1936 - Parades: May Day, New York City. 01May36

1936 - Parades: May Day, New York City. 01May36 Communist marchers w/ placards & raised fists into Union Square. Marchers w/ Communist flags; men pull float labeled Hearst & ??. Women w/ banner Women’s Section Socialist Guards. Banner in Yiddish. Various overhead shots of marchers. Float of tree w/ skulls hanging. 20:21:00 Street level shots thru spectators. People watching from curb. Garment workers unions. People marching w/ raised fists. Banner: Free Scottsboro Boys. End Fascism. 20:22:15 MS spectators. Marchers. 20:22:44 Team of horses pulling large paper mache float of business man (?) w/ bags of money. Uncle Sam? Extreme high angle into Union Square. Farmer Labor Party float. w/ moving hammer smashing? Police holding back crowd. 20:24:02 Extreme high angle of marchers turning & moving thru crowd. 20:24:52 Marchers along Central Park, banner Socialist Party of New York; We Will Fight Fascism To The Death. Women’s Guard... Women carrying Communist banners. 20:26:21 Yiddish Banner (same?). Young Peoples Socialist League banner. Banner: Working Class Action, Not Capitalist Sanctions. Float w/ Hammer. 20:27:35 Overhead of packed crowd in front of speakers stand. 20:29:12 High angle of street sweepers & truck washing down street around Union Square. Soviet Patriotism; Workers Celebration; 1930s; Depression; American Communists;