STAR BROTHERS

Year Published: 1960s

Creator: [Soviet Union]

Format: 16mm

Description: Part 1:     • SOVIET SPACE PROGRAM PROPAGANDA FILM ...   This rare color film entitled STAR BROTHERS takes a look at the Soviet space program in the 1960s. It's an interesting counterpoint to NASA produced films of the same era. This, the second half of the film begins with footage of tracking radars and microwave communications, and at :38 a ground station with banks of computers and telemetry devices. A video tape recorder is turned on at :39 and a TV set is shown for playback. At :55 the route of the flight is plotted on a moving map. The cosmonauts are seen prior to the flight at 1:40 getting some exercise, shaving, and showering before getting dressed and having a final meal on Earth. At 2:40 the cosmonauts suit up. At 5:00 preparations for launch begin as Nikolayev boards his capsule. At 6:26 the launch is underway and at 6:47 the Vostok 3 streaks into orbit. At 8:26 the Soviets celebrate while at 8:38 TV footage is seen from space. At 12:00, Vostok 4 gets underway as Popovich boards his rocket. At 13;44, the launch proceeds. At 15:40, the world press reaction is shown in London, Berlin and elsewhere on newspaper headlines. At 18:00, Popovich's family is shown waiting on Earth for him as he orbits. At 18:18, his route is mapped on a globe, while on Earth Moscovites listen to live broadcasts from space. At 18;40, pledges are made by farmers to make more grain and miners pledge to make more iron in tribute to Popovich's efforts. At 21:40 at the computer center, mission control, the landing of two spacecraft is plotted. At 22:58, Nikolayev and Popovich are seen back on Earth, boarding a helicopter. The two are seen at 23:50 smiling, excited to be home, while at 24:12 a phone call occurs with Premiere Khrushchev in which he congratulates them on their achievement. At 25:00 the astronauts sleep on their way home from the recovery area. At 26:30, their plane is seen escorted by MiGs and the astronauts are fed by a lovely stewardess who is clearly a "fan". At 27;10 they take control of the cockpit of the aircraft to fly back to Moscow. At 28:50 they land in Moscow and are welcomed in style by Nikita Khrushchev. They later make an appearance with him at Red Square at 30:40 where speeches are made in honor of the Motherland and this most recent achievement in space. Cosmonauts Gagarin and Titov are also shown. The film ends with Khrushchev giving the cosmonauts a tour of the Kremlin and images of the Aeroflot airplane that the cosmonauts flew on earlier (apparently -- a deluxe plane reserved for leaders) with the narrator indicating that the future of space exploration is quite limitless. Vostok 3 (Russian: Восток-3, Orient 3 or East 3) was a spaceflight of the Soviet space program intended to determine the ability of the human body to function in conditions of weightlessness and test the endurance of the Vostok 3KA spacecraft over longer flights. Cosmonaut Andriyan Nikolayev orbited the Earth 64 times over nearly four days in space, August 11–15, 1962, a feat which would not be matched by NASA until the Gemini program (1965–1966). Vostok 3 and Vostok 4 were launched a day apart on trajectories that brought the spacecraft within approximately 6.5 km (4.0 mi) of one another. The cosmonauts aboard the two capsules also communicated with each other via radio, the first ship-to-ship communications in space. These missions marked the first time that more than one manned spacecraft was in orbit at the same time, giving Soviet mission controllers the opportunity to learn to manage this scenario. Vostok 4 (Russian: Восток-4, Orient 4 or East 4) was a mission in the Soviet space program. It was launched in August 1962, a day after Vostok 3 with cosmonaut Pavel Popovich on board—the first time that more than one manned spacecraft were in orbit at the same time. The two Vostok capsules came within 6.5 km (4.0 mi) of one another and ship-to-ship radio contact was established.[ The cosmonauts of Vostok 3 and 4 did not attempt rendezvous. At one point the craft came within a few kilometers of each other and Popovich later reported at a news conference that he saw the other craft from orbit. Popovich is quoted as saying, "I saw it at once," referring to seeing Vostok 3 in orbit. "It looked like a very small moon in the distance." The Vostok 3 and 4 spacecraft landed about 200 km apart, south of Karaganda, Kazakhstan. The mission went largely as planned, despite a malfunction with the Vostok's life-support systems that meant that cabin temperature dropped down to 10 °C (50 °F). The flight was terminated early after a misunderstanding by ground control.

