| MRS KASENKINA Mrs Kasenkina speaks, 5 years after throwing herself out of window to avoid return to Russia. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 8154 | |
| Catalog #: | 221839 | |
| Clip Number: | 221839-2 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 2542 B | |
| Timecode: | 01:37:21 - 01:37:43 | |
| Location: | New York, NY | |
| Year Shot: | 1948 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | IMMIGRATION: Political Asylum LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, New York, New York WAR & CONFLICT/COLD WAR: Defector | |
| Description: | Archive footage of Mrs Oksana Kasenkina lying in the yard of the Soviet Consulate in America after she had jumped from a third-floor ledge to avoid being returned to her native Russia five years earlier. She was an employee of the Consulate. Chaos as people crowd around her. Ambulance men carry her away on a stretcher while crowds look on. | |
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