Spaceman Drops In

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1675A
Date Released
13 Jul 1961
Date submitted
11 Jul 1961
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Spaceman Drops In. DESCRIPTION: Major Gagarin, the 27-year-old Russian, who orbited the Earth in about a hundred minutes, last April, looked as pleased to arrive in Britain, as Britain was to greet him. The big welcome at London Airport was the start of his three day visit. He was soon off in an open Rolls for the drive to London, and he got a big hand, all the way. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS Major Gagarin departs from plane clapping - swallowed up by crowd. GV Gagarin surrounded by press etc. CU radiator of Rolls Royce. Pan to flag (Russian). CU number plate (YG1). GV pan Gagarin seated in Rolls Royce. GV to LS Gagarin waving to crowd. Slip pan TS Gagarin waving to crowds from car. GV Earls Court (Russian exhibition). GV crowds. GV same. MS newspaper placard. GV procession through streets. GV crowds. MS Gagarin amongst crowd. CU same. GV to CU same. MS crowd cheer. MS car drives off. MS crowd. MS same. LS Gagarin with Harold Macmillan. MS Gagarin with Macmillan waving. CU woman. MS Gagarin and woman wave.
Keywords
Space
Locations
London
Footage sources
Movietone
Card file number
82841
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
164
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Spaceman Drops In', British Movietone News Issue No. 1675A, 13 Jul 1961. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/24185 (Accessed 03 Mar 2025)