National Content: Italy
Comrade Yuri tells about his travel
| Source | Front page of “L’Unità” (April 13th, 1961) |
| Event referred to | April 12th, 1961: Jury Gagarin the first man in space |
| Technological characteristics | Type of file: text and image of the front page Extension: pdf Dimension of the file: 358 kb |
| Description of the source | Kind of source: Title of a newspaper article Origin of the source: web di Torino scienza Language: Italian Copyright issues: Full availability |
| Contextualisation of the source | The file shows the front page of the newspaper “L’Unità”, organ of the Italian Communist Party, of April 13th, 1961. The hole page is dedicated to the event; we examined the title, the eye and the summary. |
| Interpretation of the source | The title exalts the extraordinary venture of Yuri Gagarin and the USSR supremacy facing to the “world” (the Western block) in the rush towards the conquest of the space. The two summaries related to the article evidence either the scientific curiosity for the event or the willing by the USSR to make available the discoveries to favorite the peace. The peace is to search because of the tensions between Eastern and Western block. |
| Original Contents | L’URSS in delirio – il mondo attonito: un uomo sovietico ha vinto lo spazio cosmico. Il compagno Yuri racconta il viaggio. Ci ha parlato dal cosmo: «sto bene» - tutto lo straordinario viaggio seguito alla televisione dagli scienziati. Il PCUS lancia un appello alla pace e al disarmo: «noi poniamo le realizzazioni sovietiche al sevizio dell’umanità». |
| Original Contents (English Translation) | The USSR becomes delirious. The world is astonished: a Soviet man defeated the cosmic space. Comrade Yuri tells about his journey. He told us from the space: «I’m fine». The hole extraordinary journey followed on TV by the scientists. The PCUS appeals to peace and disarmament: «The Soviet outcomes are in favour of the Humanity». |