Soyuz & Apollo: Link Up In Space
Soyuz & Apollo: Link Up In Space
"In 1973 the U.S. and the Soviet Union signed an agreement for a joint space linkup. Working together for two years, the assigned crews prepared for takeoff in their respective countries on July 19, 1975. The 300-ton Soyuz took off first, and the Apollo seven hours later. A constant check waskept from a space center in Houston and another in Moscow. This first international space venture by the two countries proved that nations with different social systems could work together for the benefit of all peoples."
Soyuz & Apollo: Link Up In Space
Title screen in Russian "Soyuz - Apollo Link Up". Shots inside Yuri Gagarin's home, followed by photographs of Yuri and some of the first cosmonauts.Shots of rocket backing out of hangar, headed towards launchpad.
Soyuz & Apollo: Link Up In Space
Moscow is abuzz with news of the joint Soviet - American flight. Shots of LEONID BREZHNEV and aides inside the Kremlin (if you try hard enough you can see Henry Kissinger and Richard Nixon in some shots). Shots of the Soyuz cosmonauts getting into a capsule during a press conference. Shots inside the international press room where reporters hack away at typewriters. Shots at press conference announcing the names of the Apollo-Soyuz astronauts. Shots of astronauts playing tennis, showing off fish catch.
Soyuz & Apollo: Link Up In Space
Great LSs of rocket on launchpad, sun rising in BG. Portrait of Yuri Gagarin on wall.
Soyuz & Apollo: Link Up In Space
Shot of engineers near TV; CU TV screen with image of rocket on launchpad. Shots of Soviet astronauts take part in some last minute health (medical) examinations & tests. Shots of rocket on launchpad. Astronauts in spacesuits stand on tarmac, announce to reporters they are ready to depart, then take elevator up launchpad. Quick profiles of two astronauts in which depict their previous space accomplishments. Some interesting illustrations of astronauts in space.
Soyuz & Apollo: Link Up In Space
Good footage of Soviet Soyuz rocket taking off (blast off, launch). Footage of American Apollo rocket blast off with brief profiles of astronauts aboard; men working in control room at Cosmodrome (?) at Cape Canaveral. NASA. People on telephones, watching the events unfold on their television screens.
Soyuz & Apollo: Link Up In Space
Footage of the Apollo-Soyuz link-up in orbit: astronauts open a porthole that connects their ships, they meet and shake hands; cosmonaut joins two halfs of commemorative coin; subjective POV shots of earth; astronauts in capsule. EST shots of New York City (skyline, Empire State Building; high angle) and Moscow. TLSs capsule descending to earth, parachute open; Russian astronauts receive a warm welcome home. High angle EST shot of Central Park, NYC. American astronauts later come down in the ocean (splashdown) and are picked up by helicopter; capsule is retreived. LS World Trade Center, NYC.
Soyuz & Apollo: Link Up In Space
Press conference with the Soviet cosmonauts (who speak both Russian and English) interspersed with images of the joined ships in space and the astronauts all together on earth; shots of reporters taking notes, pictures. Crowds honor the astronauts at an outdoor ceremony in Moscow.