The 50th Anniversary of the Heroic Flights.

The 50th Anniversary of the Heroic Flights. , 1987 (27:13)

Annotation: Soviet-American celebration of 50th Anniversary of the historic transpolar flights.

Film description: The film was filming the following: landscapes of the Volga, the movement of vessels on the Columbia River in the U.S., a meeting of the Hero of the Soviet Union Gromov with American aviation General R. Bullock. General view of Fort Vancouver in the United States. Meeting of the heroes of flight over the North Pole to America in 1937: GFBajdukov, friends and relatives Chkalov, Gromov and others in Moscow in the House of Friendship with the Peoples of foreign countries. Meeting relatives V. Chkalov with American pilots M. Harmenom. Townscape Chkalovsk. Laying flowers at the monument of V. Chkalov. Visitors on guided tours of the house-museum V. Chkalov. Air festival in Chkalovsk. Aviation Festival in Vancouver, with the participation of the Soviet delegation. Opening of the monument in honor of the flight Soviet pilots. Statement of American students, with a song at the festival (synchronously). Types cities: Vancouver, San Jacinto. Meetings of the Soviet delegation to the inhabitants of cities. General view of the aviation museum in Washington. Meeting astronauts B. Kubasov and Stafford in the museum of aviation. The film features shots Chronicle in 1937, which commemorated the participants to fly on the route North Pole-America at the time of their landing in Vancouver and meet them with the Americans. Stay VPTchkalov at home and meet him with his countrymen.

Source description 1: Sunset over the wood and the river;
A tow is sailing along the river.
Panorama of birches at the river.
Panorama of the Volga River side.
Panorama of clouds, trees.
Hydrofoil is sailing along the river (Gorky Region).
Panorama of the river Columbia in the USA.
Panorama of the bridge, the city of Vancouver can be seen.
Passengers on the boat, the water is raging.
The plane by whiсh Chkalov, Baidukov and Belyakov used to fly, on the airfield.
The map with the route of flight of the Soviet pilots through the North Pole to America.
Newsreel of 1937:
Pilots Valery Chkalov, Alexander Belyakov and George Baidukov before their flight to America.
Plane "ANT-25" is taking off.
Newsreel cover, newsreel plot: people are buying and reading newspapers with materials about the non-stop flight.
Newsreel of July 12, 1937:
Pilots Mikhail Gromov, Andrey Yumashev, Sergey Danilin before the non-stop flight to America.
A.Yumashev is putting on the parachute.
S.Danilin is getting into the plane.
The plane before taking off, flying.
Signals are being passed.
Americans at the plane.
Soviet plane.
Plane wing.
The Soviet pilots in the airfield in the city of San-Jasinto.

M. Gromov’s wife Nina Gromova is talking to Aviation General of Aircraft Bullok in the street.
Panorama of Fort Vancouver (outside).
People are passing along the fort territory.
Panorama of the cannons, small house, cannonballs.
Well, gate.
Newsreel of 1937:
V.Chkalov, A.Belyakov, G.Baidukov are passing, people are welcoming them, flags are waving.
The cannon is shooting.
The rails.
Soviet people are welcoming the train with pilots.
V.Chkalov is giving autographs, speaking with the welcomers.
Cars with pilots are running.
V.Chkalov sailing by boat along the Volga River, passing by with his fellow countrymen.
Meeting people.

The House of Friendship building in Moscow.
George Filippovich Baidukov, his daughter and grand daughter, V.Chkalov's daughters, astronaut Valery Kubasov - the Vice-President of the Society “USSR – USA” at the meeting with the members of the Transpolar Chkalov Committee Putcammer and Frost, the Mayor of Vancouver Bruce Seidl; B.Seidl is speaking.
Panorama of an US plane on the Sheremetyevo airfield.
Panorama of Chkalov’s son – Colonel of Aircraft Igor Valerevich Chkalov and his son Valery - student of the Moscow Aircraft Institution (MAI) - meeting the American pilot and school teacher Millard Harman in airfield.
Panorama of the meeting of M. Harman with G.F.Baidukov; I. V. Chkalov is present at the meeting.
Handshake.

