CSPAN3 American Artifacts U.S. Diplomacy Center Museum Collections - Part 2 February 25, 2018
And there was some not so much thawing, but conversations happening. Yes. Attempts. We will say at times. Attempts. Ill say to exchange culture and to understand each other better between the United States and the soviet union. And so in 1959, there was this big exchange of National Exhibitions. So the soviets sent their National Exhibition to new york city. That was in 1959. Here is the exhibition booklet. As you can see on the cover, they featured sputnik. Their grandest achievement. So their exhibition covered sputnik and soviet industry, agriculture and cultural arts. Foretelling americas ...
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