Highlights Of Mr. K's U.S. Tour
Highlights Of Mr. K's U.S. Tour
Highlights Of Mr. K's U.S. Tour Highlights of Nikita Khrushchev's historic, hectic tour of America. Motorcade. Mr. and Mrs. Khrushchev enter U.N. (police visibly present), and United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold welcomes them. Handshake. In New York, at the United Nations, Mr. K speaks at podium; he broaches a new disarmament plan, calling for total abandonment of the means to make war, under international control (a bit of nat sound in Russian from his speech). Then a whirlwind tour of the city, and Mr. K. talks and laughs with reporters at top of Empire State Building, before flying to Los Angeles, where he meets and clashes with Mayor Poulsen - and a star-studded Hollywood luncheon, where he clashes with Spyros Skouras. Strong presence of journalists & photographers at airport. Banquet, Mr. K speaking. More photographers and cameramen. Khrushchev shakes hands with costumed actors. Afterwards, he (Khrushchev) heads north by special train, still chafing at heavy security measures that hamper his wishes, on to new welcomes, new clashes and new headlines. Several POV shots from moving train, including crowds along tracks, also missile defense site, rural scenery. Journalists talk with Mr. K. on train - you'd think he was a movie star, the way they press in and show attention and smile.