Khrushchev's American Tour: A Surreal Cold War Tale I SLICE HISTORY | FULL DOCUMENTARY

[@jrizzuti]

I was there. As a ten year old in 5th grade at Johnston Iowa schools and his motorcade drove by our school and we all waved. Sept. 1959.

[@AsifKhan-hf9zy]

you waved at a communist? seriously? jesus. do you have ANY IDEA what you did? in year 2026, that would be a capital punishment crime. you could be put to de ath.

[@starkfaktory6920]

Waaaaw Impressive From France

[@kraevorn7483]

How old are you?

[@jrizzuti]

@@kraevorn7483 75

[@kalvismucenieks7449]

@@kraevorn7483 do the maths, hahah!

[@marcrigor6423]

That's the angriest I've seen someone for getting denied entry to Disneyland.

[@Evinruderascal]

Imagine, that is what changed the White House Administration to let him hob nob with average American folk down on the streets in real life and time...fascinating...

[@billolsen4360]

4-year-olds get just as angry

[@le8307]

its probably because he was planning on drinking heavily at disneyland

[@geronimo5537]

he was upset that he couldnt meet real people just average Americans. I can respect that down to earth perspective. something I wish all leaders had.

[@Adriaticus]

​@@le8307lol

[@ArchLars]

His rant about not being able to go to Disneyland which must have literally been transcribed from how he actually said it and it's one of the funniest things I have ever read: “And I say, ‘I would very much like to go and see Disneyland.’ But then, we cannot guarantee your security, they say. Then what must I do? Commit suicide? … We have come to this town where lives the cream of American art. And just imagine, I a premier, a Soviet representative, when I came here to this city, I was given a plan - a program of what I was to be shown and whom I was to meet here. But just now I was told that I could not go to Disneyland. I asked: ‘Why not?’ What is it, do you have rocket-launching pads there?’ I do not know. And just listen - just listen to what I was told - to what reason I was told. We, which means the American authorities, cannot guarantee your security if you go there. What is it? Is there an epidemic of cholera there or something? Or have gangsters taken over the place that can destroy me? Then what must I do? Commit suicide? This is the situation I am in - your guest. For me the situation is inconceivable. I cannot find words to explain this to my people.” LMFAO. "What do you have, rocket pads there? cholera? HAVE GANGSTERS TAKEN OVER THE PLACE??" and just immediately going to "well I guess I'll die", also a funny thing to add to this. Frank Sinatra was literally seated next to him when he did this rant, yeah crazy I know, and he leaned over to actor David Niven and said, “Tell the old broad you and I will take ’em down there this afternoon.” (A State Department official said later that Mrs. Khrushchev and her daughters were welcome to tour Disneyland, but that she decided to remain with her husband.) Imagine Frank Sinatra taking Khrushchev's family to Disneyland, that would made for some funny photos. But this also suggests that while its funny to imagine Khrushchev being a massive fan of Mickey Mouse and outraged to the point of wanting to die because he couldn't go to Disneyland, it's probably because his wife and children wanted to go that he got so mad when he was refused. At least that's how I take it.

[@modernpragmatism]

From his perspective, it is an insane problem to have. This is one of your most well known cultural centres (for better or worse), and yet you can't even use it for the most basic of diplomatic functions- entertaining a foreign dignitary, who in this case happens to be arguably the second most powerful person on the planet. And for all the power of the two superpowers, they are at a genuine impasse- the Soviets can't force the issue and the Americans genuinely see it as too risky.

[@funnythat9956]

it clearly demonstrated to the American people, that they were still dealing with a nuclear dictatorship run by an unpredictable person; so it probably was excellent anti-Communist propaganda, which Khrushchev provided for free

[@zaxmaxlax]

Definetly the wife + daughters plan.

[@skibee421]

go at ur own risk! prick chev

[@zarni000]

No he didn't care. Was just making a point that America was an unsafe country and rubbing it in

[@shwnbur77]

This was good. The only reason this happened is because Eisenhower was president. He had very good relations with Soviets during world war 2. He was a honorary guest at their victory day parade in Moscow.

[@jjhonecker7644]

ПРАВДА!!!!!!

[@Jamespwickstromw]

Eisenhower was a communist shill

[@humanityeliteschool9407]

The only reason this happened Krushchev unlike Stalin conceded to Bretton-Woods system and the bankers. while Kennedy on the other hand began resisting and we all know how it ended.

[@Phishyification]

@@humanityeliteschool9407 take your meds

[@humanityeliteschool9407]

@@Phishyification even this ancient synnical sarcastic ironic provocative intrument that you used against me was not invented by our ancestors, on contrary it was deliberately enforced on us by elites(0.00001%) as a distraction from issues, as a means of human control, insulting others agitates them to emotional response and instigates conflicts, thus people engage in conflict with one another instead of pondering about finding solution to a problem. thats when a well mannered white knight on white horse comes and saves us by showing they way out of darkness. it probably is one of the longest lasting mob creating technology power tool at least 5000 years old.

[@JerryWick]

This was honestly one of the better KZbin documentaries I've seen in a very long time

[@rickrickrick5317]

Because this is basically just the 2013 documentary Khrushchev Does America dubbed and narrated in English. The segments match up frame for frame and so does the overall length.

[@peterwulff469]

- totally agree. The Americans of 1959 were indeed a great nation.

[@mracdcjailbreak]

I had no clue Kruschev had made this trip, and I had no clue kruschev stayed in the same hotel that would be the scene of Robert Kennedy's death. History is so strange. Thanks so much for this doco!

[@azieldaly2965]

I assume you don't read history.

[@notsofrenchy]

@@azieldaly2965I didn’t know about this either and I’ve been an avid history enthusiast virtually my entire life. Give him some slack.

[@azieldaly2965]

@@notsofrenchy Thats a suprise because I'm young. I'm not the biggest Cold war enthusiast, I just watched a few cold war docs. It was a landmark moment in the in the Cold war just like the Berlin Airlift, Cuban Missile Crisis, Korean and Vietnam Wars, etc.

