Khrushchev's Visit to Iowa 1959 - film 2 part 2

it's important of all though they will see what they most want to see the productivity of Iowa's fertile farm now I'd say this gym if the hopes of Bob Darst materialize Russia's boss man will see a lot of practical farming and we'll get to talk to some practical farmers this is something he wants to do he said it again and again I don't know how fast the rollie pollie 65 year old Khrushchev can move but you'll have to be pushing every minute to see everything and especially does he want to see Iowa's corn he referred to it a few minutes ago Jim you'll remember he spoke the word coup Carrozza left the term for corn in Russia and he's quite concerned about seeing that one of the major stops tomorrow will involve a 640 acres corn field where every harvesting operation will be shown picking shelling drying chopping at insolent perhaps Jim we ought to have just a word from you now I have some more to say about this the things that he's come to see here in Iowa but let's just break bring the folks up to date on this picture I think as we look down locust street we can see not a large crowd but a medium sized crowd the bulk of the crowd downtown has actually gathered around the four Des Moines hotel or watching the entrance of floor and locust street where the motorcade will very shortly travel you can see the police cars with the red lights flashing the crowd is being held back barricades all along Locust Street the motorcade is traveling as we said at an estimated speed of between 30 and 45 miles an hour being spotted by police motorcycle escorts and also by the police cars are watching right now is they're clearing everybody back it's a very mannerly crowd no demonstration so far and I think it's herb mentioned we can say that his welcome into the state of Iowa was certainly friendly but reserved and I don't believe anything that governor loveless said as opposed to what apparently with some of the West Coast mayors and so forth have said would be construed as anything which might set him off he seems to be so far in a good mood there's no possible way you could take exception to anything that governor loveless said as a matter of fact governor loveless said what most of us would have liked it said ourselves we hope that he'll get to see some of our communities some of our farms our schools or churches and the other things that we're so proud of here in Iowa and we're watching out the beginnings of the motorcade with the city officials civic officials state government leaders and members of the official Khrushchev party with their police escorts ladies and gentlemen we taking out a dick green at WI TV remote location at fourteenth and locust thanks Jim dick green and Mike Collins and we've just witnessed the first entourage coming back getting the people back from the road and Mike they're hurrying right through here surely our dick I hope that the caravan doesn't follow the pace of these first few patrol cars that have come through I Des Moines police car coming by interesting to note the crowds a little bit they're very sparse up to about 15 minutes ago and I think when the pickup ended from the airport showing premier Khrushchev leaving all of a sudden emerged a lot of the the walls we have seen no signs here no protest signs whatsoever on locust on our vantage point from 14th and locust still looking down locust waiting for the first glimpse of the official party they've cleared the streets but everyone back took on the side we noticed right out in front of us that several people standing in the street the police cars stopped and made a very plain that they were to get back and stay back there well it's a official party went through crowd is has been extremely well behaved I think if there's any attitude its of extreme curiosity now we can see the first beginning is the far end of locust just coming off lure drive of the official party the motorcycle escort moving its way from west to east on locust which is ordinarily a one-way street moving in that direction they've wasted very little time are Mike and getting from the terminal National Guard terminal downtown certainly the main purpose seems to be to get the premier in the party into the hotel as fast as possible they are slowing a little bit to allow the viewers people on the corners do you get a better site of em now they're moving in good side of us just a few seconds they will be passing right in front of our TV cameras the escort of the police starting for everyone to get back and here they go by the Khrushchev governor loveless mayor aisles moving towards the hotel Fort Des Moines of course the car driven by president our own personal driver Mike we're still looking for a glimpse of mrs. Khrushchev i get to see Rebecca this is pretty infinitely she was a fairly well behind in the procession here's a see that's not it either yes there she goes vice right now the official party mrs. Khrushchev of course premier is already gone and as we would guess the broad ready to turn and come down towards the Fort Des Moines hotel so from our vantage point here on Locust we're going to switch you to the krn ttv that each point at the hotel Fort Des Moines and min down there this is one house wh 0 TV the procession is about to turn south off locusts now on the tenth and toward hotel Fort Des Moines this crowd in this area has gathered fairly recently it wasn't there and not too long ago I suppose the word spread people came out of the office buildings to see mr. K in his arrival here in Des Moines now we're on tenth Street headed toward the Fort Des Moines hotel where Mr Freeze Javanese party will stay this is just a two-block stretch here and it won't take the party very long to get to the hotel and this is the main crowd welcoming mr. Khrushchev to Des Moines it's a bit of applauding as you can see but not any overly enthusiastic welcome and those signs for testing his apparent here are still there the police tried to make those people move away about an hour ago that the people came back now the party is unloading out towards my hotel miss Cruz ja still waiting now stepping toward the hotel mr. Lodge passed in front of our camera there's governor Lovelace there looking over at the multitude of people on the parking ramp just across the street and now he's reading some of the crowd nearby he's welcome to the hotel that's governor Lovelace right behind him ambassador lodge the tall man he's coming over to little closer look at some of the people waiting for him there mr. Lodge is explaining something to him a very fine picture of mr. Chris ja here in Des Moines it's mrs. Khrushchev in the picture now to your right the right beside mrs. Lovelace there's mrs. Lovelace now they're together a wonderful picture of mr. miss Khrushchev together outside the hotel for Des Moines she sees somebody she wants to wave to there is a tremendous crowd just across the street from this location of course the Christian Lee is in this party and they're coming into the Moines and unloading while the center of attention of course is on mr. Khrushchev himself I'm mrs. Khrushchev they will be staying at the Fort Des Moines hotel the top three floors have been reserved for this party Mr Khrushchev himself will stay in the presidential suite some presidents have stayed there incidentally President Hoover among them President Truman more recently blocked pride by Roy Rogers in his right this is an unscheduled bit right here outside the hotel the original plan was for them to merely get out of their car and walk in but the plans change as mr. Khrushchev moves along in the side so what he wants to do to let's bring in herb here a minute something about the Kristoff family well just this land I think should be said that plans are also being made for mrs. Khrushchev at coon rapids and in that area tomorrow at any rate folks there are anxious to show her some some of the schools and some of the other activities she is actually the second wife the Russian Premier and with them to are the son Sergei who is the younger son an older one was killed during World War Two and Sergei is only 24 an electronic engineer and is working in Moscow and said happily have real special interest to many people is that he married a Jewish girl last year they have one son the two daughters are also with the party Radha she's the elder daughter and she's probably in her early forties although we don't usually try to guess at the age of a lady you