Menshikov- Arrival Chicago
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Newsreel footage of Soviet Ambassador to the U.S. Mikhail Menshikov arriving in Chicago in 1957.
Credits
Frank Koza (filmmaker); Mikhail Menshikov (interviewee)
Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: Frank Koza Collection
Notes: Ambassador Menshikov is greeted as he disembarks from an airplane with his wife. Outside the airport, protesters carry signs with slogans such as "Reach the Moon and Stay There" and "Remember Enslaved Lithuania." Many signs are written in cyrillic. Menshikov is interviewed about Sputnik and space travel on the tarmac. He talks about "peaceful competition" between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. He is asked about, but refuses to answer, questions about demonstations against Vice President Nixon in South America, saying simply that "communists are blamed for everything." Only some of the film has audio.
Subjects: Political Activists; Cold War; Demonstrations; Government officials; Soviet Union
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Language: English
Cfa elements: Print, 231 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/12343
Notes: Ambassador Menshikov is greeted as he disembarks from an airplane with his wife. Outside the airport, protesters carry signs with slogans such as "Reach the Moon and Stay There" and "Remember Enslaved Lithuania." Many signs are written in cyrillic. Menshikov is interviewed about Sputnik and space travel on the tarmac. He talks about "peaceful competition" between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. He is asked about, but refuses to answer, questions about demonstations against Vice President Nixon in South America, saying simply that "communists are blamed for everything." Only some of the film has audio.
Subjects: Political Activists; Cold War; Demonstrations; Government officials; Soviet Union
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Language: English
Cfa elements: Print, 231 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/12343
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, video
Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:15