Road To The Stars R 2 of 2

Road To The Stars Reel 2 of 2 Moscow Central Documentary Film Studios English narration Young Soviet Cosmonaut trainees into transport biplane w/ parachute packs. Takeoff. Aerials over rolling countryside, rivers & lakes. Air Force officers look up to sky. Air to air plane in flight. INT young men in cabin - CUs faces - cutaways to troops in class & being reassured by officer before flight. Lt. Col. Vassily Klimov tells students about his war heroism & fighting Nazis. 02:53:21 Young Cosmonauts jump out of plane - air to air & ground to air shots of descent - Klimov watching. Excited young men collect up their parachutes after landing & discuss experience. 02:55:12 Air base - Klimov chats to three pupils as fighter planes taxi in BG - VO says pupils soon to graduate from Orenburg Air Force School as aviation engineers. All hold hats against force of jet as plane taxis for take off, cutaways to stills of Klimov as young pilot. Klimov waves to pilot, Ilyushin 28 jet bomber towards camera. Tracking shot following Klimov as he walks past various aircraft, wider shots showing bombers taking off. Klimov raises hat as bomber disappears into sky. End. Russia / USSR. Military Aviation; Training; WWII Veterans; Paratroops; Astronauts; Retirement; Bombers;