{"id":2279,"date":"2019-01-22T11:01:59","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T16:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/?p=2279"},"modified":"2019-01-22T11:01:59","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T16:01:59","slug":"random-movie-tuesday-american-experience-cold-war-roadshow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2019\/01\/22\/random-movie-tuesday-american-experience-cold-war-roadshow\/","title":{"rendered":"Random Movie Tuesday &#8212; American Experience: Cold War Roadshow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t\n<p>\u041f\u0440\u0438\u0432\u0435\u0442! This week&#8217;s random movie documents one of my personal favorite historical happenings&#8211; Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev&#8217;s 1959 road trip across the United States. DVD 11777 is one of PBS&#8217; American Experience documentaries, and let me tell you, it&#8217;s a good one. Here&#8217;s our summary:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p> <br>The story of one of the most bizarre episodes in the annals of modern history: the unprecedented trip across America in 1959 by Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, the world leader of communism and America&#8217;s arch nemesis. The visit was an opportunity to halt the escalating threats of the Cold War and chart a new course toward peaceful coexistence. For the American press, it was the media story of the year. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>This was the tour that blessed us with all the great images of Khrushchev staring adoringly at ears of corn. With this DVD, you&#8217;ll get to learn about the story behind those iconic photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bender-lib.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/01\/khrushchev-corn.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2280\" width=\"372\" height=\"504\" \/><figcaption>The cover of Life magazine features a photograph of Russian Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev (1894 &#8211; 1971) as he holds an ear of corn aloft during a US tour, October 5, 1959. (Photo by Hank Walker\/Time &amp; Life Pictures\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vaszxsaX7Fs\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u041f\u0440\u0438\u0432\u0435\u0442! This week&#8217;s random movie documents one of my personal favorite historical happenings&#8211; Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev&#8217;s 1959 road trip across the United States. DVD 11777 is one of PBS&#8217; American Experience documentaries, and let me tell you, it&#8217;s a good one. Here&#8217;s our summary: The story of one of the most bizarre episodes in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2279\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}