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American Experience: Cold War Roadshow

Revisit Nikita Khrushchev’s historic 1959 visit to America at the height of the Cold War. Tuesday at 9 p.m. on PBS 6.

am_exp_khrushchev_train_spot En route from Los Angeles to San Francisco, Soviet Premier Nikita (left) and his American guide, Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge (front right) view the scenery on their trip North from Los Angeles to San Francisco
Revisit one of the most bizarre episodes in the annals of modern history — the unprecedented barnstorming across America by Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, the world leader of Communism and America’s arch-nemesis, during 13 days in 1959.

American Experience: Cold War Roadshow, Tuesday at 9 p.m. on PBS 6.

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