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The film centers on the University of Alabama's "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door" integration crisis of June 1963. Drew and the other filmmakers, including D. A. Pennebaker and Richard Leacock , were given expanded access to key areas, including United States President John F. Kennedy 's Oval Office and the homes of United States Attorney General ...
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The Five Cities of June is a 1963 American short documentary film directed by Bruce Herschensohn.It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. [1] [2]This United States Information Agency-sponsored film details the events of June 1963 in five cities.
June 10, 1963: President Kennedy delivering his commencement address. U.S. President Kennedy announced the suspension of nuclear testing during his commencement address at American University in Washington, D.C., along with the administration's plan to work towards a nuclear test-ban treaty with the Soviet Union and other atomic powers. [43]
Sixty years after his assassination on November 22, 1963, Americans should reflect on John F. Kennedy’s unfinished yet transformational legacy on civil rights, writes historian Peniel E. Joseph.
The film had its Royal World Premiere at the Odeon Leicester Square in London's West End on 20 June 1963. [3] The Great Escape received critical acclaim and emerged as one of the highest-grossing films of the year, winning McQueen the award for Best Actor at the Moscow International Film Festival, [4] and is considered a classic. [5]
United Artists. 6 Academy Award nominations with 1 win; top-grossing film of 1963 Jason and the Argonauts: Don Chaffey: Todd Armstrong, Nancy Kovack, Honor Blackman: Fantasy: Columbia: Johnny Cool: William Asher: Henry Silva, Elizabeth Montgomery, Jim Backus: Crime: United Artists: Kings of the Sun: J. Lee Thompson: Yul Brynner, George Chakiris ...
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