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Russian Soviet Archival Footage 1898-1939
MS WS PAN Khrushchev and Gromyko give press conference for foreign correspondents, Khrushchev reads declaration about American aggressive politics and the U-2 spy plane destroyed by Soviet fighter (1960) / Russia, AUDIO
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Soviets welcome Yuri Gagarin back from Space
Soviet airliner taxiing on runway / crowd holding posters with photographs of Yuri Gagarin / Gagarin (first man in space) descending stairs from airliner and walking on carpet / Television images of Yuri Gagarin in uniform approaching...
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Nikita Khrushchev visits Berlin Wall for first tim
Russian leader Nikita Khrushchev makes his first visit to the Berlin Wall / Khrushchev filmed from the Western side among group also containing Walter Ulbricht, the East German leader. Nikita Khrushchev visits Berlin Wall for first tim...
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JFK's visit to Mexico
Ticker tape parade for JFK / JFK with Khrushchev at the Vienna Summit in June, 1961 / JFK at dinner / JFK and Jackie coming out of church in Mexico City. Produced by Sucesos Peruanos) JFK's visit to Mexico on July 01, 1962 in Mexico...
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Russian Soviet Archival Footage 1898-1939
WS MS PAN Khrushchev, Mikoyan, Suslov, Brezhnev, Gromyko in banquet at big reception with writer Mikhail Sholokhov, poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko (Evtushenko), Tvardovsky, Solzhenitsyn, Soljenitsyn / Russia, AUDIO
Hearst Metrotone News
Egyptian President Gamal Abdal Nasser and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev shake hands in a conference room while meeting for the formation of the United Arab Republic in 1958.
Egyptian President Gamal Abdal Nasser and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev shake hands in a conference room while meeting for the formation of the United Arab Republic in 1958.
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Russian Soviet Archival Footage 1898 - 1939
WS MS CU PAN Khrushchev and Gromyko giving press conference for foreign correspondents, Khrushchev reading declaration, destroyed by Soviet fighter, Khrushchev answers journalists' questions standing ovation / Moscow, Russia, AUDIO
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Joseph Stalin, Nikita Khrushchev, and other Russian officials watch a parade.
Joseph Stalin, Nikita Khrushchev, and other Russian officials watch a parade.
Bridgeman Arts
Bulganin and Khrushchev, French ocean liner, German zeppelin, 1920s
Bulganin and Khrushchev, French ocean liner, German zeppelin, 1920s
Curated Video
RR7504A RUSSIA A BREZHNEV PROFILE
With more than a decade as General Secretary of the
Soviet Communist Party, Leonid Brezhnev is one of
the most powerful men in the world. Though official
Soviet sources deny it, both his health and political
fortunes are apparently...
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Universal Newsreel
Story 23, VIENNA SUMMIT,
200 UN 34-46, b&w, sound, 1961
Sound problems, pix quality weak
04:40:04: Khrushchev arrives in Vienna,- nice sequence 2 shots
04:40:37-Kennedy arrives in Vienna
04;40:55- Kennedy and Khrushchev shake...
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Universal Newsreel
Story 11,SOVIETS TO UNDERTAKE TESTS/ WEST BERLIN,
200 UN 34-71, b&w, sound 1961
04:13:25: H bomb. Soviets once again about to undertake tests
04:14:00- Adlai Stevenson re iron fist...
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CAN552 KHRUSHCHEV FILE FOOTAGE IN POLAND
File footage of the visit of Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev to Poland.
1. ms of a group walking across airport tarmac in Poland
2. ms of Khrushchev off plane and greeted by Communist Party Leader Wladyslaw Gomulka
3. ms of the crowd...
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A Russian family watches Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev on television.
A Russian family watches Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev on television.
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Universal Newsreel: Kremlin visit: MacMillan talks with Khrushchev - a fizzle
Story 7, Kremlin visit: MACMILLAN talks with Khrushchev - a fizzle
Curated Video
Fashion, Track Meet, USSR, Elvis
British Fashion Show
London designers offer styles for Spring 1959.
Boston Indoor Track Meet
A near capacity crowd in Boston Gardens sees some fine performances as the 1958 track season moves along and Villanova star Ron Delaney wins the...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Cuban Missile Crisis
For two weeks in October 1962, Americans held their breath as the Cold War escalated towards a nuclear war. Sal Khan narrates this video that explains what led to the Cuban Missile Crisis, how Kennedy responded, and the result of this...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the U.S. ever came to nuclear war. This video discusses what led up to the Cuban Missile Crisis and how it was resolved. [19:00]