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13171_7315_nixon_kitchen_debate

1959
B&W

The Nixon Kitchen Debate.LS of U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon cutting a ribbon with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev at the opening of an exhibit in Moscow to show Soviets how Americans live. Shots of people looking at American cars, appliances, etc. Shot of Nixon and Premier by a tape recorder with their conversation which would later be called “The Kitchen Debate”. LS of them with other men standing in front of a curtain with set lights around them. MS of them speaking to each other and joking around a little bit. One can hear translators in the background.