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Khrushchev Takes Manhattan

Season 26 Episode 7

Sergei Khrushchev's home movies of his trip to NYC in 1959 with his father Nikita.

Sergei Khrushchev documented his father's 1959 American visit from behind the lens of his camera. Take a tour of 1950s New York City through the eyes of a 22-year-old Soviet visitor in this silent film clip.

AIR DATE 11/18/14

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