[20th CENTURY NEWSREELS 1955 GENEVA SUMMIT NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV VISIT IOWA DIVORCE PROTESTS]
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00:00 Film 1289: Khrushchev In Iowa 1959 In September 1959, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev visited Iowa, touring Coon Rapids and Roswell Garst's farm to observe agricultural technology and the production of hybrid corn. Khrushchev was impressed, comparing the private farms favorably to the Soviet Union's collective farms.
1:17 Film 1291: Ike Announces and accepts Dulles Resignation 1959 President Dwight D. Eisenhower announced and accepted the resignation of Secretary of State John Foster Dulles on April 15, 1959. The resignation was due to Dulles' failing health from cancer, from which he died just over a month later
2:19 Film 1292: Ike Entertains Churchill Who Speaks of USA As His Mother's Country 1959 Winston Churchill visited President Eisenhower in the United States in early May 1959, with the visit officially starting on May 4th. They spent time together in Washington, D.C., and on Eisenhower's farm in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
3:38 Film 1298: Officials reveal a carved seal that concealed a Soviet listening device and note many similar devices found in U.S. facilities abroad. In 1952, U.S. officials discovered that a carved wooden seal gifted to the U.S. Ambassador in Moscow by Soviet schoolchildren, concealed a listening device known as "The Thing".
5:00 Film 1299 Geneva Summit, 1955 President Eisenhower met with the leaders of France, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union at the Geneva Summit in July 1955. British Prime Minister Anthony Eden, French Premier Edgar Faure, and Soviet leaders Nikolai Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev attended.
7:42 Film 1300: Khrushchev Breaks Up Summit In Paris, Ike Comments Nikita Khrushchev broke up the Paris Summit in May 1960 because an American U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union just before the meeting.
10:11 Film 1313: Richard Nixon In Russia 1959 In 1959, Vice President Richard Nixon visited Russia to open the American National Exhibition in Moscow, which led to the famous "Kitchen Debate" with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev.
12:05 Film 1299 Common Cold Research 1968 Images of winter in the USA and extremely low temperatures. A female scientist explains how 100 viruses cause the common cold, meaning immunity to one does not prevent future infections
13:15 Film 1320: Dog Psychiatry 1967 A "canine behaviour center" is shown, run by dog psychologist Dave Miller.
14:20 Film 1321: Protests Regarding Divorce And Alimony Laws 1968 In 1968, the movement for reform of these laws was a point of contention, characterized by protests from feminist groups and men's rights advocates. The Committee for Fair Divorce and Alimony Laws is shown.
15:54 Film 1326: Christmas Where Silent Night Was Born 1968 "Silent Night" is celebrated in Salzburg, Austria. The song is a popular Christmas carol, composed in 1818 by Franz Xaver Gruber to lyrics by Joseph Mohr in Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria.
17:00 Film 1324: Fashion designer Pierre Cardin Says Black is Always Beautiful French fashion designer Pierre Cardin Says Black is Always Beautiful. Black was a prominent element in Cardin's work. His designs often featured clean lines and geometric shapes, using black as a powerful, classic color choice.
18:23 Film 1325: 2 Million Year Old Fossil Discovered 1967 At the Museum of Comparative Zoology, a 2.5-million-year-old fossil of a hominin species called Australopithecus africanus that had been discovered in South Africa is shown.
19:57 Film 1327: Hubert Humphrey On Use Government Power Hubert Humphrey addressed the restraint of government power through his support for checks and balances, his focus on gradual and purposeful use of power, and his role in the legal precedent established in Humphrey's Executor v. United States.
21:04 Film 1328: African American model agency. Woman on phone, booking modeling appointments for clients, then a shot of a Black actor on the set of a movie.
22:37 Film 1329: England Faces Race Problems, man on the street interviews
24:30 Film 1342: Catholic leaders discuss Pope Paul's authority
1:17 Film 1291: Ike Announces and accepts Dulles Resignation 1959 President Dwight D. Eisenhower announced and accepted the resignation of Secretary of State John Foster Dulles on April 15, 1959. The resignation was due to Dulles' failing health from cancer, from which he died just over a month later
2:19 Film 1292: Ike Entertains Churchill Who Speaks of USA As His Mother's Country 1959 Winston Churchill visited President Eisenhower in the United States in early May 1959, with the visit officially starting on May 4th. They spent time together in Washington, D.C., and on Eisenhower's farm in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
3:38 Film 1298: Officials reveal a carved seal that concealed a Soviet listening device and note many similar devices found in U.S. facilities abroad. In 1952, U.S. officials discovered that a carved wooden seal gifted to the U.S. Ambassador in Moscow by Soviet schoolchildren, concealed a listening device known as "The Thing".
5:00 Film 1299 Geneva Summit, 1955 President Eisenhower met with the leaders of France, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union at the Geneva Summit in July 1955. British Prime Minister Anthony Eden, French Premier Edgar Faure, and Soviet leaders Nikolai Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev attended.
7:42 Film 1300: Khrushchev Breaks Up Summit In Paris, Ike Comments Nikita Khrushchev broke up the Paris Summit in May 1960 because an American U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union just before the meeting.
10:11 Film 1313: Richard Nixon In Russia 1959 In 1959, Vice President Richard Nixon visited Russia to open the American National Exhibition in Moscow, which led to the famous "Kitchen Debate" with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev.
12:05 Film 1299 Common Cold Research 1968 Images of winter in the USA and extremely low temperatures. A female scientist explains how 100 viruses cause the common cold, meaning immunity to one does not prevent future infections
13:15 Film 1320: Dog Psychiatry 1967 A "canine behaviour center" is shown, run by dog psychologist Dave Miller.
14:20 Film 1321: Protests Regarding Divorce And Alimony Laws 1968 In 1968, the movement for reform of these laws was a point of contention, characterized by protests from feminist groups and men's rights advocates. The Committee for Fair Divorce and Alimony Laws is shown.
15:54 Film 1326: Christmas Where Silent Night Was Born 1968 "Silent Night" is celebrated in Salzburg, Austria. The song is a popular Christmas carol, composed in 1818 by Franz Xaver Gruber to lyrics by Joseph Mohr in Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria.
17:00 Film 1324: Fashion designer Pierre Cardin Says Black is Always Beautiful French fashion designer Pierre Cardin Says Black is Always Beautiful. Black was a prominent element in Cardin's work. His designs often featured clean lines and geometric shapes, using black as a powerful, classic color choice.
18:23 Film 1325: 2 Million Year Old Fossil Discovered 1967 At the Museum of Comparative Zoology, a 2.5-million-year-old fossil of a hominin species called Australopithecus africanus that had been discovered in South Africa is shown.
19:57 Film 1327: Hubert Humphrey On Use Government Power Hubert Humphrey addressed the restraint of government power through his support for checks and balances, his focus on gradual and purposeful use of power, and his role in the legal precedent established in Humphrey's Executor v. United States.
21:04 Film 1328: African American model agency. Woman on phone, booking modeling appointments for clients, then a shot of a Black actor on the set of a movie.
22:37 Film 1329: England Faces Race Problems, man on the street interviews
24:30 Film 1342: Catholic leaders discuss Pope Paul's authority
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