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The first hero of the space age receiving a hero's welcome today. Yuri Gagarin, the first man ever to circle
the Earth in orbit, reports to his chief, Nikita S. Khrushchev,
Prime Minister of the Soviet Union. And in a day of wild jubilation,
he was embraced by the Soviet people as a new pioneer, a Columbus,
a Linden, Lenin in a spacesuit
the Earth in orbit, reports to his chief, Nikita S. Khrushchev,
Prime Minister of the Soviet Union. And in a day of wild jubilation,
he was embraced by the Soviet people as a new pioneer, a Columbus,
a Linden, Lenin in a spacesuit
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The first hero of the space age receiving
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a hero's welcome today.
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Yuri Gagarin, the first man ever to circle
the Earth in orbit, reports to his chief,
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Nikita S. Khrushchev,
Prime Minister of the Soviet Union.
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And in a day of wild jubilation,
he was embraced by the Soviet people
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as a new pioneer, a Columbus,
a Linden, Lenin in a spacesuit.
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Movie Summary
Follow the story of the first American astronauts in space in this National Geographic documentary.
