Khrushchev's Visit to Iowa 1959 - film 4 part 2
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Description: This film shows the news footage of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev's visit to Iowa in 1959. Film four focuses on Krushchev visiting the Iowa State Univeristy campus and arrival at the ISU Swine Nutrition farm.
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now we started along about 1953 in developing diets which would allow us to wing pigs routinely at one week of age at the present time were routinely weaning all of our pigs at two weeks of age what they're seeing now as they viewer see it on the screen they are now approaching a model south fairing and pig nursery unit this building Zack was put up in cooperation with industry by the way along with Iowa State College they seemed to be delayed there at the present time but they're just a few more yards to go before they arrive at this particular unit I see considerable interest on the part of ambassador Menshikov who has just disappeared behind a felt hat there but he was craning his neck to see better and the I am sure that there the visit here is going to be very interesting for our Russian visitors now they are progressing to what point they're still approaching this cell firing and pig nursery unit their first stop at this unit will be at the South burrowing unit which has 20 cell fairing stalls in it in this unit he will see sales either that have fared or about to Pharaoh now you can just see the corner of this building in the left or the right hand side of your screen I wonder if the Chairman will be able to see through that bunch of photographers seized up toward the window and he's going to get a good view of a farrowing establishment here yes we purposely put in a lot of windows in this unit Jack because we have a lot of visitors out here and we prefer that they not go in the building because of disease hazard yes I noticed uh no admittance sign on the door there that the disease control was the reason for it well he's seeing now 4,000 throwing stalls at the present time the unit is not quite full but he should get an idea of how we handle ourselves here at Iowa State College as well as the method that a lot of swine producers here in the state of Iowa are now handling that is interfering mr. couch f is here to view our system of raising swine being both short and his as far as animal protein is concerned and it ties in very well with what he saw at the gars farm this morning corn production and hog production go hand in hand as we can see on the screen chairman Khrushchev is quite voluble its he seems to have quite a few questions for dr. caitrin and I hope that that will continue as we get on over to this display of nutrition Oh jack pig at this age what she is seeing now as a very lovable creature it isn't until he gets up around three or four hundred pounds that he becomes a an obstinate creature and mr. Khrushchev has demonstrated in some of his appearances here in the United States with some of the children and and in some of his humorous and rather quaint comments that he has some very human qualities at least when he's not engaged in political arguments mr. Khrushchev seems to be a very human sort of a person and I am sure that the pigs as we saw them in our few moments ago would be would appeal to him that's right there's approximately 100 baby pigs in the unit which he is now looking at and his next stop of course will be baby pigs again where he will be actually inside the building and we'll get eaten a clearer view of them we had his time schedule at least I saw it in and professor k trans hand a few minutes ago and it seems as if he will have time for the entire plant or that correct it certainly seems like he is taking his time were very happy of course it that he is able to take some time we were rather scared that he may even just drive through the farm we had been warmed to be prepared for anything I believe that some of the members of the party have remained in the cars they seem to be so to have driven past us here and they're poised as if ready for flight but we hope that mr. Khrushchev will delay the departure until he has seen all that you wanted to see her I wonder if mrs. Koo chafa hasn't stayed in the car I have not seen her in the touring group at least no I have not either i suspect that she has yes she has he has remained in one of the limousines there you see professor Caitrin gesticulate ng and explaining something to mr. Khrushchev who appears to be very interested it must be quite a chore for the interpreter because I'm sure there's a lot of esoteric language connected with this swine nutrition that will be difficult of translation that's right and if this interpreter isn't familiar with the swine talk but he's probably in trouble speaking of swine top we did have a very interesting sound effect from the swine out here and they end the pan I don't know whether our audio engineer can introduce that sound effect to us right now or not but yeah he has it in the in the sound he tells me we are approaching the East End of the building back of us will be going inside of this building and we will lose them for a few minutes as far as TV pick up as well and if that if that be true well will you wait just a moment and we'll see if that if that is true then we have an assignment for you dr. Speier to take over on a on another microphone at the exhibit showing the various phases of the swine nutrition we'll see in a moment now the party has come to a standstill again maybe we are making a decision as to whether or not to go into the building will have to wait just a moment to find out we're having to look in two directions here our television monitor is in one direction toward the west and we are looking carefully toward the east I wonder Jack if he didn't look at the mill room and the feed mixing and grinding and pelleting equipment I believe the other camera probably couldn't pick this up but as much time as they spent their I wouldn't doubt with what he actually went into the mill rooms I believe that's what has happened now some of the photographers are appearing in front of the official party and it seems as if they are going to go directly to the exhibit which professor know they have turned and they're going into the building and doctors fear will while mr. Khrushchev is out of view of our television cameras explain to you exactly what dr. caitrin will explain later to chairman Khrushchev here is dr. Safir you
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