“ SHAKE UP IN THE KREMLIN “ 1964 LEONID BREZHNEV REPLACES SOVIET PREMIER NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV XD82855

Join this channel to get access to perks: Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit Visit our website This historical documentary news film seeks to capture the changes in the Soviet Union’s leadership from 1917 through 1964, when Nikita Khrushchev was replaced by Leonid Brezhnev as Soviet premier. It begins with images of the 1917 Russian Revolution with large masses of people, fires on the street, and violent clashes (0:11). People climbing a gate with a fire in the background (0:15). Large group of people running upstairs with guns (0:20). Drawing of Vladimir Lenin with contemporaries (0:24). Vladimir Lenin (0:30). Russian newspaper (0:33). 1924 footage of Vladimir Lenin dead (0:35). Parade with the faces of Russian figures on banners such as Stalin (0:39). Joseph Stalin (0:43). Nikita Khrushchev waves with along with other men (0:46). Large audience (0:57). Stalin and comrade Nikita Khrushchev (0:58). Explosion seen through binoculars (1:08). Officers in a general’s Soviet uniform look at the explosion (1:10). Soldiers fighting at the Battle of Stalingrad (1:18). Bombs going off (1:21). Opera theater (1:24) Stalin and Nikita Khrushchev with a crowd of people (1:28). Spasskaya Bashnya (1:31). 1953 photo of Stalin dead (1:33). Flag with Stalin’s face (1:39). Men clapping in the background and Yogi Malenkov in the foreground (1:43). Massive crowd cheers for the Premier of the Soviet Union, Nikolai Bulganin (1:57). Nikolai Bulganin waves hat at the crowd (1:59). Soviet Party Secretary Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev (2:05). Men waving their hats outside of train windows (2:10). Crowd of people (2:15). Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev (2:21). Massive crowd celebrates and cheers and carries banners (2:28). Mao Zedong and Nikita Khrushchev (2:30). Crowds of people cheer (2:33). Photo of the Kremlin (2:40). 1956 clip of Nikita Khrushchev being cheered by other men in the Kremlin (2:43). Crowd applauding Nikita Khrushchev (2:48). Nikita Khrushchev stands in front of a crowd (2:57). Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev at the Kitchen Debate in 1959 (3:06). Airplane takes off (3:37). 1960 Nikita Khrushchev on plane to the United States being interviewed by the press (3:42). Nikita Khrushchev interviewed by the press (3:49). Iowa landscape (3:52). Nikita Khrushchev in Iowa (3:55). Pigs in a pen (3:57). Nikita Khrushchev stands next to a pig pen (4:01). Pig (4:04). Sign saying, “Aspen” (4:05). Nikita Khrushchev at Aspen lodge with President Eisenhower (4:07). New York City (4:18). Nikita Khrushchev at the United Nations (4:21). Soviet rocket takes off into space (5:41). Two astronauts walk down stairs to a large audience (5:59). John F. Kennedy with Nikita Khrushchev in 1961(6:25). Pilot ready to launch missiles (6:41). Map of Cuba (6:44). Nikita Khrushchev reads an announcement (6:50). People watching Nikita Khrushchev on television (6:56). Mao Zedong (7:09). Massive crowd in China (7:18). Mao Zedong clapping (7:23). Chinese crowd cheers with flowers (7:25). Balloons released in celebration (7:27). 1963 Moscow Russia (7:33). The United States and England sign a historic treaty with Russia outlawing nuclear tests and explosions in the atmosphere, outer space, or underwater (7:42). American Secretary of State David Dean Rusk (7:47). Vacation villa of Nikita Khrushchev (8:00). Nikita Khrushchev plays badminton with American Secretary of State David Dean Rusk (8:04). Crowd cheers in 1964 at the birthday of Nikita Khrushchev (8:22). New York Times front page with the title, “Khrushchev Ousted from Top Posts; Brezhnev Gets Chief Party Position And Kosygin is Named New Premier ’’ (8:44). Leonid Brezhnev gives a speech (8:53). Cuban President Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado comes to Moscow and is greeted by Brezhnev (9:05). Kremlin (9:21). Leonid Brezhnev signs an agreement (9:24). We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit
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