Dmitry Pertsev and last 1st May Day Parade 1968 in Leningrad

Soviet military conductor and composer lieutenant colonel Dmitry Illarionovich Pertsev (1913—†1996) was the Chief-Conductor of the Leningrad Military District in 1956-1976. In this Soviet newsreel of 1968 you can see Leningrad Military District Massed Bands parade rehearsal at Palace Square and the last Military parade in history on May 1, 1968. Music: 0:37 - March “Parade“ / марш “Парад“ (Semeon Tchernetsky, 1940/ С.А. Чернецкий); 5:50 - Slow march to Nikolai Bulganin / Встречный марш (Ivan Petrov, 1952 / И.В. Петров); 6:19 - “Column march“ / Колонный марш (Dmitry Pertsev, 1950s[?] / Д.И.Перцев); 6:46 - March “Varyag“ / марш “Варяг“ (Nikilai Ivanov-Radkevich, 1943 / Н.П.Иванов-Радкевич); 7:02 - March on themes of song “14 minutes to start“ / марш на темы песни “14 минут до старта“; 8:30 - March “On the Guard of Motherland“ / марш “В защиту Родины“ (Dmitry Pertsev, 1950s[?] / Д.И.Перцев); 9:44 - March “Parade“ / марш “Парад“ (Semeon Tchernetsky, 1940 / С.А. Чернецкий); More music by Dmitry Pertsev here: ht