Peasant looking at a train crossing a viaduct, about to reach a celebratory gate. The Chengdu - Chongqing Railway opened to traffic on 1 July 1952, and was the first railway to be built after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
From the text top left: "Along the route all people say: this road to happiness has begun to serve the people." (沿綫的人民 都說:這一條通往幸福的路開 始為人民服務了).