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Yuri Gagarin Becomes First Man to Orbit the Earth, 5 of 9
/ Soviet propaganda film commemorating Yuri Gagarin's first manned space flight - montage, Nikita Khrushchev hugs and kisses Yuri Gagarin on viewing stand at airport as crowd cheers, people watch the event on television, Gagarin hugs and...
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The Voskok 1 becomes the first manned spaceflight
/ Soviet spacecraft Vostok 1 takes off, becoming the first manned spaceflight, carrying astronaut Yuri Gagarin inside.
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Soviet scientists and astronaut Yuri Gagarin prepare for Vostok 1 launch
/ Soviet scientists retrieve an unmanned Vostok spacecraft capsule after a test launch containing a dummy / Dummy is subjected to various tests / Dummy parachuting / Dummy ishot out of ejector seat from a jet / Dummy splashes down /...
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Aerial view of Gagarin Monument and Leninskiy prospekt
Aerial view of Gagarin Monument and Leninskiy prospekt
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CLEAN : Russians launch miniature rockets to celebrate Yuri Gagarin
Dozens of rockets take off over the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, celebrating the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's space flight (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin salutes Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev.
Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin salutes Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev.
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CLEAN: Fifty years on since Gagarin's flight into space
CLEAN: Fifty years on since Gagarin's flight into space
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VOICED: Fifty years on since Gagarin's flight into space
VOICED: Fifty years on since Gagarin's flight into space
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CLEAN: Cosmonauts launch Gagarin satellite on second try
CLEAN: Cosmonauts launch Gagarin satellite on second try
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Police in Britain part 6 - Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin waves to crowds and at pop singer Tommy Steele marries Anne Donoghue, London 1960 and 1961. Police hold back crazy fans.
Clip from a film about the work of bobbies (British police) in Great Britain in the 60s, and their everyday tasks and duties.
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CLEAN : 50 years on Yuri Gagarin's death is still shrouded in mystery
Yuri Gagarin the first man to go into space and a Soviet national hero officially died when his plane crashed while attempting to avoid a weather balloon but fifty years on his sudden disappearance remains shrouded in mystery
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CLEAN : Russians still immensely proud of Gagarin's feat, 60 years since historic spaceflight
Russians come to take pictures outside Moscow's Museum of Cosmonautics on the 60th anniversary of the legendary flight that made Yuri Gagarin the first man in space, a major source of national pride for millions of his countrymen...
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Have Fun With History: Yuri Gagarin Is Welcomed Home
Newsreel footage of Yuri Gagarin received by Moscow crowds after his record setting voyage as the first man in space.