Such realism!
Image of Soviet Mys Shmidta Air Force Base in the former USSR, taken from the Corona satellite.
According to the CIA, after 13 failed attempts, the satellite finally made it into orbit.
Cute toy for a boy back in the fifties.
The satellite is said to have operated for 12 years (1960-1972) producing over 800,000 images. Each batch of images was dropped from the nose.
As far as I can gather, this pressure cooker thing is the nose capsule containing the film.
The capsule descended with a parachute which was expertly captured in mid-air by a CIA plane. The satellite must have carried hundreds of capsules and parachutes to remain in operation for over a decade (unless they launched a new rocket for each mission or had some astronut drop by and switch the reels).
Here is an old reel of film, so the story must be true It is from an institutional video presented by a college girl identified as "Janelle, Deputy Director of the CIA museum".
A fish story like that is produced with very little actual material: a couple of ridiculous grainy drawings, a short animation, and a few seconds of video that could mean anything. Add NASA fanboy credulity and stir.
https://youtu.be/0Nm_5Fx2FLw
https://youtu.be/dEkMh54otJ8