Women are amongst the many battalions of soldiers and tank regiments seen on parade in Moscow in front of Soviet leaders.
Title: "Soviet Women's Battalion take their place in parade of the Red Army".
High angled L/S of battalions of troops marching through a large square. L/S of a battalion of marching over the cobbled square, passing more troops of soldiers standing to attention. C/U of a drummer in a military band. M/S of a battalion of soldiers marching past a man holding a red flag. M/S of a battalion of soldiers on horseback marching in front of building with domes and spires, probably part of the Kremlin. M/S of a battalion of soldiers on bicycles cycling past the man with the red flag.
Low angled shot of a group of official looking men saluting, they are on a balcony in front of a large picture of Lenin, one man gives a passionate speech, looks like Joseph Stalin. M/S of battalion of (female?) soldiers walking past a large poster of Lenin pasted on the high walls of the Kremlin. M/S of the men on the balcony saluting. M/S of large tanks rolling past the Kremlin wall.
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