Russia Steps Up The Pace (1957)

Various. Satellite Launched. GV. Russian satellite travelling round earth. GV. Street scene in Leningrad. SV. Russians buying newspapers at bookstall containing news of the satellite, & SCU. CU. American newspapers telling of the satellite. LV. Group of Russians standing round model of the world and having satellite’s path explained to them by an instructor - this is happening on the street. CU. Bearded Russian pointing to the globe. CU. Young Russian boy listening. GV. Russian observatory staff watching skies through telescopes. CU. Man looking through telescope. GV. Steamer passing down waterway. SV. Girls looking through binoculars at the sky to see if they can see the satellite. Hydropower Station Opened. GV. Sun setting across the river. LV. Water rushing through the dam at the Kuibyshev Hydropower Station. GV. Power station. SV. Part of the power plant. LV. Crowd of people standing round waiting for the switching on of the aggregate. CU. Hand pulling lever. SV. Man in power room, as turbine start