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USSR: May Day Parade & Sports Event, Castro w/ Khrushchev 250204-06 | Footage Farm

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[1963 ca - USSR:  May Day Parade & Sports Event, Castro w/ Khrushchev & Other Footage  May63]
Motorcycles racing up icy road, people watching cross finish line under banner.
05:01:34  Khrushchev & ?? enter large Kremlin hall to applause.  CUs men.  Woman presents medal, pins onto Khrushchev to applause; speaks (SOF) as people watch.  (Dark).
05:02:38  Large plane & 7 small planes accompanying over Moscow & Red Square.  CU flags of Cuba & USSR. 
05:02:54  Castro off airplane, embraces Khruschev as Brezhnev & others watch.
05:03:09  MCU children & women waving flowers & balloons; motorcade passing w/ K. & Castro standing in open car & waving; crossing bridge to Kremlin.  High Angle crowd filling Red Square. 
05:03:46  Castro w/ Khrushchev on top of Lenin's Tomb waving to crowd.  K. reading speech at microphone, SOF, applause.  High Angle / HA LS of banners & crowds.
05:04:37  LS of banner & large picture of Castro held in crowd.  People listening.  Khrushchev speaking SOF interrupted by rounds of applause. "Viva Cuba!"
05:05:35  K. & Castro embrace.  CUs chanting crowd.  LSs.
05:05:55  Castro at microphones.  Speaking SOF w/ translation to Russian  "Viva Lenin".  Viva International Proloteriat.  Viva Los Pueblos Soviet & Los Pueblos Cubano".  Viva Sovietica, Patria, Meurte,   Applause.
05:07:35  Black.
05:07:36  May Day celebration w/ banners, flags & marching units.  H/A reviewed by VIPs including Castro.  Tanks thru Red Square as Castro & Khrushchev salute; rockets pulled.  Heavily bemedaled Generals saluting, ICBM rockets on trucks pulled, performers in synchronized patterns.  Large banners carried by waving crowd.  Traveling shots past Soviet VIPs. 
05:09:42  Filled sports stadium - banners & flags carried in parade of athletes watched by seated K. & Castro & other VIPs.  Edit..
05:10:03  MOS  Khrushchev & other party leaders on balcony in sun half-asleep, watching outdoor events; looking bored, talk, point & applaud.  Edit w/ glitch.
05:11:45  Sd.  Khruschev waving hat, next to ??.  Huge crowd, various speakers (MOS).  K. to microphones, waves & speaks SOF.  ??  Edit w/ glitch.
05:12;58  Night traffic along river road passing Kremlin.  Int w/ arriving VIPs at ribbon cutting at top of stairs, given bouquets by two children.  MCU woman walks w/ others, couples, crowd watching as series of large trophies brought out by athletes.  Speaker at microphone, applause, large chandelier & tilt down to dancers.
05:14:02  Black  (overlaps w/ tail of roll on head of tape 250204-01:  04:00:00 - 04:00:41.
Sports; Celebrations; Communism; Communists; Cold War; 1960s;
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