Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin is given a welcome ceremony in Moscow, after he became the first human to voyage into outer space. From a Russian newsreel with English narration, created during the "Space Race" between the United States and the Soviet Union. Yuri Gagarin arrives by an Aeroflot plane (CCCP-757) at a Moscow airfield. Premier of the Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev, greets Gagarin. A huge crowd holds pictures and banners of Gagarin and Khrushchev. Gagarin reports to Premier Khrushchev that he has fulfilled his mission and feels well and ready for his next assignment. Gagarin greets his wife, Valentina Gagarina. He moves in a car through crowd filled streets. At a ceremony in the Kremlin Premier Khrushchev and Defense Minister Marshal of the Soviet Union Rodion Malinovsky congratulate Gagarin and award him the title "Hero of the Soviet Union".
Damage in Moscow from revolution conflict including: Severely damaged Kremlin gates; damage to the Spasskaya Tower and clock on Red Square; and damage to several other grand buildings., including a cathedral. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
White Russian Guards, who made their headquarters in Alexander Palace, are seen on parade in Palace Square, St. Petersburg. Crowds jam the square to watch the parade. Some spectators scramble up on the ornate palace gates. (During period of Russian Revolution and World War 1.)
Vladimir Lenin seated in a chair at home, holding his cat. His wife, Nadezhda Krupskaya enters and sits. she pets the cat. Lenin begins speaking to an unseen person (possibly an interviewer). Brief glimpse of Joseph Stalin.
Joseph Stalin, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party, being interviewed by Eugene Lyons (unseen). Lyons was United Press International (UPI) correspondent in Moscow, and the first Western correspondent to be granted an interview with Stalin.
View from location high above Red Square in Moscow, Soviet Union, where more than 50 YaG-10 trucks with 76mm antiaircraft guns (1931 model 3K) are moving in formation. Notable buildings around the square are clearly seen, including: Saint Basil's Cathedral; Spasskaya Tower; and rear of the Historic Museum. Smoky industrial sites and smoke stacks are seen in background. Joseph Stalin, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, stands on portico at the Kremlin, overlooking the parade. Next to him is Klimenty (Klementi) Y Voroshilov, People's Commissar for Defense. Closeup of Stalin smiling and waving. Glimpse of Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov, Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars behind Stalin's left shoulder. The person, to Stalin's right and behind, appears to be Sergei Mironovich Kirov, who was assassinated in December, 1934. Huge formations of Soviet troops maneuver in the square. Closeup of the Yag-10 trucks with antiaircraft guns. Change of scene to Stalin sitting next to Mikhail I Kalinin, Chairman of the Soviet Central Executive Committee.
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