Successes of the Ussr in Space Exploration (1965)

Synopsis

This vintage historic film, "Successes of the USSR in Space Exporation" delivers an in-depth and interesting look into Soviet Russia Space Program. It showcases highlights from the year of 1965. The film includes shots of Sputnik satellites, lunar probes and landers including communications satellites for broadcasting of the television and the radio. A vintage Soviet Studio graphic leader opens the film (:07). The narrator begins on October 4th of 1957 (:28) as the space era began and the USSR launched Luna 2. An early satellite model (:54) is compared to modern satellite equipped with automatic instruments. Advances in technology enabled longer stays in outer space (1:16). Black smoke billows out as a satellite is launched (1:38). An animation follows a satellite opening it's wings (2:05). Retrieved footage from a launching (2:18) shows traces of geological history as well as the suns violent rays spinning off the sun (2:46). These lead to natural disasters (2:57) a hurricane lays waste to a tropical home (2:57). A silver satellite twirls in space (3:30). A radio system installed on earth captures the imagery (3:58). These are used to craft weather maps (4:25). An animation shows the planned orbit of the Soviet satellites (4:47). Ground crews watch television projections of the space mission (5:12). Female operators work at the telephone switchboard (5:24). An animation shows a lunar explorer heading for the moon (5:50). Craters litter the moon’s surface (6:29). Soviet…

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Running time

20 minutes

Language

English

Collection

Ephemeral Films

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• Stock Footage