About the work of Soviet scientists: the launch of the first artificial satellite and a rocket with experimental animals.
On October 4, 1957, the world's first artificial Earth satellite was launched. The launch was carried out by Soviet scientists.
Newsreel. K. E. Tsiolkovsky at his desk. A jet plane is flying. Dogs are being prepared for a flight in a rocket. Observatory. Astronomical instruments are conducting observations: ship antennas, radio stations, radio amateurs are catching signals from a satellite. The city of Moscow. The Column Hall of the House of Unions. An evening dedicated to the launch of the first artificial satellite. Academician Berg and Professor Kukarkin are speaking (synchronously). Foreign guests are present.
Airplane wing.
Clouds. K. E. Tsiolkovsky at his desk.
Books, drawings, instruments.
A jet plane is flying.
Dogs are being prepared for the flight.
The moment of the launch of a rocket with experimental animals.
Frames taken by an automatic movie camera.
A nuclear power plant.
The plant workshop.
The control panel.
Academician Nesmeyanov speaks about the significance of the launch of an artificial satellite (synchronously).
Observations of the satellite at the observatory.
Reception of radio signals from an artificial Earth satellite.
A talk about the satellite on the open air stage of the Moscow Planetarium.
An evening in the Column Hall of the House of Unions, dedicated to the launch of the artificial satellite.
Academician Berg speaks.
Professor Kukharkin speaks (synchronously). F. Joliot-Curie - middle, middle.
Photographs: Guo Mo Zho, Johnson, Maurice Thorez.
Cities: Bombay, Karachi, Calcutta, Shanghai, Paris, New York, Buenos Aires (shot from above).