R-7 ROCKET LAUNCHES

My blog postings on the Soviet/Russian space program get consistently high hit counts. I've blogged about my single favourite rocket booster, the R-7, in the past (here) and I figure I should make the pickin's even better for my welcome visitors: Here is a nice assemblage of R-7 "blast-off" footage, put together by Youtube user "Mr. Dan Beaumont", a very welcome uploader of extra-excellent 'space' material to the cosmic screening machine...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pu54YlzWzIc