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mother will keep careful watch over her son eating fish whatever the boss top three baby in orbit it will be under the unfailing observation of good friends we have at their fingertips all the knees for keeping watch over and controlling the safety application everything is ready the vegetative recorders are ready to take pictures of everything in space [Music] the route is plotted once again from the moving map [Music] also ready other control desk the electronic globe and the telephone coordinating computing Center finally the warning of August 11th arrived this is the beginning of a new day of the Space Age how simple everything is the usual daily done and as always all together all good friends and comers [Music] treating preparations must be made [Music] the rendezvous with the stars one must be well sing and wear a neatly not it done he doesn't seem to be in any hurry half an Jionni's not so anxious to say goodbye to mother earth not his imperturbable as ever however the outlet will be down in the annals of history has struck the Daleks a toot but Yuri Gagarin and guarantee talk to dezong before they went up well he himself put on his spacesuit before when he was Tito's backup pilot there's nothing unusual now in putting on the spacesuit did you just an ordinary job however one that needs particular accuracy and externally [Music] so he begins to accomplish his great exploit and now the Statesmen in all his accoutrements makes his last few steps on the ground now everything is so amazingly simple this is indeed the beginning of a fairy tale there he boards the body [Music] and also bus those to the Cosmodrome around him are his friend and though this is not the first time they're seeing off an astronaut they still cannot get over their anxiety our hero goes off to bring humanity the lights and knowledge of the universe and our time itself seems to whisper its farewell the loan says purplish and to give Nikolai of a haughty hug remember I'll be waiting for you Nikolai retorts with a grin up there we shall all be with you t-dog tears at the embraces Nikolai meanwhile astronaut B stayed behind he won't have to take me alive play an Gianni's cheerful and brimming with energy and ridore the Cosmodrome is today the half of the Soviet space science and industry and the simple ceremony of sending our first man into space has become quite the custom the astronaut is stepping out into a world a formidable fellow he's about to do his duties as befits a real man mankind's future is linked up with a breakthrough into outer space [Music] [Music] [Music] Falken speaking I'm feeling fine ready for the star token replies Gagarin [Music] starting signal is ready [Music] let's go stop [Music] it was at 11:30 a.m. on august 11 1962 at the st. tip Bostock three orbiters back on earth scientists received the first information about the state of the astronaut and is she [Music] [Music] they bust our tree falling they're commenting friends everything on board is okay all the systems are punctual well I'm feeling fine [Music] electronic computers reckon the actual orbit the ship aligned with death accuracy [Music] [Music] the only tiny globe shows where the bus stops we're after woman it is quite likely that Nikolaj of ship is flying like this at the moment why quite likin it one need only look at the TV screen hello Andrey and greetings to you in space [Music] [Music] in Britain and in many other places in the world special issues of newspapers are published the press the radio and television report the great event Red Ranger in space his name is Nikolai and the anagen ship invented every home everywhere people are delighted and call him here to shop talks with Nikolai by phone from Yalta this is the commander of the spaceship Vostok freeze the Soviet astronaut Nikolai I'm feeling fine all the systems are functioning exilic I hear you will come a dick alive I am glad that you are feeling fine and that the equipment is functioning without a hitch I greet you and I'm proud to see me that you have shown such courage in undertaking this historic flight from the height never reached before the astronauts easier is not this a grand triumph of human genius [Music] it is almost 24 hours now that Nikolov is up in space it's carried out an extensive program of scientific observation everything is proceeding well I'm feeling fine I slept well it already covered 700,000 kilometers meanwhile for public setup for the launching pad well folks she explains let's have a song I'm simply dying [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] one more spaceship the Vostok 4 is to set up [Music] among the people that come to see forefather chopped is academician Keldysh president of the USSR Academy of Sciences it is the beginning of a new chapter in astronautic the problem is to learn whether several ships will be able to establish contact out in faith and also whether the two astronauts will withstand weightlessness equally well [Music] goodbye eagle all can await you he has wishing you every success sky take off your head mayakovskiy once exclaimed yes the sky must indeed take off his hat to the vera of the toga destined only one after another interpret Soviet men take off [Music] it is 10:55 I'm