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Russia. Moscow.

Elliott Erwitt was covering the 40th anniversary of the Russian revolution for the American magazine Holiday. No foreigners were allowed to take part in the parade, but he managed to slip in behind a Soviet TV crew and home in on the Red Army's new intercontinental ballistic missiles.

"The best things happen when you just happen to be somewhere with a camera." Elliott Erwitt