APOLLO-SOYUZ - PRIMEIRO ACOPLAMENTO NO ESPAÇO - 1975
Video from the channel CANAL C. ESTÚDIO about Apollo–Soyuz, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 11:27. Language: Portuguese. Video type: Archive footage.
What it shows
Chronicle of the Soviet space programme, narrated in Portuguese, from Sputnik 1 (4 October 1957) to the Apollo-Soyuz flight. It shows the selection and training of the first cosmonaut candidates, all volunteer military pilots; Yuri Gagarin's flight on the Vostok on 12 April 1961; and the Salyut 1 station, placed in orbit in 1971, with scenes of life on board: the shower, the garden, spacesuits and spacewalks.
When and where it was filmed
It is period footage, both Soviet and American, from the late 1950s to July 1975, with narration aimed at the American public right after the mission. It includes mock-ups of the two capsules assembled in the Soviet Union, American technicians at Soviet facilities, cosmonauts training in Florida and Texas, the launch of the Soyuz on 15 July 1975, and that of the Apollo about seven and a half hours later.
Context
In 1972 the two countries agreed on an unprecedented joint experiment. After the docking on 17 July 1975, the crews opened the hatch, shared a meal aboard the Soyuz, and joined the two halves of a commemorative medal.