Yuri Gagarin, World's First Spaceman (1961) - extract | BFI

Yuri Gagarin, World's First Spaceman (1961) - extract | BFI. Subscribe: This Soviet-made newsreel records cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin (1934-68), the first man to journey into outer space, as he returns to a hero's welcome in Moscow on 12 April 1961. Following a motorcade through the city, he is personally praised by the then Communist leader Nikita Khrushchev during a mass rally in Red Square. This film is part of the ETV collection. Amassed over half a century, it specialises in documentary footage of all aspects of life, society and history in both the UK and the former socialist world, with materials sourced from the Soviet Union, China, Eastern Europe, Cuba, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Korea, Africa and the Arab Nations, as well as the British Labour Movement and the Communist Party of Great Britain. For further information please visit All titles on the BFI Films channel are preserved in the vast collections of the BFI National Archive. To find out more about the Archive visit Follow us on Twitter: Like us on Facebook: Follow us on Google : britishfilminstitute/