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Soviet Union crowd celebrates cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin in Moscow following his successful first trip by a human into outer space

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".

Date: 1961, April
Duration: 2 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675055809
Russian Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin at home with his cat and Nadezhda Krupskaya

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.

Date: 1922
Duration: 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056566
Joseph Stalin in an interview with UPI correspondent Eugene Lyons (unseen) in Moscow

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.

Date: 1930, November 22
Duration: 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056567
Joseph Stalin and other Soviet leaders review parade on Red Square in Moscow, USSR

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.

Date: 1934, May 1
Duration: 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056568
Joseph Stalin with Kliment Vorshilov reviewing a Soviet Army parade in Red Square, Moscow, Soviet Union

View overlooking military parade in Red Square, Moscow, Soviet Union. YaG-10 trucks with antiaircraft guns move in formation.Among buildings seen are: Saint Basil's Cathedral, and Spasskaya Tower. Joseph Stalin stands reviewing the parade with Klimenti Voroshilov. Closeup of Stalin smiling and waving. Glimpse of Vyacheslav Molotov and Sergei Kirov (who was assassinated in December, 1934). Soviet troops march in large square formations. Closeup of the trucks with antiaircraft guns. New sequence shows Mikhail Kalinin sitting next to Stalin.

Date: 1934
Duration: 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056569
Montage of Soviet officials in various places and times

Soviet Leader Josef Stalin flanked by Georgy Malenkov and Nikolai Bulganin at a celebratory event. They are applauding. Scene changes to Vjaceslav Mihailovic Molotov walking with comrades outdoors. He poses with others, including Mihail Ivanovic Kalinin. A fragment of a military parade. View of Josef Stalin, on Kremlin reviewing balcony, flanked by Soviet military leaders. Kalinin is seen at far right.

Date: 1940
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056644