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First May in Moscow
RUSSIA · 1923

First May in Moscow

Dziga Vertov
May Day celebration Soviet military parade Moscow streets and landmarks Communist demonstration Revolutionary iconography
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Synopsis

The building of Sevzapkino. Columns of demonstrators are moving along Bolshaya Dmitrovka, Dzerzhinsky square, Pushkinskaya (Strastnaya) square, Kamenny Most (The Big Stone Bridge) and Red Square. Decorated cars and trucks. This is a Military parade on Red Square. L.D. Trotsky, N.I. Muralov, S.S. Kamenev are among the commanders. The demonstrators are carrying the models of a boat, plane and globe.

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