feeling fine I'm ready to take off country well you go you are feeling fine and are ready to take off everything is also going fine everything is going according to plan it's time there he takes off [Music] at 11:02 a.m. Moscow time on August the 12th 1962 the second Soviet space ships of a star for orbited the two ships had the rendezvous on the dot and continued to fly on together on close parallel orbit there they go flying above this planet of ours sending the nations of the world their greetings from fate and their wishes of peace and happiness [Music] and again the air thief gigolo [Applause] [Music] [Applause] at the world's greatest power station on the Volga people listen to the news of the world's greatest event [Music] this is for controlling our contacted user at once at SUNY the orbitty we treat you dear Pavel Popovich now there are two of you up in space [Music] that sensation our new Russian temptation radio announcers exclaim in all languages specialist mr. Martin London and the streets in squares are filled with news vendors cries of the new sensation to read through space Soviets way ahead is Space Research Soviet science course spectacular achievement the papers are full of the nudies it is printed in all the languages of the world now paddle Popovich also conduct observations in space everything's going fine I can see a very lovely horizon and further on a black sky I see the earth it is still cloudy I'm feeling fine everything's going fine over such are the roots of the bus-stop tree and the Vostok for the face dreams are kept under unfailing observation for the well-organized pool of many telemetry stations the amazing thing is that two people are talking between themselves up there out in space for the first time in history [Music] on mother earth the cradle of human life every man has his own home and Janica lieth son of a Jewish peasant lies now above his native do Basha but he grew up and went to school and where everything tests in the bank iboga is so dear to his heart [Music] while battle for poetry the son of a Ukrainian worker is flying about his native Ukraine and its majestic expansive and his eyes and heart are full of filial cry [Music] he seems to see his home and his little daughter and his wife Marina who certainly knows how to wait their reply uh past Moscow where people anxiously waits for more news from faiths and everywhere in the streets of Leningrad and villages people an attentive ear to the voices from the cosmos and as they listened they take new president honor of the new glorious your old human promised to turn out more metal elsewhere pledges are taken to produce more electricity more machinery thousand appeals to farmers make their contribution taking in a bumper harvest his name is also Popovich this rust of machinery operator considered it a great day for himself he is trying to prove by his work that every Popovich is descended from that epic hero and usher Popovich meanwhile on the to five and the whole world watches at the Astrophysical Observatory in Tokyo as it observatories all over the world for that matter autonomous maintain our round-the-clock vigil [Music] the program of the first groups like incorporated the photographing by the astronauts of themselves in their cabin this is what weightlessness is like watch him in this state of weightlessness tink conducted scientific observation [Music] [Music] talk by radio with the earth and with his big twin [Music] unbuckling himself the astronaut attempts to float in this state of weightlessness as I look at Mother Earth I cannot get my feel for polish entered in his diary and my heart filled with a fervent desire to see this planet of ours from an atomic death soon they will return home Nikolai has flown already more than two and a half million kilometres for Pavich meanwhile had covered some 2 million kilometres I'm feeling fine and I'm ready to make the descent I'm very happy that everything's going well with you I suggest you do some exercises you limber up energies after the protective state of weightlessness one must prepare oneself for overloads again meanwhile mother earth prepares to meet the faith here at the coordinating computing Center scientists embark upon premiere preparations for things that has never been done before the civil cases landing of toothpicks ships the ships have to land near Kerrigan da in Kazakhstan sixty cents but each art they dive into the tents and layers of the atmosphere [Music] so native fire roars outside the porthole goodbye customer the astronauts catapult hope the parachute down mother welcome back it's done [Music] come again the astronaut had already radioed his bearing the ground here is rocky and desolate and covered with bitter wormwood nevertheless how fine it is to be back on solid ground again there he is he strains and come run up everybody wants to know how he feels and of course water graphs are demanded the taste to the written line will certainly be a precious relic how pleasant it is to take a few steps and inhale the air of a state they preview that people and jubilant the air people beat the astronaut from now on faith in Junior they meet in Cadogan da just as they had promised before they took off a porridge has already had a change but Nikolai have seemed to