An overview of John F. Kennedy's political career. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in partnership with Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., in 2014.
Score
Bruce Herschensohn's lush orchestration doing heavy emotional lifting.
Direction
Propaganda techniques so effective Congress had to authorize distribution.
Editing
Newsreel poetry: Jackie in pink, the eternal flame, the myth being born.
Director
Bruce Herschensohn
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Congress literally passed a special joint resolution allowing this 'official' film to compete commercially, unprecedented for a presidential documentary.
Released before the Warren Report conspiracy theories exploded, this captures the last moment JFK's legacy was uncomplicated national tragedy.
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