Парад Победы

The film was shot in color captured German film, "Agfa". Installation and voicing were carried out in Berlin, as it had the necessary equipment. According to the operator Michael Poselsky, after the movie was filmed, it turned out that a large part of the tape has a marriage in color. For this reason, the entire film was transferred to black-and-white film, and made of the same material which came in as, has mounted a 19-minute film.

Stalin was unhappy with the film, as in the picture included two of the ten commanders of the fronts — generals of the army Bagramyan and Andrey Eremenko (later Marshal of the Soviet Union). In order to correct the mistake, it was decided to shoot the missing footage. However, the task was complicated by the fact that Manoogian with its headquarters located in Riga, and General Yeremenko and his staff in Krakow. Two of the crew were immediately directed to Riga where he was Baghramyan, and in Krakow — where Eremenko, where was filmed the required scenes, which are later built into the final version of the film. Shooting missing footage was done outside the city. In order to hide the missing GUM, the generals removed on the background of red banners. The generals first shot on color film, then the camera was reloaded and shot the same scenes in black-and-white film.

In 1984 he was released on cinema screens "tweaked" version of the black-and-white film, which was removed part propaganda, part of the narration and pieces of the performances of Georgy Zhukov, glorifying the Supreme Commander Marshal Stalin. In 2004 has been restored color version of the film, the restoration of the film produced by the Russian state archive of cinema and photo documents. With the film removed all mechanical damage has been restored color, the image was transferred to the modern color film.

Marshal Georgy Zhukov took the parade on the red square sitting on silver-white horse. This color was not chosen by accident, this color symbolizes victory and glory.

Due to rain on June 24, 1945 had to cancel the air part of the parade.

Officers, generals and marshals appeared first on the parade in uniforms of Navy blue. Prior to that, ceremonial uniforms were gray.

Specifically for the parade of the Victory on Calvary was built 26-meter high fountain, decorated with fresh flowers.

The parade was attended by the same technique that participated in the war.

During the parade the soldiers were paraded through red square 200 banners of the defeated German divisions. The soldiers carried the banners of gloves, and then threw them on the wooden platform. And the gloves and the pavement was burnt after the parade.

An interesting fact associated with the dog'bars, which during the war was able to detect more than 7 thousand mines and 150 rounds. However, at the end of his service he was wounded and was not able to pass on red square. As soon as this became known, it was decided to carry it on hand during the parade.