unions to bid farewell to Stalin.

People with funeral wreaths climb the main staircase of the Column Hall of the House of Unions.

Faces of people passing by the coffin with Stalin's body. I.V. Stalin in the coffin.

People walk past the coffin with Stalin's body, installed in the Column Hall of the House of Unions, a woman wipes away tears.

Faces of people passing by the coffin with Stalin's body, installed in the Column Hall of the House of Unions. I.V. Stalin in the coffin.

Panorama of the queue to the Column Hall of the House of Unions on one of the central Moscow streets during the days of farewell to Stalin (above).

Removal of the coffin with the body of I.V. Stalin from the Column Hall of the House of Unions; the coffin is carried by Beria L.P., Malenkov G.M., Bulganin N.A., Molotov V.M., Kaganovich L.M.

Beria L.P., Malenkov G.M., Bulganin N.A., Molotov V.M. Kaganovich L.M. carry the coffin with the body of I.V. Stalin to Red Square.

View of the funeral procession with the coffin of I.V. Stalin as it moves to Red Square past the building of the State Historical Museum.

People on the guest stand on Red Square.

The coffin with the body of I.V. Stalin is carried on an artillery carriage, accompanied by an honor guard.

Behind the coffin, at the head of the funeral procession, walk the leaders of the Communist Party and the Soviet state.

View of part of the funeral procession moving behind the coffin with the body of I.V. Stalin.

View of part of Red Square during the movement of the funeral procession with wreaths.

Participants in the funeral procession - representatives of party, public organizations and work collectives of Moscow - carry wreaths and portraits of I.V. Stalin along Red Square before the start of the funeral rally.

The coffin with the body of I.V. Stalin on an artillery carriage, accompanied by an honor guard, at the head of the funeral procession moving along Red Square to the mausoleum.

View of part of the funeral procession moving along Red Square on the day of I.V. Stalin's burial in the mausoleum.

Views of Red Square as the funeral procession moves along it (above).