Return of the Victorious Ones, Moscow, 1945

Return of the Victorious Ones, Moscow, 1945. First special train of Muscovite Red Army soldiers welcomed with flowers at the station on their return home. Decorated train with Stalin's portrait on the front of the locomotive. Various soldiers in open doors and windows of the goods wagons and cattle cars. Overcrowded platforms, bunches of flowers. People hug and kiss, as relatives and loved ones are reunited. Soldiers march on the platform. Demobilized soldiers walk out on the overcrowded square in front of the station in Moscow. Speech by Red Army soldier Pyotr Malashenko from the tribune, to cheers from the crowds.