Victory Parade (1945) [Subtitled]

On 24 June 1945, a scant six weeks following the Fall of Berlin and the end of the Great Patriotic War, residents of the USSR’s capital city were treated to the spoils of victory - a massive military parade.
Organized and undertaken on the direct orders of Stalin himself, the 1945 Victory Parade was (and remains) the largest ever held on Moscow’s Red Square. 40,000 soldiers, sailors, and other service personnel accompanied by 1,850 tanks, artillery pieces, and assorted equipment were mobilized for the occasion. (Alas, overcast skies and steady rain prevented a planned flyover by Red Air Force pilots).
The most memorable moment of the two-hour long procession came as Soviet troops bearing the regimental standards of former Nazi units cast them to the ground in front of Lenin’s Mausoleum - while The Leader and his closest Party comrades gazed down from atop the edifice.
The 1945 Victory Parade was, of course, preserved for posterity. The official version, compressed into less than twenty-minutes, but recorded in color (on film stock seized from German studios) was subsequently distributed throughout the country and, in time, the wider world. A version containing English subtitles accompanied by a terrible voice-over has been available for years on KZbin and across the Interwebs.
You may like this one better.
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[@infinitecanadian]

What is the march played when the troops first start marching?

[@antoinearnardi4585]

Thank You for This incredible memory of the victory by the Red Army 😉

[@coltonm7417]

Is this actual footage or a recreation?

[@scottwpalmer]

+Colton M It's actual footage of the parade held on 24 June 1945.

[@coltonm7417]

Scott W. Palmer Nice, very interesting.

[@christiantoste3585]

actual. My great grandpa was one of the soldiers

[@infinitecanadian]

This isn't the whole parade, though; only the highlights.

[@scottwpalmer]

Yes. It is actual footage.

[@vinzholton]

AND WHERE IS STALIN???

[@AfricanHut]

if you actually know how he looks . 03:10

[@user-hf5bz3or1u]

African Hut oops sorry it was a look alike my mistake :3

[@Fabbr1n1HOLLA]

He's clearly there, camera focuses on him several times. Did you even watch the video?

[@christiantoste3585]

But America has the best AF