Interviewees discuss the presidency of John F. Kennedy (1961-1963).
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“He had this aura of celebrity around him. He had this aura of somebody on his way.” - Bill Moyers, News Correspondent
Highlights

Bill Moyers on meeting JFK

Sam Donaldson on President Kennedy's appeal to his generation

Robert MacNeil on covering the Cuban Missile Crisis

Betty Cole Dukert on John F. Kennedy's appearances on Meet the Press

Steve Allen on John F. Kennedy's favorite joke

Leonard H. Goldenson on his close relationships with several American presidents - John F. Kennedy

William Klages on working on JFK's inauguration, which Frank Sinatra produced
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Steve Allen
Steve Allen on John F. Kennedy's favorite joke
William Bell
William Bell on Walter Cronkite interrupting As the World Turns to announce President Kennedy had been killed
Donald P. Bellisario
Donald P. Bellisario on encountering Lee Harvey Oswald in the Marine Corps
David Brinkley
David Brinkley on covering President John F. Kennedy
David Brinkley on covering John F. Kennedy's assassination
Glen Charles
Glen Charles on JFK's assassination
Joan Ganz Cooney
Joan Ganz Cooney on a program she produced on Cuba shortly before the Cuban Missile Crisis
Walter Cronkite
Walter Cronkite on upsetting John and Bobby Kennedy during an interview when he brought up the Catholic issue during the Presidential campaingn
Sam Donaldson
Sam Donaldson on President Kennedy's appeal to his generation
Bob Doyle
Bob Doyle on directing the pool coverage of the 1960 conventions, and on working with Richard M. Nixon
Betty Cole Dukert
Betty Cole Dukert on Meet the Press in Los Angeles for the 1960 Democratic Primary
Betty Cole Dukert on John F. Kennedy's appearances on Meet the Press
Reuven Frank
Reuven Frank on the 1960 Democratic primary with John F. Kennedy
Reuven Frank on election night coverage in 1960, John F. Kennedy against Richard Nixon
Reuven Frank on the 1960 elections, John F. Kennedy against Richard Nixon
Leonard H. Goldenson
Leonard H. Goldenson on his close relationships with several American presidents - John F. Kennedy
Leonard H. Goldenson on the network aftermath of JFK's assassination
Julian Goodman
Julian Goodman on observing the first Kennedy-Nixon debate in Chicago and prepping to produce the second debate
Julian Goodman on the second Kennedy-Nixon debate in Washington, D.C.
Julian Goodman on covering Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis
Julian Goodman on NBC's coverage of JFK's assassination
Julian Goodman on the significance of the Great Debates
Julian Goodman on producing the second of The Great Debates
Hal Gurnee
Hal Gurnee on Jack Paar having John and Bobby Kennedy, and Richard Nixon on as guests on Tonight Starring Jack Paar at various times
Lucy Jarvis
Lucy Jarvis on producing a landmark series about the United States and the Soviet Union in the early 1960s for The Nation's Future featuring John Glenn and Soviet cosmonaut Gherman Titov
Lucy Jarvis on producing the documentary The Kremlin for NBC News
Lucy Jarvis on filming The Kremlin during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962
William Klages
William Klages on working on JFK's inauguration, which Frank Sinatra produced
Buz Kohan
Buz Kohan on his memories of JFK's assassination and how it impacted his work - he was supposed to work on a Perry Como Special in Dallas, Texas
Ted Koppel
Ted Koppel on reporting on JFK's assassination for ABC radio
Perry Lafferty
Perry Lafferty on on having John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon on Person to Person
Jim Lehrer
Jim Lehrer on covering the assassination of John F. Kennedy
Jim Lehrer on the JFK Memorial in Dallas
Stewart MacGregory
Stewart MacGregory on acting as unit manager for NBC's coverage of the 1960 Presidential Elections
Stewart MacGregory on going to work for The Kraft Music Hall with Perry Como and traveling to Dallas to film the day after John F. Kennedy was shot