Source description 2: The town of Chkalovsk in the Gorky Region, the monument to Valery Chkalov.
Panorama of citizens laying flowers to the monument.
Flowers on the flowerbed.
Panorama of the V. Chkalov’s House Museum with the memorial plate.
Panorama of the balcony, room, photos on the wall.
The woman is putting flowers to V.Chkalov's bust.
Panorama of visitors in the Museum.
Panorama of the festival dedicated to the 50th Anniversary of the non-stop flights through the North Pole: people on the bank of the Volga River, open air celebrations.
Panorama of the harmonist playing.
Panorama of the aerobatic display: planes in air, performing stunts; parachutists in the air, falling into water.
A motor boat is sailing by, the people are welcoming it.
Spectators’ faces.
Panorama of a seagull over the water.
The Columbia River in the USA.
Panorama of Vancouver.
The Chkalov Committee member Ken Putcammer in the plane cabin.
The airfield.
Panorama of the landing plane.
The inscription in English.
American pilot –an Old Pilots Club Member.
Pictures of the Club activities.
Panorama of the city street, a road sign in English.
The house of Marshall where in 1937 the Soviet pilots used to live; people are leaving the house.
Members of the Soviet Delegation (V. Kubasov, relatives of non-landing flight participants) headed by the Hero of Soviet Union, Colonel General V.V. Reshetnikovym, are talking to Americans in the court yard of the house.
Panorama of the flowers.
Panorama of a Columbia Company shop.
The Vice-President of the Company “Columbia” N. Small is showing the sample of finished goods, speaking about cooperation with the USSR.
Panorama of a machine tool, a welder at work.
Panorama of the Anniversary Meeting in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of Chkalov’s Flight; the wind band is playing.
Girl’s face.
People at the meeting, applauding.
Panorama of the Zionists with posters.
Panorama of the unveiling of the Anniversary Emblem on the monument erected in honor of the flight.
Congressman L. Bonker is speaking, the Soviet and American flags are waving.
The listeners.
N. Gromova is listening.
Baidukov’s granddaughter Svetlana is speaking.
Panorama of the applauding people.
Schoolboys from Vancouver are singing.
People are listening.

Source description 3: Panorama of American newspapers.
A street in Vancouver, a car is going-by
Panorama of a road in mountains, the Pacific Ocean can be seen in the distance.
Panorama of the surf.
Plants which have grown into the wall.
The sea landscape.
Streets of San-Jasinto.
Panorama of the meeting dedicated to the Soviet pilots’ non-stop flight.
Panorama of N. Gromova giving autographs.
Badge on American’s breast.
Old Soviet money with the image of the pilot.
Panorama of souvenirs sale: badges, T-shorts.
The Soviet flag.
The Mayor the San-Jasinto Vayne Stewart is speaking at the meeting.
Newsreel of 1937:
The car with the Soviet pilots M. Gromov, A. Yumashev, S. Danilin is going along a San-Jasinto street, the people are welcoming them.
People at the meeting in San-Jasinto.
The cameraman is shooting.
Unveiling of the monument to the non-stop flight, panorama of N. G. Gromova.
The inscription on the monument.
Model of the plane "ANT-25" in which Soviet pilots have carried out the flight.
N. G. Gromova is speaking at the meeting.
Panorama of the City Museum in San-Jasinto.
The inscription on the wall in English.
Panorama of the visitors in the Museum at the stand with photos.
Panorama of the Museum exhibits: newspapers, etc.
N. G. Gromova is presenting the plane model to W. Stewart.
Panorama of the plane models and visitors in the Aircraft and Astronautics Museum in the city of Washington.
The meeting of V. Kubasov with the US astronaut T. Stafford in the Aircraft and Astronautics Museum, T. Stafford is speaking.
The Soviet Delegation in the Museum.
Museum exhibits - the rocket, etc.
Newsreel of 1937:
Chkalov, Baidukov, Belyakov, Yumashev, Danilin, Gromov.

Directors: Konovalov V.

Operators: Petrosov R.

Composers: Tariverdiev M.

Text writers: Konovalov V.