| Khrushchev in the Corn Belt. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1663 |
| Catalog #: | 356466 | |
| Clip Number: | 356466-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 032-077-01 | |
| Timecode: | 00:26:07 - 00:28:19 | |
| Location: | Iowa, USA | |
| Year Shot: | 1959 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FARMING: Equipment FARMING: Grain, Corn INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: State Visits JOURNALISM: Misc LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Iowa PERSONALITIES: Khrushchev, Nikita PERSONALITIES: Stevenson, Adlai Ewing | |
| Description: | Khrushchev in the Corn Belt. A.k.a. Mr. K. Down On The Farm. In the heart of the world's best corn country, Nikita Khrushchev spends the most cheerful and folksy day of his American tour on the farm of Roswell Garst, in Coon Rapids, Iowa. Mr. K. inspects the modern, ultra-efficient farming methods that are one of his major objects of interest here. Vast numbers of newsmen clash with massive security forces and with Farmer Garst in a raucous side-show to the main event. Tracking shot rural farmland. Khrushchev and a large crowd -- including press, police officers, and others -- move through cornfield. Some funny scenes of conflict -- the farmer (?) throws some agricultural product at journalists; and in another scene, a bunch of stuff is dumped from farm equipment and blows onto the press. Farm machinery comes awfully close to Khrushchev & co - a near miss. (Is this deliberate? An assassination attempt on the farm?) Mr. K looks at cattle, corn. Then Khrushchev lunches with Adlai Stevenson, dropping hints at some 'give' in disarmament negotiations. Armed man stands guard on one end of swimming pool, crowd at other end. What a wacky, strangely tense visit. | |
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