Butterflies & the Cold War
Clip: Season 26 Episode 7 | 1m 17s
Sergei Khrushchev in a field with a net, catching butterflies. Secret Service look on.
In this silent film clip, Sergei Khrushchev collects butterflies during his 1959 trip to the US with his father Nikita. Sergei explained, “The secret service came to me and told, ‘We will accompany you.’ And they brought me to the outskirts of DC... So I run around. I came there with my butterfly net and all other equipment trying to find some place and time to catch American butterflies."
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Butterflies & the Cold War
Clip: Season 26 Episode 7 | 1m 17s
In this silent film clip, Sergei Khrushchev collects butterflies during his 1959 trip to the US with his father Nikita. Sergei explained, “The secret service came to me and told, ‘We will accompany you.’ And they brought me to the outskirts of DC... So I run around. I came there with my butterfly net and all other equipment trying to find some place and time to catch American butterflies."
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