[@humanityeliteschool9407]

You still have no clue Stalin was the only opposition against Bretton-Woods system, while Krushchev surrendered to the bankers who praised him for going against Stalin and Russian oil was sold in USD ever since until recent sanctions. the same people murdered Kennedy who delegated emission of USD to US government instead of Fed and they reclaimed monoply the next day LBJ became president... btw thanks to the same bankers Hoover reigned for 48 years was absolutely untouchable, while Slain ruled for only 16 years and still lost to competitor while Hoover died with natural death. Masters change, slaves--never.

[@togowack]

@@notsofrenchy It's not being young, well read or old, its that they kept this stuff secret for many years along with many other things and are only revealing it now on KZbin with a control system. People are going to be shocked what has been held back and will be shown on KZbin here in coming years. I studied a lot and never heard of this trip either. Its entire existence probably is only on film.

[@art-of-techno]

The reason the Cuba crisis ended was not because K had good memories of his trip to the U.S., it was about the U.S. taking missiles out of Turkey.

[@ruslankbr5243]

But in any case we should be grateful to both leaders for their compromise. Not long time ago Biden, Nulland and others framed Ukraine and pushed it into the war by avoiding negotiation with Russia and prohibiting to Ukraine to look for compromise with Moscow.

[@lookoutforchris]

This is true.

[@billolsen4360]

@@lookoutforchris Partially, yes.

[@RevolutionarySM]

Yes and this is not mentioned as is often the case in American documentaries, who stay true to the official version that Washington DC gave in 1962, that the Soviet-Union backed down in the end and the USA prevailed. In reality, Khrushchev got what he wanted, the removal of all American nuclear weapons from Turkey. But this was never told to the American public and many remain in the illusion that American power prevailed in 1962.

[@andrewgoral1677]

@@RevolutionarySM the way it should be looked as isn't that the US or Soviet Union won or lost, but that humanity won; opposed states engaged in dialog and came to compromise to avert catastrophic conflict.

[@randymillhouse791]

In my family there is an 8mm film that my father shot when Khrushchev visited the USA. My Dad worked for the Treasury in DC. It is a silent film of course, but as the motorcade drove by, NO ONE was clapping. Americans were just staring at the Russian. It is a very creepy thing to see. Khrushchev was waving, but the crowd was just motionless and expressionless.

[@Delta_NWAB747fan]

7:59 “Eisenhower was boiling on the inside.” What I love about this scene is Khrushchev looks like he’s laughing his butt off and Eisenhower’s face just says it all, “No way he just did that in front of all these damn cameras. ‘Thank you Khrushchev…how, kind of you…’”

[@bower31]

While it's politically confrontational, it still is a pretty cool gift

[@chunnelll]

The reason Khrushchev backed down was because we agreed to remove our missiles from turkey. He agreed to help Kennedy save face by not talking about it.

[@sodanakin]

Insane how your the only intelligent person in this comment section. The rest is just propagandaing america lmao

[@afritimm]

The Turkish missiles were very minor compared to the Cuban missiles. And we still had hundreds of thousands of NATO troops in eastern Europe a few miles from the USSR. There were no Soviet troops a few miles from the US. The Politburo was furious that Khruschev recklessly brought them close to nuclear war. Two years later he was deposed.

[@Polit_Burro]

​@@afritimm Nuclear missiles are not "minor" no matter the false comparison. The fact that they were stationed at roughly the same distance from Russian soil as Soviet missiles were to be stained from US soil is the only germaine issue here. The Soviets had MILLIONS of Red Army troops that the NATO alliance had NO counter to. This is why the US nuclear posture in this period was explicitly a First Strike posture, and why it was the United States and not the USSR that developed tactical battlefield nuclear weapons such as the infamous artilleary shells that were tested in the USA by forcing live US soliders in uniform to advance into the radioactive clouds. These weapons were intended to be used to plug the gaps that your "hundreds of thousands of NATO troops" were unable to defend for lack of manpower. The US planned to strike the Fulda Gap with tactical nuclear weapons (basically nuking German soil) in order to stall the inevitablel Soviet blitzkrieg that would have ended on the coasts of Calais inevitably. I love how American mythmakers and "historians" (sic!) love to misrepresent the past because they have so dumbed down the American populace that they'll swallow any sugar-coated lies that make them feel good about their failed state. Khruschev sacrificed his own political career for world peace. That is the sort of maturity and statesmanship that Americans can only dream fuitiely of ever seeing in their own low and ineffably mendacious political class.

[@afritimm]

@@Polit_Burro Yes, they are minor if you already have other nuclear weapons pointed at you from Britain and France, which are similar in distance to Moscow or St Petersburg as Turkey. Plus the Turkish missiles were virtually obsolete, hardly worth starting a nuclear confrontation over. Moreover, the US/NATO presence in Europe has 100 years of legitimacy based on the US being invited to fight and die in the 100s of 1000s to save Europe --- including Russia! ---- from tyranny. Russia has/had no such legitimacy in the Western Hemisphere, especially 90 miles from our shores. There is no such thing as a "first strike posture". All nuclear missiles can be used for a first strike. Khruschev the Bully was simply puffed up with arrogance after Sputnik, the Berlin wall, and JFK's weakness in Vienna. He took a huge unnecessary gamble ---- with the existence of humanity.

[@westyinzer4607]

The Turkish missiles were definitely part of the deal. Although it was more of a face saver for Nikita. He could not pull the missiles out of Cuba without some kind of concession. He would be politically done for at home. But does it matter who saved face ? They made a deal. If they didn’t we would be here right now. Both sides unintentionally came within a hair of nuclear war. Kennedy made the mistake of the Bay of Pigs invasion, which led to the missles in Cuba which almost led to WW3. Both sides were mortified but knew they couldn’t blink. Thank God they were able to make a deal

[@RobertJarecki]

The mayor of Los Angeles was rude and wrong. He gave a confrontational speech to an important foreign visitor who he should have been, at the minimum, respectfully welcoming. The Mayor of Los Angeles is not the appropriate person to deliver challenges to foreign officials and the appropriate person would have the sense to not deliver such a message in public.