regret parting with his beard after all it is also as souvenir of State [Music] they went up for the sake of the people of the earth to the sake of their presence at future and the earth people eagerly hang on a bit you're wanted on the telephone is that covered Nikolai er can you hear me I'm very glad and proud I greet you and express my admiration I really do not know what other words I could use to express my feeling thank you very much Nikita Sergei I greet you covered Safari wear such a cheerful voice and alter your declaration that you are feeling fine and prepared to carry out any assignment of the government may give you I congratulate you and wish you the best of health thank you very much Nikita Sergeyevich after all the experiences the astronauts think they might take a nap [Music] but they are too excited to sleep long Popovich is brimming with impressions and seeks to chat without end with his friend about space and the moon about life in the state of weightlessness and about the future then they also want to know about all that had happened on earth when they were up in space lemmings lived in their heart they had his picture with him up in space cows lined the bowl that thanks to welcome the heroes of the painting [Music] the faith twins are in chagall de on the bogart the world is anxious for news and here they give their first press conference a group flight which lasted several days has shown that man can live and work in space for a long time in 95 hours nikolai of circled the earth 64 times while in the 71 hours he was up in space or for each made 48 hours [Music] the doctors have completed their examination and now the to space mover fly to Moscow partisan plane the time being paper [Music] until we meet again [Music] and again up they go face venya was good touch the ordinary earth dinner is much more appetizing they take over the joy signal they are so eager to fly up after that even now take off for the stars again [Music] Moscow awaits them blue cover has become the Gateway to the grand welcomes given to the heroes from space [Music] Nikita Kruschev has interrupted his holiday and has flown back from down south here they come with a fighter escort of Honor the planes records about the total capital in greeting last few seconds full of suspense [Music] there lies the red carpet of the astronaut first the Senate was Yuri Gagarin next king guarantee talk now there are two of them at once and they are Nikolai of and Aldo Capote [Music] the astronauts tell Nikita Khrushchev that the assignment given them by the government has been carried out they are ready to fulfill their country's every command what a great send happy dead [Music] this is the third time Moscow is welcoming back the victors of faith this is the third time jubilant crowds pills n in Avenue that's having you of glory [Applause] [Music] dang they are the darlings of everyone the idols of all [Music] don't know recently they were here when the big farewell to Moscow [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] sangeun Nikolai's allow me to express most heartfelt gratitude to the Central Committee of the Communist Party the Soviet government and - Nikita - Shah for having bred and trained the great friendly family of stupid astronaut those loyal sons of our multinational mother man it was my good fortune with Angie and Nick Elias to continue the cause began last year by my friends Yuri Gagarin and Gherman Tito [Applause] but I must frankly confess we had it much easier than the first Soviet astronaut they each went up into space by themselves we went up together and when you know you have a friend at your elbow the feeling is quite different Nikita Kruschev made a long speech and when she sat in parks heroes are men from the depths of the people men infinitely devoted to the cause of communism very noteworthy that among the fake brothers we see represented today the various nationalities of our country Russian Ukrainian and 2bas we are sure that in the future the family of astronauts will be joined by more sons and daughters of the peoples of our multinational state [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] the people glorify the stinky Rome and the scientists designers engineers and workers who created the spaceship how logical it is and natural cosmic contrast to be celebrated here on red square but every year the Soviet people marked the birthday of the world's first though shall it take a land which is the David great launching pad for Soviet spaceships step-by-step Soviet scientist breaking through into the universe the take of peace and human welfare [Music] from Red Square the heroes go to a reception at the Kremlin [Music] yeah the heavenly brother sees the gold stars of heroes of the Soviet Union you see turtles sharks is the best friend of the astronauts they look upon him as their face father he has done so much faster nautics he has read a fine family of instruments paceman who are prepared to carry out any assignment their country may command them to fulfill and they're in voluntee come to minds who shop words we are sure that in the future the family of astronauts will be joined by more sons and daughters of our multi national statement [Music]


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