Khrushchev's American Tour: A Surreal Cold War Tale I SLICE HISTORY | FULL DOCUMENTARY

This story could have ended the Cold War long before Gorbachev…
In the autumn of 1959, the Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, leader of world communism and America’s arch-enemy, arrived in Washington for a no-holds-barred 2 week tour of the United States.

At a time when ordinary Americans built atomic shelters in their backyard, Khrushchev veered between seducing them and threatening to blow them to smithereens.

In the end, this rotund fellow captivated citizens and media alike in – as he termed it – the trip of his life. Great archive footage and Khrushchev’s own voice recordings provide the backbone to this film.

The one-hour documentary is woven together in a kaleidoscopic collage of contemporaneous television and radio reports, newsreel coverage, home movies (by Khrushchev’s son Sergei), still photos and political propaganda – both Soviet and American. It chronicles Khrushchev’s journey across America as it happened, with flashbacks motivated by the narrative that places the events and discussions depicted within a broader historical context.

Khrushchev Does America” is a surreal, comical and unbelievable story about a fleeting love affair between two enemy superpowers at the very height of the Cold War.

Documentary: Khrushchev Does America
Directed by: Tim Toidze
Production: Point du Jour

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