Spaceman's Day of Glory
Moscow: Left to right: Tamara Titov, Major Gherman Titov, Major Yuri Gagarin, and Soviet Prime Minister Nikita Krushchev acknowledge the frenzied cheers of thousands of Muscovites assembled in Moscow's Red Square to greet the arrival of Major Tito...
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Krushchev Welcomes Titov
Moscow, USSR: major Gherman Titov (right) chats happily to Mr. Krushchev as they walk across the tarmac at Vnukovo Airport here today, after Russia's second spaceman received a tumultuous welcome from hundreds of thousands of Russians.
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Gagarin and Prime Minister Macmillion
Yuri Gagarin visited Prime Minister Harold Macmillan at Admiralty House on July 13th just before visiting the Air Ministry.
Could the P.M. be remarking on Yuri's flight? That is how it appears as Mr. Macmillan points skywards.
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Gagarin's Space Ship
Moscow USSR: Today's inside view of "Vostok" Sputnik-ship's cabin.
1. Pilot's controls; 2. Instrument board and globe; 3. The television camera; 4. Pepthole with optic orientator; 5. The steering rod; 6. A radio set and 7., a food container.
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