[@P7777-u7r]

Especially when mayors especially of the largest cities were actually relatively important in the USSR ie long serving communist party members. Khruschev assumed the Mayor to be more important in terms of the US political system than he actually was. Should have met state governors they would have been more of de facto equal rank (ie US governors are often likely future presidents)

[@paullisanti8673]

Agree-

[@gutsfinky]

Must be something in the water out there, because the current mayor of LA waves a flag around at the Closing Ceremony of the Olympics in Paris and now fancies herself a trailblazing world-leader.

[@bower31]

Generally was mind blowing to hear petty nonsense being thrown at a world leader during what would obviously be a critical experience, and us fighting his requests

[@quicke5486]

"-stopped by a government bureaucrat from going to Disneyland." I see why people would like him after that lmao.

[@Mike-hu3pp]

Very smart of him. Land of the free is not that free.

[@pavelpavlov8556]

Руската/съветска пропаганда цинично използва децата за пропаганда. Тази е причината съветският лидер да бъде спрян да влезе в Дисниленд...

[@gonskie]

Of course he understood the security reasons...the FBI could just hand him a big ice cream cone to stop his rantings, seeing that his wife and daughters were after all brought to Disneyland

[@saulgoodman7858]

I would be pissed too.

[@MSal7]

What a delightful doc!! can’t believe I haven’t seen anything on this trip despite watching and rewatching an infinite amount of other wwii/Cold War internet docs. Thanks for sharing ❤

[@AsifKhan-hf9zy]

i am 10 min in, and i am already wowed by the amazing material here!

[@holstonusa]

I loved your documentary. Absolutely delightful. I was a young child when Khrushchev visited and your story answered some questions of a child who did not get answers at the time. All these years later, I finally understand better what all the fuss was about.

[@commisarcus]

This should honestly be turned into a movie

[@tdb7992]

I was just thinking that. He's walking around looking so bewildered and confused. It would be a great comedy.

[@crixxxxxxxxx]

Steve Buscemi could reprise his role from Death of Stalin

[@JohnShields-xx1yk]

Boston born 1960 I remember my first day at school, we'd pledge allegiance to the USA then we had drills for incoming Russian nukes, they told us since we were an east Coast city that we'd be nuked first. Have a nice day kids.

[@eddiemperor]

I'm Immigrant came here age of 8 and still remember we still pledge allegiance to the flag, today i still raise my flag every morning in my front lawn. Admire your generation always!!

[@billolsen4360]

@@eddiemperor Thank you for coming to the US and making our country better.

[@zarni000]

​@@billolsen4360better?

[@truthfacts57]

@@zarni000 You must be a Native American living on a reservation and understand how your land, culture was taken away . And now the land is being lived on , instead of lived with . Right?

[@zarni000]

@@truthfacts57 no. I'm white. But I am aware what happened

[@johnsweet8508]

Can't speak for others, but still remember being scared as a youngster about the shoe banging and the "we will bury you" speech. And of course, the missle crisis later. It was a trying time.

[@PrimericanIdol]

Putin: Hold my vodka

[@stlawstlaw7585]

@@PrimericanIdol hold your meds.

[@arty5876]

​@@PrimericanIdol Putin never insulted any American leader, while President Clinton said that Putin "Completed all the deals we made with him". And actually it was Biden that declared Cold War on Russia and China, and it is USA which currency, dollar, is backed by oil and USA wants to hold its dominance in oil and gas international trade. So, it were USA who were interested in rivalry and conflict, while Russia after the collapse of USSR wanted to become part of European Union and during first Putin's term Russia applied to NATO and European Union. United States achieved their goal by expanding NATO, and CIA supported coup in Ukraine, so at now Russia and Europe became enemies, while United States are buying Russian uranium and oil. Also, Americans are buying Russian gas on black market and selling to Europe for 3 times higher price, while European industry is collapsing.

[@PrimericanIdol]

I'm pro Putin. And I think he needs to step up the game. ​@@arty5876

[@karimalsaid1951]

Considering how shrewd and sharp K was, i think it is unfair to say that his anger at disneyland incident was a genuine tantrum. I think it was a publicity stunt to hint something along the lines of "well its America is not so free after all" or that its not really safe in the US...

[@pawelpap9]

Actually Khrushchev was quite offended by the can-can dance, particularly that his wife was present. She is briefly seen in the scene and she did not look anything like the dancer. Overall, American overestimated Soviet nuclear potential but vastly underestimated prudishness of the Russian society.

[@kaypakaipa8559]

Overestimated😂 Buddy Russia was the real deal, They literally had spies who worked on US atomic bomb, thats how Soviet was able to build theres much faster, cheaper, quicker and more powerful. And the Soviets have always had better Efficient Rocket systems since that time

[@pawelpap9]

@@kaypakaipa8559 Nice to hear Russia was your buddy. The strength of Soviet nuclear arsenal was indeed overestimated, particularly the number and accuracy of delivery systems. They lacked strategic bombers. In sheer number they had many more soldiers than NATO or the US. They also had impressive numbers of tanks. However, these turned out of rather low quality and limited fighting value. You are probably old enough to remember performance of Russian army during recent invasion of Ukraine.

[@kaypakaipa8559]

@@pawelpap9 😂😂i love the light condescending touch! U drank that US superiority soup real good and licked the bowl after😂. If Russia is so weak look its simple, Putin at the start of the war made a threat, he said “if any country puts its soldiers in Ukraine they will face direct Nuclear retaliation retaliation”, NATO and USA do not take to threats kindly, but why did they listen to Putin and abide by his rules😂, yet he’s so weak, why wont mighty NATO go take out Russia and its useless 6500 Nuclear Arsenal after all they are all duds ey😂! U sound pathetic, making noise shouting down the hall way instead of jumping into the fight and put your money where your mouth is! Russia has enough Nuke power to flatten every single major city in Europe regardless of the US defence system. This is widely accepted knowledge by people with an actual brain! Nobody wants that war, including Russia themselve bcoz USA can equally launch them the opposite way too guaranteeing absolute total shared destruction with no victor

[@historyisawesome6399]

@@kaypakaipa8559the ussr nukes and there cpibility was certainly overestimated during the early cold war the ussr was not overestmited as a threat how ever there conventinal forces of the early cold war were under estimated whitch was quickly discovered when eastern bloc weapons proved supieror to many western weapons in the proxys wars of the world.

