First Soviet Earth Satellites.

First Soviet Earth Satellites. , 1957 (40:5)

Annotation: About work of Soviet scientists at creation of spacecrafts; launch of the first artificial Earth satellite.

Film description: Scheme of the rocket and spacecraft mock-up of Tsiolkovsky. Newsreel. Konstantin Tsiolkovsky in your study, in the garden of his house in the town of Kaluga. Obninsk nuclear power plant, control panel, the reactor plant. Pilots V. Chkalov, A. Belyakov, Bajdukov, M. Gromov, committed non-stop flights from Moscow to America. Jet airliner TU-104, created by a team of aircraft under the guidance of AN Tupolev. The appearance of the aircraft, cockpit and passenger cabin. Preparation, launching the first rocket, the first and second satellites. Ham radio, the scientists of the Soviet Union and foreign countries are call signs of artificial satellites. President of the USSR, AN Nesmeyanov, writer MA Sholokhov, Khrushchev, foreign scientists B. Jarque (GDR), J. Groshkovsky (Poland), Columbia University professor Hasialis speak of the importance of launching satellites.

Source description 1: About the work of Soviet scientists at the creation of spacecrafts; the launch of the first artificial satellite of the Earth.

Rotating surface of the Earth.
A rocket is flying.
The Petropavlovskaya fortress.
A cell.
Leningrad.
A drawing with the project by N. Kibalchich.
Kaluga.
K.E. Tsiolkovsky’s museum house.
A room of the museum.
A scheme of a rocket by K.E. Tsiolkovsky.
K. E. Tsiolkovsky in his study.
A model of a shaceship.
A photograph of a meeting of Vladimir Lenin with Wells.
Vladimir Lenin.
Industrial views.
The Acedemy of sciences of the USSR.
The MSU [Moscow state university].
Academician A. N. Nesmeyanov is precenting a lecture for students.
Academician Semenov is reading in the laboratory.
A nuclear power plant.
A putpit of the nuclear station.
An atomic reactor.
Dubna.
The United Institute of Nuclear Research.
A synchrophasotron.
K. E. Tsiolkovsky in the garden.
K. E. Tsiolkovsky.
K. E. Tsiolkovsky is talking to a correspondent.
The team of the stratosphere balloon “Osaviakhim-1”: Fedosenko, Vasenko, Usykin.
The team are getting in the balloon-basket.
A cameraman is shooting.
The stratosphere balloon is in the air.

Source description 2: Pilots: Chkalov, Baidukov, Beliakov before the flight to America.
The aircraft designer A. Tupolev is saying goodbye to the pilots.
The welcoming of Soviet pilots in the USA.
Welcoming Gromov’s crew in the USA.
The “TU-104” plane.
The “TU-104” plane in the air.
The launch of a rocket.
The rocket is in the air.
A laboratory dog is being seated into the cabin.
The dog in the cabin during the flight.
The cabin with animals is landing.
London, Hamburg.
New-York.
A model of an American satellite.
Research workers at the model.
The launch of an American rocket.
The rocket is exploding and falling down.
The model of the first non-artificial satellite of the Earth.
A research worker at the model.
A laboratory test (separation of the cone and withdrawal of the satellite).
A rocket is flying.
The “Pravda” [“Truth”] newspaper with an announcement about the launch of the satellite, editions of foreign newspapers with reaction to this event.
A model of the satellite.
Instruments installed in it (scheme).
Radio amateurs are receiveing signals from the satellite.

Source description 3: Receipt of radio signals of the Soviet satellite of the Earth, radio programs about the launch of the satellite.
Reception of signals at a Mexican radio station.
The rector of the Humboldt university in Berlin.
Bernard Harke, Polish scientist Groshkovekshi, professor of Columbian university Hasialis are sharing their opinions regarding the significance of the launch of the artificial satellite.
Observations of the satellite in optical stations of China, Egypt, Poland.
The Stalinabad observatory.
Observations of the satellite with the help of “meteoric patrol”.
Observations of the satellite in Yakutia.
Cameramen are observing the satellite in mountains.
Cameramen are observing the movement of the satellite in the plane.
Audience in the demonstration hall of the planetarium.
Academician Nesmeyanov is speaking about the significance of the lauch of the satellite.
Visitors of the All-Union industrial trade fair in the pavilion of the Academy of science of the USSR.
A model of the first artificial satellite.
Hewlett Johnson is looking at the model in a pavilion of the Academy of sciences.
Preparation of launch of the second artificial satellite.
Instruments installed the second satellite.

Source description 4: Dogs flying to outter space in a rocket.
Laika is being equipped with special outfit in the laboratory.
Equipment of the animal’s cabin.
Pre-launch tests of the satellite.
Moscow.
Radio-locator.
A shore of Don.
Writer Mikhail Sholokhov is speaking in front of the microphone.
Paul Robson is talking to cameraman N. Mukhin.
A panorama of Moscow..
The jubilee session of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.
Comrade Mao Zedong is one of the members of the presidium.
N. S. Khruschov is speaking.
A sculpture “K zvezdam!” [“Towards the stars”] by Podnikov.

Directors: Slavinskaya M., Chigorin N.

Operators: Artseulov K., Kanaev I., Kochetkov A. S., Lebedinskiy A., Lytkin V.

Script writers: Sazonov A.

Composers: Kholminov A.

Announcer: Shumakov G.

Text writers: Sazonov A.