About the famous flights of Chkalov and Gromov across the North Pole.
Newsreel from the 1930s: Landscape of the North Pole: endless snowy plain, ice, hummocks - general.
On the snow – the shadow of a flying airplane - general.
One of the scientific polar stations - general.
The crew of the ANT-25 airplane, consisting of pilot V.P. Chkalov, second pilot G.F. Baidukov and navigator A.V. Belyakov, at the airfield before flying to America via the North Pole - cf.
The creator of the airplane, aircraft designer A.N. Tupolev, sees the pilots off on their first flight - cf.
The airplane is taxiing, flying - general, cf.
Cartoon: map of the Moscow-Vancouver flight via the North Pole - general.
Newsreel from the 1930s: Shadow of an airplane flying over the Arctic - general.
Americans meet Soviet pilots at the airfield. V.P. Chkalov, G.F. Baidukov and A.V. Belyakov wearing laurel wreaths walk down the street of an American city - general, average.
Cameramen and photojournalists film and photograph the pilots - general. V.P. Chkalov, speaking - average. G.F. Baidukov - average. A.V. Belyakov - average.
Soviet pilots M.M. Gromov - average; A.B. Yumashev - average; S.A. Danilin - average.
Gromov's ANT #1 plane is flying - general.
Cartoon: map of the flight of ANT #1 plane from Moscow to North America.
Newsreel from the 1930s: ANT #1 at the airfield in San Jacinto, not far from the Mexican border.
Cars with pilots are driving down the street crowded with people - general.
In the car are S. Danilin, M. Gromov, A. Yumashev - average.
A rally, Soviet pilots on the platform.
Meeting the participants of the flights in Moscow: cars with pilots drive by, people on the streets - general. V.P. Chkalov with his wife and son in the car - general.
A car with M. Gromov drives by - general. A. Yumashev is smiling - general. S.A. Danilin greets Muscovites from the car - general.
People greet the pilots from the windows of their houses, leaflets are flying - general.
Cars are entering Red Square - general.
An airfield, modern airplanes are parked - general.
A TU-104 airplane takes off - general.
A TU-114 airplane takes off - general. A.N. Tupolev at the airport, where Soviet civil aviation equipment is demonstrated, talks to visitors - general, general.
A TU-144 airplane at the airfield - general. A.N. Tupolev at the airfield during the test flight of the TU-144 - Wed.
The TU-144 takes off and flies - Wed, general.