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1961: FIRST MAN IN SPACE - British People React
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0:59Now PlayingOn the 12th of April 1961, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin - a former Soviet airforce pilot - became the first human being to reach space. The pioneering achievement was front-page news all over the globe. What did members of the British public think when they first saw the extraordinary headline "Man In Space"?
This clip is from BBC News, originally broadcast 12 April, 1961.
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