Take-off.

Take-off. , 1969 (20:23)

Annotation: The film is about an achievement of our aviation when designing TU-144 - the first faster-than-sound aircraft in the world. Ф

Film description: The film is about AN Tupolev. AN Tupolev aircraft at work in the design office, at the meeting, spoke about their work life (synchronously). AN and AA in the Tupolev design bureau, at home, in the country. AATupolev (aircraft, son of AN Tupolev) gives an interview (synchronously). Assembly and testing of the Tu-144. The TU-144 at the airfield, in the air. Test pilot Elsen gives interviews (synchronously). Chronicle. Aircraft ANT-3 "," ANT-6 "," ANT-25 "on the ground, in the air. The aircraft "Maxim Gorky" in flight.

Source description 1: The film tells about the achievement of the Soviet aviation in creating the first in the world passenger aircraft TU-144. Cars are taking a new passenger supersonic aircraft “TU-144” out of the hangar to the runway. The TU-144 plane. The aircraft designer A.N. Tupolev is having a rest in the summer cottage - he is walking along the lane looking at the flowers. A. Tupolev is in the Design Office; his hand is drawing the plane’s outlines. A model of the TU-144 plane. A. Tupolev with a group of constructors in the Design Office is discussing the design of the new plane. The aircraft designer A.N. Tupolev is giving explanations. Other constructors are speaking. The plane model is being tested at a supersonic speed, laboratory assistants are at the devices. The TU-144 model is being tested in the air tunnel. A.N. Tupolev is with his son A.A. Tupolev at home. Assembling of a TU-144 plane at the factory. Supersonic fighter planes are in the air. The TU-144 landing gear is being tested. A.A. Tupolev is in an aircraft factory workshop. The pilot E. Elyan and other pilots are preparing for the flight on the ground. A.N. Tupolev is asking the Pilot-Captain E. Elyan to tell about the aircraft readiness for the flight. E. Elyan is reporting. The plane TU-144 is on the runway. A.N. Tupolev is getting out of the car and coming to the plane. The crew members, pilots E. Elyan, Yu.T. Seliverstov, V.N. Benderov, M.V. Kozlov are going to the plane. The crew is getting into the plane by the ladder.

Source description 2: The TU-144 plane is on the runway, the Pilot-Captain E.Elyan is requesting the permission to take-off. The plane is taking off; the plane is in the air. The aircraft designers A. Tupolev and S. Tupolev are in the airfield. Photos of A.N. Tupolev, N.E. Zhukovsky and others. A.N. Tupolev’s interview. The first plane designed by Tupolev. Parade in the Red Square. The aircraft “Dobrolyot. Krylya Sovetov” [“Well Flying. Soviet Wings” ] is on the aerodrome field. The ANT-3 plane. The “Maxim Gorky” plane constructed by Tupolev is flying by. The ANT-3 is in
the North Pole, winterers are greeting the plane. The ANT-25 is in flight. V.P. Chalov, G.F. Baydukov, A.V. Belyakov are after the nonstop flight from Moscow to the USA. The military landing force is jumping from a wing of the heavy Tupolev’s bomber. A.N. Tupolev is in the General’s uniform, A.N. Tupolev is among the Design Office employees, he is being congratulated by them. A.N. Tupolev and others are on the aerodrome field next to the TU-144 plane. the TU-144 air-liner is in the air. The pilot E.Elyan is in the cabin. The observation post on the ground. Tape-recorder disks with the record of Elyan’s voice during the testing flight are rotating. Air hostesses are in the empty passenger cabin. The aircraft cabin, the crew is in the cabin during the flight. The computer center in the pilot’s cabin. The plane is extending the landing gear, approaching to land; landing. The crew members are going down the ladder. Tupolev is embracing E.Elyan. The TU-144 plane is taking off.

Directors: Vermisheva E.

Operators: Istomin A., Mikhaylov L., Khavchin A., Savin A.

Script writers: Agranovskiy A.

Announcer: Khmara L.