- Title: VM-1366
- Summary: ROAD TO THE STARS:
- Description:01:14:22 - "ROAD TO THE STARS" - ENGLISH SPEAKING VOICE OVER TELLS STORY OF EX SOVIET HERO, WWII ACE - MLS VARIOUS SHOTS SOVIET JET BOMBERS TAXIING ON AIR BASE IN RUSSIA. CU HERO OF SOVIET UNION VASILLI PREMO (?) (SHOT DOWN 27 GERMAN PLANES IN WWII). MS LT. COL. PREMO, IN MILITARY UNIFORM, WALKING ALONG TARMAC SOVIET BOMBERS IN B/G REVVING UP, TAXIING ON RUNWAY. 01:15:52 - CU VARIOUS FACE SHOTS YOUNG SOVIET JUNIOR COSMONAUTS WHO ATTEND CLASS TWICE A WEEK AFTER SCHOOL. BEING INSTRUCTED BY VASILLI. MS VASILLI INSPECTS CLASS AS THEY STAND AT ATTENTION. YURI GAGARIN'S JET FIGHTER ON DISPLAY OUTSIDE SCHOOL. YURI "STARTED AT THIS BASE AND FLEW THIS PLANE". YOUNG CADETS CROWD AROUND AIRPLANE AS VASILLI SHOWS THEM THE CONTROLS, WHILE BOY SITS IN COCKPIT. CU CADETS EXAMINE MINIATURE SCALE MODEL OF JET BOMBER, AS THEY LEARN FUNDAMENTALS OF AVIATION, FLIGHT THEORY, ETC. CADETS IN CLASSROOM AND AT BLACKBOARD. 01:18:16 - TWO CADETS STRAP ANOTHER IN SWING, THEN SWING HIM AROUND BAR TO SIMULATOR FLIGHT AND EXPERIENCE WEIGHTLESSNESS. CU FACE SHOT BOY AS HE SWINGS ON SWING. CU VASILLI WATCHES. 01:18:48 - YOUNG GIRLS, BOYS, WATCHING SOCCER GANE BETWEEN YOUNG COSMONAUTS. GAME IN PROGRESS. sports 01:19:32 - DOZENS SHIRTLESS BOYS IN FIELD HOEING AND CULTIVATING CROP IN NEIGHBORING STATE FARM. 01:19:57 - MS GROUP OF BOYS IN SWIM TRUNK RUN, THEN LEAP OFF HIGH HILL INTO LAKE, MAKING GIANT SPLASH. GOOD SHOT OF BOYS DOING IT AGAIN. CU VASILLI SMILES AS HE WATCHES BOYS LEAP INTO WATER ONE AT A TIME. GROUP OF GIRLS CHEER ON THE BOYS. BOYS IN WATER SPLASHING EACH OTHER IN WATER FIGHT. MONTAGE SLOW MOTION SHOTS BOYS JUMPING OFF HILL INTO LAKE. 01:21:30 - BOYS BEING TESTED BY MEDICS FOR PARACHUTE JUMPING. BOYS TIED BACK TO BACK SWING ON SWING. CU PRIMO TRIES TO SWAY DOCTORS TO GIVE GROUNDED BOY ANOTHER CHANCE. HE PERSONALLY SUPERVISES BOY THROUGH HIS EXERCISES, WHO FINALLY SUCCEEDS. 01:22:43 - BOYS AND THEIR GIRL FRIENDS GATHER AT TRAIN STATION TO SEE BOYS OFF. CU COUPLES CHATTING LOVINGLY. FACE YOUNG BOYS WAVING GOODBYE. 01:24:00 - LONG LINE OF YOUNG COSMONAUTS IN JUMP GEAR AND PARACHUTES CLIMB INTO PLANE. BI-WING PLANE TAKES OFF. VASILLI WATCHES FROM GROUND. AERIAL VIEW FIELD AS SEEN FROM PLANE. SCENIC VIEW OF SURROUNDING AREA. MS BI-PLANE IN FLIGHT, YOUNG PARACHUTISTS IN THEIR SEATS FACING EACH OTHER. CU ANXIOUS LOOK ON BOYS' FACES. 01:27:27 - CU PRIMO TELLS WAR STORIES TO YOUNG COSMONAUTS VOICE OVER TRANSLATES. 01:28:07 - CU BOYS AT SIDE DOOR, JUMPING FROM PLANE FOR THEIR FIRST JUMP. MLS OUTSIDE VIEW BOYS JUMPING FROM PLANE. LS PARACHUTES WITH BOYS FLOATING TO EARTH AS SEEN FROM GROUND. BOYS ON GROUND PROUDLY PULLING IN, FOLDING, THEIR PARACHUTES, THEN TALKING ABOUT IT. 01:30:33 - THREE BOMBER PILOTS CHAT WITH PREMO WHO WERE ONCE PART OF THE COSMONAUTS AND FORMER STUDENTS. ALL HOLD THEIR HATS AS JET BOMBER REVS UP ENGINES IN B/G. MS BOMBERS TAXIING. 01:31:41 - PHOTO YOUNG PRIMO BY HIS PLANE DURING WWII. YOUNG PILOT CLIMBS INTO COCKPIT OF JET BOMBER. 01:32:30 - CU ZOOM IN PHOTO YOUNG VASILLI PRIMO LS SOVIET BOMBER TAKING OFF.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1970
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1970s
- File Name: VM-1366