“First Orbit” (Excerpt) by Christopher Riley

Director Christopher Riley retraces the monumental journey made by Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space in a feature-length film that uses historic recordings and an original score by composer Philip Sheppard.
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