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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | First Soviet Earth Satellites |
| Production Date | 1957 |
| Country of Production | USSR |
| Duration | 00:40:39 |
| Production Company | Central Documentary Film Studios, Moscow; Moscow Popular Science Film Studio |
| Film Subject Era | 1954-1975 |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Summary | A feature on the development and launching by the Soviet Union of the first artificial Earth satellite Sputnik 1, and its successor Sputnik 2 in 1957. |
| Subjects | Space; Engineering; Space race; Technology; Russian Civil War (1917-1922); Russian Revolution (1917); Science; Railways; Socialism; Industry; Construction; Communist Party (USSR); Power stations; Experiments; Animals; Experiments; Research; Filmmakers; Radio; Newspapers; Exhibition; Exhibition; Radiation; Medals (civilian); African Americans |
| Director | Slavinskaya, M.; Chigorin, N. |
| Contributors |
Scenario: Sazonov, A. Cameraman: Artseulov, O., Kanaev, I., Kochetkov, Alexander, Lebedinsky, A., Lytkin, N., Mikosha, V. Artist: Alekseyev, E., Artamonov, M., Osina, E., Smirnov, P. Composer: Kholminov, A. |
| People | Tsiolkovsky, Konstantin (1857-1935); Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (1870-1924); Johnson, Hewlett (1874-1966); Sholokov, Mikhail Aleksandrovich (1905-1984); Robeson, Paul (1898-1976); Khrushchev, Nikita (1894-1971); Gromov, Mikhail (1899-1985); Yumashev, A. B. (fl. 1937); Danilin, S. A. (fl. 1937) |
| Places | USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics); Moscow; Leningrad (St Petersburg, Petrograd); Kaluga; USA (United States of America); San Jacinto; New York; United Kingdom; London; Japan; Poland; China; Mexico; Egypt |
| Fiction/Non Fiction | Non Fiction |
| Sound | Sound |
| Colour Format | Black and White |
| Film Format | 35mm Comb BW pos |
| Language | English (Narrator) |
| Module | Culture & Society |
| Copyright | The British Film Institute |