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13166_12416_khrushchev_sf_greeting

1959
B&W

This is a clip of Khrushchev’s visit to San Francisco in 1959, featuring him getting off a train, going through a factory and then leaving on a plane. Open on WS of woman walking down a street, then one of women walking from behind. They walk through a doorway. A man walks down the same street. In LS, Khrushchev comes down off a train. He shakes hands with someone upon disembarking the train. WS of a car arriving, then a LS POV from the car passing a crowd. POV from in the car of a sign that says “Civic Center” above. WS pan of limousine passing with a San Francisco hill in BG. Khrushchev gets out of the car and waves at people around him. MS of the crowd, then a WS of Khrushchev on a balcony, waving at the people below. MWS of him walking, then MS of him walking through a door. Shots of him inside a factory being protected by many people, who are pushed this way and that. MWS of him waving at people from the back of his car. Shots on the road, then a WS of him getting on a plane. LS of the plane taking off, then a MWS of a police officer loading his gun.