Nixon and Khrushchev Spar in the Kitchen Debate ca. 1959
Description
While in Moscow to represent the United States at the American National Exhibition in 1959, Vice President Richard M. Nixon famously engaged Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev in a debate over the relative merits of capitalism versus communism. The debate, which took place in a showroom of American kitchen appliances, was dubbed the "Kitchen Debate" by the American media. Khrushchev repeatedly predicted that the Soviet Union would become more influential in world politics, while Nixon argued that the superior quality of American consumer goods reflected a superior economic system.
Runtime
2 min 7 sec
Contributor
Genre
Database
Films on Demand
Direct Link
Similar Films
Astor Johnson master footage. Tape 1
Rotorua. A Case Study in Sustainable Tourism
Physical aspects
What is motivational interviewing
An Alzheimer's story
Deepwater BP oil spill. Presidential press conference
Just the Facts. Super Foods
The Harrier Jump Jet
Uskuder. (Turkey)
Taboo. Sacred Pains
El palacio negro
Great Opera In Vienna
Capitalism. Adam Smith, the birth of the free market. Part 1
Will Netflix get left behind as competition grows?
Magic and Bird, A Courtship of Rivals