The launch of Luna 2, the first rocket launched to reach the moon, from the Soviet Union. Luna 2 rocket launches from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Russia. It is the first man made object to travel from one cosmic body to another. Craters seen on the surface of the moon. At a geographical center an operator works on a tape recorder machine. Demonstration of the accuracy and reliability of the rocket. Camera zooms close to the moon.
U.S. Vice President Henry A. Wallace on a journey to China through Soviet Union. An animated portion of a globe shows his next destination. The Vice President visits Kazakhstan. A man on a horseback. Sheep, camel and cattle graze in the field. Kazakh man uses a pole with a running noose on it to lasso a horse. The people cook donuts. The horsemen smoke American king size cigarettes for the first time. Women make tea in the open. The coal mine industry in Karaganda. Open cut coal pits. Bulldozers scoop of the earth to revile of coal. Tracks being laid and the trains moves into the cut coal pits. The equipment being used in the mines. Wallace speaks to the engineers. The machines and trains being operated by women. They then visit a copper mine also known as Soviet anaconda. A crane picks up the copper.
Women from Moscow University working at drafting tables. Close up of blueprint drawing woman is completing using ruler and pencil on drafting table. Men and women engineering students in classroom at Moscow University in Russia, Soviet Union. A female judge in district court in the Soviet Union. First woman cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova waving to a huge crowd gathered in an amphitheater in the Soviet Union. Valentina Tereshkova walking out of a building in space suit to board a waiting bus at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Excited women applauding Valentina Tereshkova. Valentina Tereshkova waves from launchpad to crowd below before ascending in elevator. Close up view of female astronaut Valentina Tereshkova adjusting her space helmet. Engineer at control panel. Valentina Tereshkova looking into mirror mounted on the arm of her space suit. Valentina Tereshkova in space suit surrounded by reporters. Photo journalists jostle for space as they take photos of Valentina Tereshkova. Valentina Tereshkova in rocket capsule just before launch. Rocket Vostok 6 carrying Valentina Tereshkova launches. Views of faces of women of various races. Close views of women from all over the world as they watch launch. Distant view of rocket Vostok 6 in sky. Engineers applauding in control room. Women clapping in audience.
1947 Morris Eight Series E saloon automobile on lift platform dockside is repositioned. More 1947 Morris Eight Series E saloon cars are moved into place to prepare for crane lift. Sign seen on car windshield reads, "Nuffield Exports." Aerial view of dock workers pushing car into place. Workers roll 1947 Wolseley 14-60 Series III automobile onto lift platform and car is lifted into air next to a ship docked in a British harbor.
Senate Hearings,1947 in Washington DC. Officials and dignitaries seated for Senate Hearings, 1947. Howard Hughes, Jr. is questioned. He testifies about profits made on war contracts by him before Senate War Investigating Committee. He says that he has not made any profits on war contracts. Views of Hughes and other dignitaries sitting during the hearings.
Senate Hearings,1947 in Washington DC. Officials and dignitaries seated for Senate Hearings, 1947. Mr. Johnson, a businessman, is questioned. He testifies before Senate War Investigating Committee. A memorandum, made by him is passed to Mr Johnson. He reads it and answers. He testifies about the memorandum and is questioned about his conversation with Mr. Nelson. Dignitaries and members of the Congress seated during the hearings.