Film Footage

The above film was made by Iowa history students and won an award at the National History Day competition.

The Iowa State University (ISU) Library Special Collections includes a film series documenting Khrushchev's 1959 visit to Iowa. The series can be viewed online here. Or go directly to a part of one of five films that particularly interests you:

Khrushchev's arrival at the Des Moines airport: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
Khrushchev leaving the airport and going to the Hotel Fort Des Moines: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
Khrushchev's visit to ISU, in particular the College of Home Economics: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
Khrushchev's visit to ISU and arrival at ISU's Swine Nutrition Farm: Part 1, Part 2
Khrushchev at ISU's Swine Nutrition farm: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

Also in the ISU Special Collections are two videos of Roswell Garst talking about Hi-Bred corn:

Happy Harvests, Part 1
Happy Harvests, Part 2