[@sjoormen1]

@@historyisawesome6399 Except fighter like mig 15, 17 and 21, most of soviet weaqpons were crap. I lived in yugoslavia at the time and we had both.

[@Hoppy1571]

I am glad to have found this KZbin channel on 10.13.2024. I was just a young boy from Indiana when these events took place. History of those years have a chilling impact on how I had perceived Khrushchev and the U.S.S.R., particularly when I watched him claiming he would bury us. That statement, if it were uttered in today’s society in the United States, would likely fall upon deaf, weak ears of a generation who has no clue what a threat truly means, because they have become too comfortable.

[@sterlinsilver]

"drove aimlessly around LA and its suburbs" in 1959? I would KILL to get that experience today...

[@PrimericanIdol]

What? You can't do that now?

[@sterlinsilver]

@@PrimericanIdol I'd like to see how it looked in 1959. All the signs and cars and architecture were really cool. Now it's just eh...

[@words4dyslexicon]

​@@PrimericanIdol can't drive thru LAX

[@d_all_in]

​@@PrimericanIdol you can but it's disgusting and dangerous

[@kinai01]

No AC, middle of the day, hot windows up and most likely in Silence and with a security detail or his wife. Yeah no thanks

[@verRioti64902]

one of the best documentaries on youtube. probably well known by lots of people but truly eye opening for me, in such details and liveliness!

[@QuinctiliusVarus]

That lady from Birmingham was awesome! Love her. I want to know her life story.

[@davidniven9901]

A small, but interesting post-script to this documentary... Khrushchev's visit was from 15th to 27th September 1959. On 11th September 1959, a young American was granted a hardship discharge from the US Marine Corps. He had told his superiors that his mother was seriously ill. She wasn't. It was a lie. Nevertheless he was given the discharge and spent a few days traveling before he arrived home in Fort Worth, Texas. He spent a few weeks there reading the newspapers avidly, as he always did, despite his dyslexia. He was always keen to know about international affairs, especially about the Soviet Union and the newly-installed regime in Cuba, both of whose systems he claimed to prefer to that of his own country. He must have loved the idea of this little tubby guy from a peasant background getting the better of the American press and authority figures, but connecting with ordinary Americans, whenever and wherever he could. I always wondered how much Khrushchev's tour affected this rather sad, lonely, lost teenager. I say this because, a few days after Khrushchev's tour ended, this young man made a big decision. Without telling anyone, even his mother, he traveled to New Orleans, where he boarded a ship to Le Havre, France and then on to England and then he immediately boarded a plane from London to Helsinki. There, he got a Soviet visa and took the train east and arrived in Moscow in time to celebrate his 20th birthday. As soon as he arrived in the Soviet Union, he declared his wish to defect and become a Soviet citizen. It took a while, but he was granted leave to stay. 18 months later, he married a beautiful young Russian woman. A year after that, their daughter was born. She was named June. But by that time, he had started to feel that he wanted to return to his homeland…and well, that’s another story. By now you should know who I am talking about.

[@josedasilva7636]

Lee Harvey Oswald, I assume.

[@JeanNovacco]

There us a slim book published by Russians about his time in the Soviet Union. The title was "Interloper". It supported the idea of a disaffected lone wolf who fits in nowhere.

[@bobtaylor170]

​@@JeanNovaccoand that describes exactly what he was. All attempts to make Oswald a part of a vast conspiracy to kill Kennedy fall apart by the weight of their ludicrousness.

[@bobtaylor170]

​@@JeanNovaccothat's exactly what he was, too, a lifelong misfit, a sad and lost soul.

[@peter455sd]

Yeah,well,that's the official version of the story...

[@madmarsupial]

The contrived end bit about the Cuban Missile Crisis lets it down a bit. No mystery about why K agreed to remove them, he bargained hard and the US made concessions about publicly agreeing not to invade Cuba again, and removed nuclear missiles it had recently installed in Turkey, close to and pointed at the USSR.

[@warnegoodman]

agreed, that "maybe it was love" line was groan worthy

[@jonathankranz2799]

Go to 19:11 - 19:20 and pay close attention. Here's Khrushchev entering a big Hollywood party among the most famous people in the world -- and the first people he acknowledges with nods of his head are the waitstaff lined up behind the table. The woman closest to the table can be seen turning to the next woman in line, as if to say, "Did you see that?"

[@clusterflick6333]

Reminds one of the story about Stalin making a point to toast Churchill's servant during a dinner reception at the Tehran Conference in 1943.

[@myyoutubename152]

Meanwhile the servant class in the then USSR were practically starving and would go on to stand in bread lines while the USSR produced enough military hardware to bankrupt the country.

[@rajatanshu]

Wonderful documentary. Transports you to a different era…… In this day & age, when Information or entertainment is just a milli-second away, it is quite a feat when any Documentary is able to capture your full attention. Congratulations to Slice for this great feature.👏🏻

[@SLICEHistory]

Thank you ! ☺

[@yotoronto12]

The ball gift is some next level trolling and some high school level gloating.

[@shambrown]

I thought so too ! It reminded me of that photo of Sergey Lavrov and the Russian delegation with Trump in the Oval Office soon after he took office . No American journalists were allowed in but the Russian ones were . I imagined the FSB having a good laugh as they took pictures with their Trophy . The Russians have an arch sense of humor .

[@WayneGray-m6e]

Khrushchev, however, didn't think that the average American had luxuries like a dishwasher, etc. He thought that it was staged

[@diegoflores9237]

The average person didn't have a dishwasher.....

[@AsifKhan-hf9zy]

@@diegoflores9237 "what are dishes?" - american in year 2024

[@Guilherme-ms3ub]

Are you crazy ? The Americans had already Blenders in the 30s The Soviets, even in the 80s, did not have access to a blender There blenders were luxury items ​@@diegoflores9237

[@michaelreilly569]

I was born in 1950, in an average suburban household. We didn't have a dishwasher or clothes washer all the time I was growing up. I wasn't in a house with a dishwasher until the mid-1980's. I didn't get a clothes-washer & dryer until about 9 years ago.

