Some Yuri Gagarin resources online
- Newspaper: The Guardian reporting on a Gagarin related event at the corner house in Manchester in June 2009.
- Like Wikipedia but better
- Yuri Gagarin’s life in pictures (from http://www.russianarchives.com)
- Video: John Zarnecki’s talk including his (almost) meeting with Gagarin
- Newspaper: Personal recollecion in a local paper from 3 years ago
- Magazine: Big piece on TIME Magazine from April 1961
- This site claims it has public domain Gagarin pictures
- A PDF from NASA containing translations of Russian radio and press reports of Gagarin’s flight
- An article from the Working Class Movement Library
- Manchester Evening News story 16th May 2009 – Film of my dad and Gagarin
- Zarya Diaries maintained by Robert Christy from the Kettering Group. Some useful chronological information about the early Soviet space effort.
- Recently declassified document “Secret Justice Department Report Details How the U.S. Helped Former Nazis“. Not strictly related to the Soviet space effort.
- Richard Thorpe talking (Gresham College 2005) about Gagarin’s UK visit.
- Pathe film clip : PM Macmillan at Russian Trade Fair
- Pathe film clip : Gagarin’s arrival at Moscow Airport and first meeting with Khruschev. Silent but in colour – pure ceremony.
- Pathe film clip : Moscow Press conference following Gagarin’ return
- Pathe film clip : Gagarin arrival in London
- Pathe film clip : Gagarin Press Conference – Earls Court
- Pathe film clip : Gagarin in Manchester
- Pathe film clip Gagarin prior to launch in colour
- Pathe film clip : Almost 15 minutes log. Lots of padding but also a good view of the inside of the Vostok
- Pathe film clip : Gagarin Recieving Hero of the Soviet Union and Order of Lenin awards from Khrushev
- Pathe film clip : Sydney Trade fair 1961 (Gagarin not present)
- From Jodrel Bank Archive. Vostok 1 (7.5MB), Vostok2 (6.5MB), Astrolog (7.1MB).
- Dailyworker – Berlin (24.1MB)
- Dailyworker – Gagarin (10.5MB)