The Girl Who Kissed Gagarin
After the kiss - a hug. Yuri, with his back to the camera, is embraced by Olivia, who has an arm round his neck and her cheek against his.
Out of a crowd in London darted a pretty girl... just as Space hero Yuri Gagarin was walking to his car. Sh...
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Spaceman was All Smiles
Major Gagarin was all smiles when he was taken around by the Minister of Education, Mr. Badiuddin Mahmud, to meet members of the public.
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London Gave Yuri Gagarin a Great Reception
London gave Yuri Gagarin the world's first man to space a great reception today (11-7-1961). There were cheers and applause at London Airport. And more cheers as the twenty-seven-year-old Soviet spaceman drove to the Russian Embassy in London befo...
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"Red Flower Welcome for Their Country Man"
Among the large crowds that thronged the airport yesterday evening to see Major Gagarin, were a number of little Russian boys and girls who offered the cosmonaut red flowers. The little girls wore red ribbons in their hair.
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London Gave Yuri Gagarin a Great Reception
London gave Yuri Gagarin the world's first man to space a great reception today (11-7-1961). There were cheers and applause at London Airport. And more cheers as the twenty-seven-year-old Soviet spaceman drove to the Russian Embassy in London befo...
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Yuri Among the Orchids
Major Yuri Gagarin filming the orchids in the Orchid House at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Peradeniya. He exclaimed: "Beautiful", as he entered the Orchid House and later exposed several feet of film, specially on the "Vanda Oscar Kirsch", now in ...
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Yuri Gagarin Is About to Take Off
(3) Hands — or rather, thumbs! — up. It's a short farewell. But no man had ever gone so far in so short a time before he rejoined his comrades. He is about to take off!
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Major Y.A. Gagarin's Space Flight
Was it here he felt so light, so happy and so free. He is on his way blazing a new trail through the skies to the stars.
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