[@diegoflores9237]

@michaelreilly569 I'm 40 and people my age and young people don't fully understand how different it was not too long ago. There were people in Iron lungs, cars didn't have airbags or crumple zones, no computers like the portable ones we have today etc etc

[@jimbo713]

I would love to see a similar documentary on Yeltsin's visit. This was very well done.

[@SneedSeeding]

Yeltsin was likely solely responsible for record profits of liquor sales that year in every town he visited.

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

It was an incredible and wonderful historical coverage documentary about Khroschev visiting the USA 🇺🇸 ...thanks for (Slice full doc)

[@shanemcpherson1015]

Marilyn Monroe was very INTERESTING.😅

[@skibee421]

indeed

[@Markuse82]

I expected it to be interesting

[@emmamiller7022]

Marilyn Monroe " Chruschtschow "Follett Begeisterung fon einander*

[@rezenpm]

The word "interesting" was the probably most interesting thing her mind was capable of formulating.

[@johndconstantine]

Yes, she was very captivated by “Mister K’s” 40$ watch probably.

[@vladilenkalatschev4915]

In LA it wasn’t a Cadillac, it was an Imperial

[@zacharygerhart8504]

Thankfully someone caught that. I was going to mention that error as well. Almost as sinful as calling it a “Chrysler” lol.

[@mikechevreaux7607]

​@@zacharygerhart8504 Chrysler Made It

[@zacharygerhart8504]

@@mikechevreaux7607 Yes, but you wouldn’t preface Cadillac as a “General Motors Cadillac” or a “Ford Lincoln”

[@paralyzes]

Yes, an Imperial and you can’t tell me that it wasn’t air conditioned either!

[@friendswitdadealer]

Wow this is one of the best docs I’ve ever watched.

[@SLICEHistory]

Thank you so much ☺

[@Musicvidsetc]

Pretty weak actually.

[@friendswitdadealer]

@@Musicvidsetc it was well edited and put together. But I can’t lie it took me until damn near the end and seeing a couple other videos to see the sleight of hand that’s going on with the slightly revisionist history. Definitely an agenda at play. Well done though in my opinion.

[@duckbizniz663]

Yes, Khrushchev came from very humble beginnings and became the "Prime Minister" of the Soviet Union, or more correctly Chairman of the Bolshevik Communist Party. In the Soviet Union only members of the Bolshevik Communist Party can become the political leader of the USSR. The Bolsheviks only allow Bolsheviks to run the USSR. No other party is allowed inside the government. Not even the Mensheviks (Russian Communists) or Revolutionary Socialists (Russian Socialists) are allowed in the government. Just like Communist China and Cuba it is illegal for any other political party to run for government.

[@gargoyle7863]

USSR: one corrupt party. USA: two corrupt parties. Not so much of an difference ;-)

[@mexicomapper83]

if im not wrong, the united states doesnt even need to have illegal parties because their two party flawed system makes it impossible for a third or more parties to appear

[@SneedSeeding]

They never referred to him as a PM, they referred to him as Chairman in the press conferences, dinners, media, etc. as the position of the Chairman of the CPSU was where his actual power came from like you said. What Khrushchev was trying to say is that through the Communist Party a peasant boy can go further than he ever could under capitalism if he was smart or clever enough, a hallmark of USSR propaganda.

[@jonathannelson103]

I was at the Black sea fleet museum in Sevastopol and saw a part from that U2 spy plane. It was weird being able to touch it.

[@JoshSweetvale]

"This is bullshit." "It's not bullshit." "Bullshit." "Come and see. Off the beaten path." "...fuck it, sure. But I'll tell you where to go."

[@rafaelHgrassi]

This is a wonderful documentary, many thanks from Brazil.

[@spharion7988]

Sim, é!..estou admirado com a qualidade de muitas das filmagens e fotos.

[@Chemnitz1988]

Americans and Russians could be great friends and partners. It is sad that it isn’t so.

[@johnconnor4953]

Without taking sides both countries are simply too different from each other. One had only democracy the other one had never democracy.

[@hosz5499]

Chinese vs Americans, the relations are strained at government level

[@FernandoWINSANTO]

@@johnconnor4953 1 constitutional federal republic

[@jonleibow3604]

Living in the 1980s and 1990s, it seemed like that was going to happen.

[@kavvg3805]

We are too similar, two sides of the same coin. Hope we can get along

[@132indo]

Eisenhower really botched the cold war negotiations. Squandered the good feelings. Kennedy tried to pick up the pieces and did quite well eventually but his assassination ended that and Johnson was too close minded and insecure to negotiate.

[@Musicvidsetc]

Um, no. The reason why we had the Cuban Missile crisis in the first place was Kennedy's initial weakness both in policy and in person. In their first meeting Khruschev bullied him and therefore thought he was a weak enough leader that he could put missiles in Cuba. I guess you're one of those fools who think JFK was far better than he actually was.

[@132indo]

@@Musicvidsetc cuban crisis was precipitated by the failed invasion of Cuba which was planned and initiated by Eisenhower and Dulles. Kennedy was duped and pressured into signing off in the first 2 months of his term, unaware of how deceptive the CIA had been. Additionally Eisenhower is responsible for the U2 flight and Powers disaster and failure to offer regrets and the cancellation of the summit in 1959. These were the context leading to Kennedy. The Cold War spiraled. Kennedy was weak initially but moreso out of a botched operation preceding Vienna and the context of bad policy decisions from 1959-60. You show a foolishly poor understand of history and events of that era.

[@AsifKhan-hf9zy]

@@Musicvidsetc plus JFK was sick as a dog. had severe debilitating back pain? and was not really fit physically and thus mentally at the time, to be dealing with russians in a massive diplomatic war.

[@rhettshanley8712]

@@AsifKhan-hf9zyyeah didn’t his brother Robert Kennedy do most of the talking?

[@hotlinetech151]

@@Musicvidsetcand of course the American arsenal in Turkey, which you didn’t mention for some reason. Cuba gave the Soviets a strong counterbalance.

[@haeuptlingaberja4927]

Props & kudos to Khrushchev's brilliant translator. High stakes, simultaneous translation is the very hardest of all linguistic endeavors.

