Three Heroines(1938)

movie - first aired/released 1938-01-02 - 70 min - audience 9.5

Documentary

Directed by Dziga Vertov, Elizaveta Svilova

Follows the legendary female pilots Raskova, Osipenko, and Grisodubova in their failed but magnificent attempt to make the first nonstop trans-Siberian flight. Using documentary reenactments, Vertov depicts the flight, the crash, the rescue, and the women’s heroic return to Moscow, where crowds shower them with flowers, and leaders with speeches.