Khrushchev Arrives

Viewing NotesA cruise ship is docked; Nikita Khrushchev, the first Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, descends on stairs next to the boat to an awaiting crowd; with sound, a voiceover reports on what is happening; Khrushchev can be heard speaking in Russian to the crowd; the rainy weather makes his transport to the city dreary; there is a cut to silent video of a rocket launching demonstration;