[@vladilenkalatschev4915]

At least they talked to each other…

[@AayushSoni1196]

I absolutely love and adore these types of historical documentaries! Found a new channel to follow :)

[@nak4651]

I can't even imagine, in my wildest dreams, how this trip of a Soviet Union leader to the United States could even be pulled off in this day and age. The logistics of all that went on during this trip is simply mind boggling. Almost 2 week road trip!

[@ivanivanofivansson8551]

A really nice documentary to watch! Very well made! I love the style.

[@JL-yt5hy]

Best thing I have watched in a very long time! Sensational 😂

[@fitofito1001]

A fantastic program. Every American and Russian adult should watch it.

[@SpockMonroe]

Excellent treatment. Balance of narrative, detail, and messaging. Enjoyable and pleasant to watch.

[@casario2808]

I found Marilyn Monroe's comments on the whole affair quite...interesting.

Did she find the roast beef also interesting? She definitely came there expecting something interesting 😊

[@SpikeArmada]

One of the best documentaries I have ever seen ! Great

[@macedonosaurus7679]

after the interview with Monroe I can now see she was a Kardashian

[@sandiso7596]

Thnx for this documentary, I was 20 years away from being born when this happened, but this event has shaped the African liberation movement in many ways imaginable. In South Africa 🇿🇦 alot happened due to this particular event, amazing how all world events can influence one another

[@GeneralGayJay]

People seemed more civilised back then 😮

[@geronimo5537]

no, not until they left hollywood or the big cities did people act civil. its the small town no named places that showed him that we are not so different.

[@ubroberts5541]

They certainly were. And well dressed as well.

[@browngreen933]

Except for Khruschev that is. 😂

[@babysealsareyummy]

I don’t think they really were. Everyone looks back with rose tinted glasses

[@mattbarbarich3295]

More easy going and anything was possible , now the cold war is a lot worse and set.

[@clockhanded]

So there were a bunch of politicians playing with serious matters they don't understand in order to score points. Most things never change.

[@deantait8326]

I was 10 and my school teacher mom, took me to see him at a rail crossing, he was supposed to wave out of the train heading from Los Angeles to San Francisco, I think… and now 65 years later, I can’t recall if I actually saw him. I think I did, but I’m starting to question a lot of my memories 🤔🤣🇺🇸

[@justaguy-69]

A most important aspect of this trip was barely mentioned, Khrushchev was under the impression that the sights along his route were faked like a stage set during the start of his journey but as it went on he began to realize that regular typical citizens really did live at this high of a standard. he saw miles and miles of clean decent houses and streets as far as the eye could see from one end of the country to the other and everyone had electricity and clean running water , not just in certain areas but that this was the norm across the entire vast country. He was overwhelmed when he realized if the US had a president visiting his country it would be nearly impossible to create a facade like this even 2 blocks to the left and right of their path across russia. Russia even in 2024 is mostly undeveloped areas of poverty with limited electricity and water and plumbing or sewage treatment. In many ways the usa has gone backwards from this peak of civilization and peace and prosperity with psychological well being across the population. from late 2008 to 2024 all economic and mental health and well being indicators have declined drastically except for a brief resurgence of happiness and prosperity from 2016-2018 .😎

[@peteswanson-j4i]

well stated and 100% factual . nice comment. i was going to say something similar until i saw you beat me to it.

[@peter455sd]

Yes

[@JunkerOnDrums]

A brief resurgence of happiness and prosperity from 2016-2018!? With tRump!? NO WAY!!!

[@peter455sd]

@@JunkerOnDrums Trump is coming and hell is coming with him,wether youlike it or not

[@justaguy-69]

@@JunkerOnDrums yes way, dont you remember how nice life was then compared to now ?

[@Jim-cp1wu]

That was good! Thank you! I will subscribe.

[@Lukastar1]

I wish I hadn't kept this video in my Watch Later for 2 months, it was engaging and incredibly well narrated

[@robertbrouillette6767]

Khrushchev’s first came into the spotlight at the Battle of Stalingrad. All one has to do is do some research into the six month battle. The losses of either side were greater than all the American losses in WWII.

[@jmarlow2153]

Khruschev was prominent in the USSR prior to 1939,and was heavily involved in the war during the loss of the Ukraine,and especially Kiev.

[@pjimmbojimmbo1990]

Eisenhower, while aware of the U2 Flights, likely wasn't the One who Ordered the Power's Flight. Allen Dulles, the Head of the CIA, who was forever Taunting the Soviets, was the One. Keep in Mind that if the Soviets had flown a Plane like the U2 over the US, I'm pretty sure that American Missiles would have been launched that Day...

[@MM22966]

No, they wouldn't have, for the same reason the Soviets didn't do anything: You don't start a world war over spying. You get even other ways. For that matter, what exactly did WE do when that Chinese spy balloon got floated over the country?

[@jamessmithers4456]

An absolutely SUPER documentary!!! Thank you very much. Would today's US and Russian leaders have the same courage.

[@PrimericanIdol]

Trump and Putin would.

[@yurivii]

Im not sure who is leading the US right now other than spooks

[@shambrown]

Yes Trump gave his FSB benefactor a football .

[@MyFathersSon-e4w]

I was nine years old at the time of his visit to America but I had no knowledge about it at the time. The video was very well done. It is truly sad about how he sincerely seemed to take a liking to America and then the U2 incident a year later which trashed the whole event and Eisenhower's prospective visit to Russia!

[@Johan-og4ru]

wow!! that mayor really felt the heat when Khrushchev got serious

[@stuartd5166]

Really enjoyable documentary on a man I previously only knew little about, thank you

[@imapaine-diaz4451]

I was there. My mom took me out of school to see the motorcade pass by on Sepulveda Blvd.

[@charlesmurphy1840]

I’m not even watching the video the thumbnail.. look at them cars. Why did we stop making cars like this?

[@sirdiealot53]

Because of the oil crisis in the 70’s

[@sholsy2785]

@@sirdiealot53Someone knows their history no reason to keep building “boat cars” when they are inefficient and having an oil shortage

[@RadebeKids]

Wow that Disneyland rant was off the charts

[@dr.barrycohn5461]

It was a great time in history. Thank you for this excellent post! As M. Monroe said, "Interesting."

[@fajarlukito6484]

Nice piece of documentary. Well done. I wish there would be one on a US president visiting USSR.

