Mr. K's Big Day: Red Carpet Welcome Opens American Tour.
Mr. K's Big Day: Red Carpet Welcome Opens American Tour.
Image problems throughout make first few minutes of the clip unwatchable. Audio is OK. Mr. K's Big Day: Red Carpet Welcome Opens American Tour. "An exuberant Nikita Khrushchev arrives at the nation's capital to be received by President Dwight D. Eisenhower with full ceremonial honors as a chief of state, beginning a 13-day visit to this country that could momentously affect the course of the Cold War."
Mr. K's Big Day: Red Carpet Welcome Opens American Tour.
Image problems throughout make first few minutes of the clip unwatchable. Audio is OK. Plane taxis in. Nikita Khrushchev and his family arrive. Vast numbers of journalists. Mr. K reviews troops. Then he shakes hands at receiving line, and Mrs. Khrushchev walks behind him, also shaking hands. At microphones, President Dwight Eisenhower welcomes Mr. K and family (nat sound): "...Our common purpose should be, as always, a just universal and enduring peace. It is in this spirit, Mr. Chairman, that I greet you and welcome you to Washington and to the United States." Mr. K speaks next (brief nat sound in Russian).
Mr. K's Big Day: Red Carpet Welcome Opens American Tour.
"Later, the Soviet Premier goes to the White House for the first of several off-the-record and informal talks ranging over global problems. America and the world watch and wait as Khrushchev's show continues - colorful, dramatic, and of monumental importance." Humorous moment - Mrs. Khrushchev, Dwight Eisenhower, and Nikita Khrushchev squeeze onto one seat in the back of an open limousine. A tight squeeze. Pomp and circumstance as the motorcade slowly proceeds down streets, military in parade as well. At Blair House, the three pile out of the car and pose on steps. Then the two leaders arrive at the White House. Mr. K waves to vast numbers of photographers, journalists. Khrushchev, Eisenhower, and others pose with ... um, a thing (VO says it's a model of the Lunik). Vice-President Richard Nixon also present. Ike and Nikita smile at one another. A big moment in Cold War diplomacy.