Volga lights № 2 "The first flight of man into space - 40 years" (2001)

Newsreel №77688, 1 part, duration: 0:10:20
Production: Nizhne-Volzhskaya newsreel studio
Other authors:D. Lunjkov, L. Burina, O. Shelyugin, T. Burakova, V. Ermakov (?)

Annotation:

The issue is dedicated to the cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, who made the first flight into space in the history of mankind.

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Jet planes in the sky.

The first flight of man into space is 40 years.

Panorama of the Volga River.

The village of Smelovka, Chernovsky district of the Saratov region, the field of the agricultural artel.

Shevchenko.

The landing place of the first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.

Streets of the neighboring village Uzmorje.

The inhabitants of Uzmorie remember the circumstances of the landing.

Archival photos of Gagarin after landing.

Anna Akimovna Takhtarova shares her memories of the memorable meeting with Yuri Gagarin after his landing.

A newsreel of 1961: a meeting of Yuri Gagarin after his return from space.

Residents of the Saratov region talk about a meeting with Yuri Gagarin.

Saratov aeroclub.

Mikhail Sokolov, Yuri Gagarin's classmate at the flying club, pilot-instructor Dmitry Martyanov and head of the flying club Hero of the Soviet Union Grigory Denisenko share their memories of Yuri Gagarin.

Shooting from the airfield, cadets make skydiving.

Celebration of the anniversary of the Gagarin flight in Saratov.

Key words

Gagarin landing place

Personnel:

Gagarin Yuri Alekseyevich - USSR pilot-cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union, the first person to fly into space

Calendar: 04/12/1961

Locations: Saratov region [801]

Seasons: Summer [824]

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