[@yurivii]

A US President has never done such a thing...not like a long tour

[@paulgaskins7713]

18:27 lol I love that lady, if you go back just a few seconds it even looks like she was reaching in her purse to grab her ID 🪪 showing her New York residency. Crazy, I’ve been led to believe recently that black folk just can’t get an ID card. However this footage is from the era a lot of activists like to pretend still exists and even though there isn’t footage from the same day of a street questioning of a white lady in the same scenario, but let’s be honest here, that cop, regardless of his inner personal beliefs, was definitely trained to associate educated African Americans especially any kind of activist with communism and he was definitely trying to figure that out with his line of questioning.

[@AsifKhan-hf9zy]

perhaps a look at year 2027 to come.........

[@DigBickDepresso]

@@AsifKhan-hf9zy huh?

[@stephmaccormick3195]

24:25 Love how unfazed Andrei Gromyko is...

[@josiahowen5408]

The interview after the 17th minute is great. It feels like it had been in danger of getting out of hand but she was firm and funny.

[@Axemantitan]

Khrushchev was right to be offended by the fable. It was essentially calling him a coward.

[@VasiliyAgiy]

This is one of the most fascinating docs I've ever seen 👏

[@daryllamonaco3102]

That was really good!, Here in the US we too are subjected to propaganda also. Just imagine if Gary Powers was never sent on his mission and Eisenhower went to the USSR? It could have changed history. I was never tought that in school nor heard about it in any history program.

[@Coreyrob26]

Great documentary. You should do one on the argument he and Nixon had in front of the color TVs.

[@svignesh9662]

So, Khrushchev's audio memoir, is narrated by Arnold Schwarzenegger.😂

[@boardcertifiable]

Get to the choppa Nikita!!

[@dannymcnamara2554]

@@boardcertifiableLOL😂👍🏼🇨🇦

[@ariesone25]

This is a very important documentary...keep this rolling!

[@SLICEHistory]

Thank you ! ☺

[@zarzum]

Khrushchev was a smart and cunning politician. Both us and russians got lucky he replaced madman Stalin and his henchman Beria.

[@edogelbard1901]

watching the Prmier of the Soviet Union deliver a scathing rebuke for not being allowed to visit Disneyland launched me into a chucklefit I am just now recovering from. Oh man.... This actuallly happened. Epic.

[@imadequate3376]

Ok so whoever made the "Death of Stalin" film needs to call Buscemi and do a spoof of his visit to the USA especially the hilarious kerfuffle with Disneyland.

[@edlawn5481]

That has potential.

[@mikedoeshike]

I could watch old film reels all day

[@nightowl5475]

Khrushchev really wanted to visit Disneyland and the U.S. denied him this saying they couldn’t protect him. That’s bullshit! They could of closed the park that day for Khrushchev and his entourage. They could of paid Disney for the day just to have the park closed for Khrushchev. It would of made his trip better and showed him a nice time. At least, he wouldn’t of been as grumpy. And those Hollywood assholes didn’t help diplomatically with the trip. I couldn’t really blame him for getting pissed off at the insults from that Hollywood A-hole in California. It seems the millionaires were the most pissed at him. Working-class people may not have agreed with communism but they were far more respectful toward the man. It just goes to show you who has the most to fear with the Soviet leader. Working class people are already behind the 8 ball in the U.S. low wages, no unions, no health insurance. They already are living in a class society and they’re in the shit house! What the hell threat is Khrushchev? Really!

[@sledstorm4703]

Disney is a private entity so probably walt Disney himself who denied it. He was after all a crazy racist and anti communist

[@angeloluna529]

Closing the park for khrushchev is a bad idea since that would give him the impression that Disneyland is fake and staged. He wanted to meet the average American so he can get an idea how Americans generally are. Florida is in the south and the south had massive issues that would leave a bad impression on him on america, like Jim crow, lynchings and the klan. Him going to the south would end in disaster, stores would put up offensive signs targeting him, the police would do little on protecting him since many of them are part of the klan, crosses would burn in front of the hotel he's staying and he would be severely restricted from meeting any southerner since the likelihood of him getting spat on or attacked is high.

[@angeloluna529]

Closing the park for khrushchev is a bad idea since that would give him the impression that Disneyland is fake and staged. He wanted to meet the average American so he can get an idea how Americans generally are. Florida is in the south and the south had massive issues that would leave a bad impression on him on america, like Jim crow, lynchings and the klan. Him going to the south would end in disaster, stores would put up offensive signs targeting him, the police would do little on protecting him since many of them are part of the klan, crosses would burn in front of the hotel he's staying and he would be severely restricted from meeting any southerner since the likelihood of him getting spat on or attacked is high

[@pimpernelsmith3798]

Excellent, I actually remember that trip. Liked!

[@franksee4881]

Wow, Marylyn Monroe is really that ditzy

[@Jimmy_CV]

I mean she was basically the Nikki Manage of the 50s

[@words4dyslexicon]

she was acting, I think that was her bread & butter, guys ate it up.

[@jameslong9921]

I don't see "ditzy" at all, I see a woman who was very savvy about what the American press could do with a misquoted remark, you have to remember that the USA was still a very conservative county despite It's modern outward appearance, I also see fear in her answer, fear of being misrepresented as a red sympathiser or some such nonsense which could shut your career down right smart as was evidenced in the Hollywood communist witch hunt. Anyway she never claimed to be a professor, what would you have said with the world's press listening and your future career at stake?

[@MADUPLAY]

One of the greatests videos of all time on YT. I didn't knew that a soviet leader has visited the US, and I think that there are several reasons for that,but the main one is because of the rewriting of history and the prooaganda strength of the USA. Afterwards I think that his visit made the war do not happen because he knew that the american and russian people are good people and only when meeting with politicians he had troubles

[@kahunakorteze2763]

Subscribing riiight away and looking for another one!

