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Shot primarily during a two-day period surrounding the University of Alabama integration crisis on June 11, 1963, the film follows President John F. Kennedy, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Governor George Wallace of Alabama, Deputy Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach, and the students involved, Vivian Malone and James Hood.
John F. Kennedy's tenure as the 35th president of the United States began with his inauguration on January 20, 1961, and ended with his assassination on November 22, 1963. . Kennedy, a Democrat from Massachusetts, took office following his narrow victory over Republican incumbent vice president Richard Nixon in the 1960 presidential elect
The economy turned around and prospered during Kennedy's presidency. The GDP expanded by an average of 5.5% from early 1961 to late 1963, [319] while inflation remained steady at around 1% and unemployment eased. [320] Industrial production rose by 15% and motor vehicle sales increased by 40%. [321]
The miniseries is a biography of the 1961–1963 presidency of John F. Kennedy. It was co-produced by Alan Landsburg Productions and Central Independent Television and originally aired in the United States starting on November 20, 1983, and concluding on November 22, the twentieth anniversary of Kennedy's assassination .
The history of the Kennedy family is so well-chronicled — from the modern Camelot legend surrounding John F. Kennedy's presidency to the series of tragedies that marked the family throughout the ...
The film, containing both color and black-and-white footage, is narrated by Gregory Peck, and features extensive excerpts from President Kennedy's speeches, including color footage of his swearing in and inaugural address. It was written and directed by Bruce Herschensohn, who also composed the music. Maximilian Schell narrated the German version.
Kennedy fields a question at a press conference on April 14, 1961, three days before the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba and just three months into Kennedy's presidency. (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ...
Wednesday marked the 60th anniversary of the date in 1963 when an assassin’s bullet killed President John F. Kennedy and altered the course of American politics — arguably nowhere more so than ...