Cold War Roadshow (2014)

Cold War Roadshow tells the story of one of the most bizarre episodes in the annals of modern history the unprecedented barnstorming across America in the fall of 1959 by Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev the world leader of communism and Americas arch nemesis At the very height of the Cold War with American schoolchildren practicing duckandcover drills the man who Americans feared could incinerate them in a rain of hydrogen bombs arrived in Washington DC at the invitation of President Eisenhower For both men the visit was an opportunity to halt the escalating threats of the Cold War and chart a new course toward peaceful coexistence For the American press it was the media blockbuster story of the year