[@DSR299]

I was just a child and knew nothing of this. But what we were taught was the "we will bury you" comment and we went to a bomb shelter in the city as school children and practiced the skills of drop and hide, etc., and I looked up at the sky and was scared to see a nuclear bomb dropped on the area. Why? When? Who were these awful people? I thought "they simply want to destroy us like invaders from Mars." I remember the Cuban Missile Crisis and my father was watching it on TV and I saw some of the images. My only fear at that time was "how can we actually stop the ships? Are we Actually going to run into them?" That's when I concluded that the Communists want to take over the World by force and fear. When that was over, I just forgot about it and lived my normal boyhood life. But the fear always stuck in the back of my mind, and I tried not to even think of it. I also want to mention that I was so proud of the American people who stood quietly when the motorcade drove by all those thousands of people lining the streets to see him. We really were such good hosts. Oh well, now we have Putin to worry about.

[@richardshiggins704]

Very interesting with a good analysis of the events in 1959 . Perhaps Putin should do a road trip in the US .

[@RichardStephens-bt6or]

You know what would it be such a bad idea? At the end of the day we eventually have to get on.

[@kaypakaipa8559]

Yeah thats true, but the propaganda machine has made that all but impossible. Putin wouldnt allow himself to be mocked by US media the way kruschev was. The US propaganda machine doesnt want peace with Russia at all!

[@AsifKhan-hf9zy]

he already did! he did a road trip of ukraine. and he saw how free people had become were mimicking western europe over time. and so he could nt take it. and had to invade ukraine and imprision them again into russian oppression. so bad idea, having him do another road trip. stay in your palaces boss.

[@domerame5913]

he would get arrested for war crimes before getting inside a car

[@johnodonohoe7602]

Loved this!

[@zjokka]

16:47 "does he at least know how to hold a knife and fork properly?" 16:55 nope

[@IrinaM-c8c]

That is an example that so different parts of the world can talk, laugh and understand each others. It is not so difficult. They and we are not so different after all. It is better to talk instead of fighting, what we have now and what can bring our human existence to the end.

[@pawelpap9]

The light tone of the documentary is not entirely appropriate. Sometimes it sounds like whoever wrote it did not know more about the events as it was known at the time. Why only Khrushchev’s memoir are cited? Other participants also wrote down their impressions. The corn story is left without a comment. In real life growing corn became an obsession for Khrushchev. He imagine that introducing it to the Soviet Union he could solve endemic problems with feeding Soviet population. As mass is not quite appropriate for most soil in the USSR this caused untold damage to Soviet agriculture. Most importantly, Khrushchev’s outbursts and erratic style, both in international affairs and in internal policies (including economy of the USSR) did not sit well with party bosses in Moscow. As a result of his behavior he was removed from power just a few short years later. As a sign of progress, one may say, he was not executed nor imprisoned, but stripped of all perks of the system. Out of desperation he had his memoirs smuggled out to the West to be published, which was to put it mildly unusual step for a top communist.

[@arrow1414]

I see no problem with the supposedly light tone. The documentary did raise and answered many issues. I didn't know that the KGB threatened the US with a nuclear strike if there was even an unsuccessful assassination attempt on Khruchev!😅 I think it was good that we heard from K's point of view especially from his own audio book! And I loved the reliance on news reports, I especially liked that man on the street interview with that black woman from Alabama who lived in New York for eight years that slapped that man who called her a Red!

[@rhettshanley8712]

@@arrow1414yeah I liked the interview with that lady and I wish they showed more of it. It seemed like she was going to tell an interesting story about how she got their from Alabama

[@dzungtran314]

Great point. My micro-economic professor used Khruschev’s visit as an example in his lecture. Mr K was so obsessed with agriculture machinery in Iowa that he made hasty and badly executed investment in agriculture machinery in the Soviet. The result was long lasting damages

[@bmradux]

Is this the narrator from the Adam Curtis documentaries? :D lovely!

[@vito7428]

Some of Khrushchev's outdburts was kinda fair at some point imo. For such a free and peaceful country,the fact a head of state can't visit the very places listed on his itineary due to safety concerns is more than fair for him to get ruffled over. Wouldn't an American head of state be just as outraged or be entitled to feel the same way if the self proclaimed peaceful Soviet people somehow posed enough of a risk to cancel planned visits in their country? I get that it was the Cold War and tensions were high at the moment but the attitude of some of these so called'civilized free people',especially the mayor is almost like they want Khrushchev to get angry and leave. Then what,would they shoulder all the blame for ruining relations between two global superpowers and possibly contributing towards global catastrophe all because they wanted their 5 minutes in the spotlight for being'brave'? You invite a head of state to dinner then make snarky comments to him afterwards from behind the safety of a podium,and yet you can see him ever slowly getting more nervous he's bitten off more than he could chew for his little'brave'moment. I detest socialism as a system and all the issues that comes with it but when you play dumb games,you win dumb prizes. The biggest propaganda value you can have is when you make your side look like the bigger person instead of two dumbass kids spiting each other

[@sumtingwong2138]

Great documentary, shows just how clever Khrushchev was as a political operator. His "temper tantrums" were almost certainly planned so as to not give the impression that the Soviet Union was impressed by capitalism and were used to demonstrate that he was potentially crazy, thereby showing he was ready to use nukes. He was surrounded on all sides by mostly hostile people and somehow made himself look strong and at times charismatic by coming up with clever retorts.

[@karladalton6518]

Very good documentary. Too bad about the extra-long extra-tedious scam-level ads throughout. Does the channel posting this not have any control or choice over these?

[@sholsy2785]

Get an adblocker

[@yurivii]

they dont

[@Ronald-ih9fm]

Thanks for posting this.

[@albertseabra8993]

Khrushchev was not really seeking a nuclear confrontation. We (the West) had American nuclear arms in Turkey and Europe. And a handful of French and British nuclear weapons -- NATO was our bullet proof vest. And we Europeans felt quite comfortable with the American umbrella. Our economies grew up, our democracies became stable -- precisely bcz both sides didn't want do take chances. We had the Cuban Missiles Crises , Berlin, and a few other shows. Poker was being played by two shrewd players. Then Nikita Khrushchev was "retired" by Brezhnev and his acolytes. And the situation inside the USSR became tougher -- the world was not ready for an easing of tensions, for a détente -- the arms control treaties took place much later. Nikita, those were the days???

[@Foolhardy1337]

Lovely documentary. Unlike the recent anti-Putin one-sided "documentaries" this was a breath of fresh air