Three Heroines (1938)

• 42%
• 1938
• Documentary
• Elizaveta Svilova
• Dziga Vertov

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.