Curated Video
Kittinger: First Man in Space?
Before Yuri Gagarin orbited Earth, one man made an extraordinary trip beyond Earth's atmosphere. Can he claim to be the first man in space? Physics - Universe - Learning Points. Project Excelsior III was the American Air Force’s mission...
Wonderscape
Exploring the Space Race: From Sputnik to Apollo
Delve into the captivating history of the Space Race, a pivotal era marked by intense competition between the United States and the Soviet Union. From the launch of Sputnik to the monumental Apollo 11 mission, discover the political...
Curated Video
The Legacy of Yuri Gagarin: First Human in Space
This video provides a detailed account of the historic space flight of Yuri Gagarin, the first human to journey into space and orbit the Earth on April 12, 1961. The video covers Gagarin's background, training, the significance of his...
One Minute History
072 Monkeys in Space - One Minute History
1948 - The United States begins to send monkeys into space to test the biological effects. Albert I reaches sub-space, but does not survive. Albert the 2nd becomes the first monkey to make it into space, but dies after a parachute...
AllTime 10s
10 Greatest Space Conspiracies
Was the moon landing faked? Is the earth flat? Someone out there certainly thinks so. True, false, or somewhere in betwee, here are the 10 Greatest Space Conspiracies.
One Minute History
Monkeys in Space - Animals That Pioneered Spaceflight - One Minute History
This is the story of the heroic primates that helped propel Nasa and its astronauts into space
British Movietone
MAN IN SPACE
""The Earth looked a delicate blue, floating in a black sky"". So said the first man in space after his fabulous journey of 108 minutes, Major Yuri Gagarin, a 27 year old Soviet Air Force Officer. ® Tracking Russian progress, stage by...
British Movietone
SPACEMAN DROPS IN
Major Gagarin, the 27-year-old Russian, who orbited the Earth in about a hundred minutes, last April, looked as pleased to arrive in Britain, as Britain was to greet him. The big welcome at London Airport was the start of his 3 day...
British Movietone
BY THE WAY
This establishment near Workington is a fish and chip shop. It may not look like it, but the fact is that its enterprising proprietor, Mr Fleet, has obtained an off-license, the first place of the kind in Britain to have one. Fish and...
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Soviets welcome Yuri Gagarin back from Space
Soviet airliner taxiing on runway / crowd holding posters with photographs of Yuri Gagarin / Gagarin (first man in space) descending stairs from airliner and walking on carpet / Television images of Yuri Gagarin in uniform approaching...
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Soviets Hail First Man in Space, Yuri Gagarin
Newspaper with 'Reds Orbit Man' headline and photo of Yuri Gagarin as the first man in space / Yuri Gagarin in uniform walking outdoors / crowd of Soviet people looking at and photographing Yuri Gagarin walking with Nikita Khrushchev....
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Yuri Gagarin Becomes First Man to Orbit the Earth, 4 of 9
/ Soviet propaganda film commemorating Yuri Gagarin's first manned space flight - airport, crowds cheering, holding signs of Gagarin, Nikita Khrushchev and Leonid Brezhnev and other leaders of the Communist Party greet Gagarin's family...
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Yuri Gagarin Becomes First Man to Orbit the Earth, 2 of 9
/ Soviet propaganda film commemorating Yuri Gagarin's first manned space flight - aerial, small city, clouds, crowds cheering in Red Square, people celebrating, marching in parades holding signs, playing accordion, old woman makes a...