!http://www.stardome.org.nz/uploads/first-orbit-poster-cropped.jpg|align=right,width=300,height=178,vspace=10,hspace=10! *In a unique collaboration with the European Space Agency, and the Expedition 26/27 crew of the International Space Station, documentary film maker Chris Riley (of "In the Shadow of the Moon" fame) has created a new film of what Gagarin first witnessed fifty years ago, especially for the 50th anniversary.*
The film is 108 minutes long, the same as Gagarin's historic journey. "[First Orbit|http://www.firstorbit.org]" intercuts newly filmed images of the Earth shot to mimic what Gagarin would have seen from the windows of Vostok 1, with a mesmerizing musical score from Philip Sheppard.
The soundtrack features Gagarin's actual recorded conversation with the ground *in Russian (subtitled into English)* and the Radio Moscow English language broadcasts from the time.
More information on the film can be found on the official [First Orbit website|http://www.firstorbit.org/] or this [article by the BBC|http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12808771].
h4. Watch First Orbit Online [via YouTube|http://www.youtube.com/user/firstorbit#p/u/2/RKs6ikmrLgg]
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h4. Download a copy to your computer
KiwiSpace is hosting a New Zealand mirror of First Orbit, to allow speedy local downloads of the movie files. They will be available in the following formats.
| 640 x 360, 750kbps | 530 MB | [Download|FIRSTORBIT:Download First Orbit - 640x360] |
| 1280 x 720, 2500kbps | 1.8 GB | [Download|FIRSTORBIT:Download First Orbit - 1280x720] |
| 1920 x 1080, 6700kbps | 4.7 GB | [Download|FIRSTORBIT:Download First Orbit - 1920x1080] |
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