John F. Kennedy's years as president.John F. Kennedy's years as president.John F. Kennedy's years as president.
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Gregory Peck
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- (voice)
Fidel Castro
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
John Glenn
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Lyndon B. Johnson
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
John Kennedy Jr.
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Caroline Kennedy
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Jacqueline Kennedy
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
John F. Kennedy
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Robert F. Kennedy
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Ted Kennedy
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Richard Nixon
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Alan Shepard
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Earl Warren
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThe film, produced by the United States Information Agency, was not intended for general public viewing, but it received such good advance notices that the agency eventually let Embassy Pictures release it to theaters. A soundtrack album, featuring both music and narration, was made in both mono and stereo by Capitol Records.
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Offscreen Narrator: But the word that very few spoke, and the word with perhaps the greatest truth, was the word "prejudice". And most of the United States knew there was prejudice and wanted it to end. But even as the signs came down, the prejudice did not end.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Nowhere to Run (1978)
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You need to see this now that Obama is President.
This is a good documentary and I now own a copy. This was a time when being President was like being King! As to the Camelot legend, it has gone south with the times.*
This is a documentary that catches a moment but that moment is mostly gloss meant for overseas consumption. Because of the Peace Corp. and other American aid, JFK's photo was found in hamlets in Africa back then. You certainly do not see it now.
What did we get from his administration: An arms race, a bigger arms race, and a still bigger arms race. Missiles of October? We came to the brink? Some say his death led us into Vietnam. Would there have been a "Great Society" UNLESS he was killed? History will decide who gets the credit.
The sad truth is this man lived, gave us hope, was stupidly killed, turned out to be no saint, and whose death was the opening act on a decade of American style misery.
At least we landed on the moon. We could have done so much more.
This is a documentary that catches a moment but that moment is mostly gloss meant for overseas consumption. Because of the Peace Corp. and other American aid, JFK's photo was found in hamlets in Africa back then. You certainly do not see it now.
What did we get from his administration: An arms race, a bigger arms race, and a still bigger arms race. Missiles of October? We came to the brink? Some say his death led us into Vietnam. Would there have been a "Great Society" UNLESS he was killed? History will decide who gets the credit.
The sad truth is this man lived, gave us hope, was stupidly killed, turned out to be no saint, and whose death was the opening act on a decade of American style misery.
At least we landed on the moon. We could have done so much more.
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- Jun 24, 2006
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- Runtime1 hour 25 minutes
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By what name was John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums (1965) officially released in Canada in English?
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