Some screen caps from the movie The Red Stuff

[Strela]

The movie was very a interesting documentary about the early days of the Soviet space program. There was a bonus documentary called Starman that was based solely on Gagarin and was sort of a hatchet job, but it was pretty interesting as well.

Both highly recommened films. Thanks to Chascomm for pointing it out last year.

Sorry the caps came out so dim but that was the best I could do. There was also some watch images from the Soyuz 11 disaster scene, but I felt the images showing the dead cosmonauts trying to be revived would be in bad taste.


Gagarin and Nikita Kruschev two day after landing. Wearing his Sturmanski on a commonly seen Soviet watch band.


Gagarin before his flight


Leonov's space walk. Is that a watch?





The watches from the Soyuz 1 disaster where the shoot failed to open and craft slammed into the earth killing Komarov instantly. (Gagarin was the back up on this flight!)





Another G & K image