This 1960s black and white educational film from the Biography series featuring Mike Wallace, highlights the life and political career of Soviet Leader Nikita Khrushchev. Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev, went from being a peasant boy in Ukraine to First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and chairman of the country’s Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964. The film is comprised of newsreel footage from 1930s-1960s Russia and the greater Soviet Union.

Khrushchev speech, United Nations General Assembly 1959 (0:17). Mike Wallace opening words (1:20). Russian farmland seen from speeding train (1:56). Moscow city-scape (2:21). Snow covered Red Square (2:30). Group of Communist Party members walking down stairs (2:33). 1930s footage of Stalin in Party meetings, addressing crowds (2:50). Khrushchev tips hat to crowd (3:07). Parade of men holding Stalin and Lenin portraits (3:20). Photo Nikolai Bulganin (3:26). Compulsory labor to build Moscow’s metro (3:35). Perspective from train as it pulls into metro station (3:46). Komsomolskaya Metro Station (3:49). Novoslobodskaya Metro Station (3:59). Paintings in subway glorifying communism and its leaders (4:07). Political address at assembly hall, portrait of Stalin among red flags, Khrushchev makes speech (4:12). Clips of Stalin with high officials (4:43). Portraits of Lenin and Stalin on now GUM (department store) building on Red Square; troops in formation (4:59). Parade glorifying Stalin (5:10). Montage images Stalin, Khrushchev together (5:24). Moscow Trials / Great Purge / Stalin Purge Trials (5:59-6:25). Execution by firing squad (6:27). Stalin and armed forces (6:44). 1938 newsreel clip of Russian paratroopers jumping from wings of plane; sky fills with mushroom-shaped parachutes (6:46). Khrushchev in snowy Ukraine (7:13). Soviet soldiers gather furniture and homegoods from Ukrainian kulaks (7:19). Public hanging (7:45). Mass grave of Ukrainians (7:50). Ukrainian women mourning family members (7:55). Khrushchev speech (8:10). Footage of bombing and destruction from World War II (8:41). The Barmaley Fountain/ Children’s Khorovod juxtaposing devastation of Battle of Stalingrad (9:01). Military tanks in battle (9:04). Soviet army against Nazi forces (9:13). Soviet soldiers embrace and celebrate victory against Nazis among destroyed buildings and snow-covered ground (9:40). Moscow Victory Parade 1945 (9:45). Nikita Khrushchev embraced and celebrated in front of Saint Basil’s Cathedral (9:48). Extension of U.S.S.R. across eastern Europe: soldiers line-up to greet Stalin (10:15). Zhou Enlai signs treaty with Stalin and Mao Zedong in background (10:52). Funeral of Communist official (11:09). Khrushchev sits for meal with other Soviet officials (11:27). Death and state funeral of Stalin, procession along the Red Square (11:58). Stalin lying in state, hall of Trade Union House (12:25). Georgy Malenkov addresses audience (12:43). Various footage of Lavrentiy Beria (12:59). V.M. Molotov speech (13:15). Nikolai Bulganin plays cards and smokes cigar (13:36). Bulganin and Khrushchev pace aboard ship deck (13:39). Khrushchev and Bulganin trip to India (13:51). Moskva River and Red Square by dusk (14:05). Khrushchev speech to 20th Congress of the C.P.S.U. (14:32). Destruction of Stalin posters, statues, and relics (14:51). Hungarian Revolution of 1956 (15:08). Surface to surface medium range missile and other missiles during a May Day Parade (15:48). Yuri Dolgorukiy Monument, fireworks (16:12). Khrushchev and Nixon tour US Exhibition World Trade Fair Moscow (16:15). Khrushchev and Nixon “Kitchen Debate” (16:36). Khrushchev 1959 visit to United States: crowds look on quietly (17:50). Khrushchev in Hollywood with cast of Can-Can: Frank Sinatra, Louis Jordan, Shirley MacLaine, Maurice Chevalier (18:26). Head of 20th Century Fox Spyros Panagiotis Skouras luncheon with Khrushchev (19:06). Khrushchev with Eisenhower in Presidential helicopter (20:29). Khrushchev with wreckage of 1960 U-2 incident (20:49). Khrushchev speech at UN, Dag Hammarskjöld looks displeased (21:19). Khrushchev with Fidel Castro (21:56). Khrushchev applauds Yuri Gagarin in speech (22:34). Khrushchev and Mao Zedong review Chinese troops, 10th anniversary, 10th anniversary of PRC’s founding (22:59). Lenin lying in state (23:36).

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