Nixon & Khrushchev at Kitchen Debate Excerpt from Leisurama

On July 24, 1959, Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev spent hours publicly debating cultural ideology at the American National Exhibit in Moscow.

This is an excerpt from the documentary "Leisurama", produced and directed by Jake Gorst, executive producer Dana Eshghi. Leisurama is currently in PBS broadcast distribution.

For more information please visit http://www.leisurama.info.

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[Ponchothewise]

@snoop2day Given the about-face Khrushchev performed over the agreement with Nixon for each leader to allow the airing of this broadcast to their respective populations, I should have to say I disagree with you.

[xidewinder]

The Bolsheviks have destroyed the upper class in Russia and the republics, and the population of USSR emerged from uneducated peasants and workers. There was bad or no etiquette, no high class manners in the USSR and this clip shows it - even the leader of the country behaves like a clown. Nixon, even though he's fake and foxy sometimes, but at least he's polite and well-mannered.

[jceja24]

so awkward, Khrus is so ignorant

[jayrod105]

@dcrozberry Yeah because he set the seen for the great post soviet union of the 90s LOL

[bahamasc]

this was great

[tackhammer66]

Kruschev wins

[RATH3RUNIQUE]

yo u gotta love Kruschev, hes mad quick on his feet, nothing phases him lol

[dcrozberry]

nikita and his stolies easily won over nixon's fartweisers

[somedudeinva]

Khruschev was borderline crazy. The Politburo removed him after being tired of him doing looney stuff on the world stage.

[soaflo]

love khrushchev!