Robert MacNeil
Robert MacNeil on covering the Cuban Missile Crisis
Robert MacNeil on covering the Cuban Missile Crisis
Robert MacNeil on covering the Cold War in East Berlin
Robert MacNeil on covering the Kennedy White House and Barry Goldwater's 1964 campaign
Robert MacNeil on covering the assassination of John F. Kennedy in Dallas for NBC News
Robert MacNeil on covering the aftermath of the Kennedy assassination in Dallas for NBC News
Robert MacNeil on how Kennedy and Johnson dealt with the press
Robert MacNeil on interviewing Rose Kennedy
Sig Mickelson
Sig Mickelson on the presidency of John F. Kennedy and how he handled television as opposed to Richard M. Nixon
Newton N. Minow
Newton Minow on being appointed Chairman of the FCC by John F. Kennedy
Former FCC Chairman Newton Minow on President John F. Kennedy's opinion of ranking the best presidents
Former FCC Chairman Newton Minow on President John F. Kennedy's 1961 speech to the National Association of Broadcasters, where he focused on the openness of the United States' space program to the media
Bill Monroe
Bill Monroe on NBC News' coverage of the Civil Rights Movement, and on covering Martin Luther King, Jr. and his relationship with John F. Kennedy, and on covering the assassinations of the era
Bill Monroe on covering John F. Kennedy for NBC News, and on how Kennedy handled television
Bill Monroe on covering the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis for NBC News
Bill Monroe on NBC News' coverage of the John F. Kennedy assassination and funeral
Thomas W. Moore
Thomas W. Moore on the Kennedy/Nixon debates of 1960
Bill Moyers
Bill Moyers on his part in the Kennedy/Johnson campaign and Kennedy asking him to come to Washington
Bill Moyers on being Assistant Director, then Deputy Director of the Peace Corps and reporting to Sgt. Shriver
Bill Moyers on JFK's assassination
Alan Neuman
Alan Neuman on directing the Kate Smith Hour, and on John F. Kennedy appearing on the show
Alan Neuman on John F. Kennedy appearing on Person to Person
Arthur Penn
Arthur Penn on being an advisor to the John F. Kennedy campaign
Maury Povich
Maury Povich on covering JFK's assassination for radio
Ward Quaal
Ward Quaal on his relationship with John F. Kennedy
Ward Quaal on the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and how it was covered by WGN
Edgar J. Scherick
Edgar Scherick on being the only ABC executive in the office when President John F. Kennedy was shot; on the special ABC programming done at the time
Lalo Schifrin
Lalo Schifrin on composing music for David Wolper's documentaries, including The Making of the President: 1964; on the differences of scoring for TV vs. scoring documentaries
Max Schindler
Max Schindler on directing the coverage of the aftermath of the Kennedy assassination for NBC News
Max Schindler on directing the coverage of the Kennedy assassination for NBC News
Max Schindler on meeting John F. Kennedy in West Virginia during the 1960 Democratic Primary
Max Schindler on covering the Cuban Missile Crisis for WRC and NBC
Max Schindler on television's responsibility to the viewer and the biggest story he's covered
Daniel Schorr
Daniel Schorr on covering the construction of the Berlin Wall for CBS News, and John F. Kennedy's visit to Germany
Chet Simmons
Chet Simmons on the John F. Kennedy assassination and funeral, and on television's coverage of the event
Gary Smith
Gary Smith on dealing with the assassination of John F. Kennedy while producing The Judy Garland Show
Gary Smith on Judy Garland's personal struggles during the run of The Judy Garland Show and on Garland's friendship with then-President John F. Kennedy
Frank Stanton
Frank Stanton on his associations with John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon, and on the Kennedy-Nixon debate
Robert Trout
Robert Trout on covering the assassination of John F. Kennedy
Perry Wolff
Perry Wolff on producing > A Tour of the White House for CBS News featuring Jacqueline Kennedy, First Lady to President John F. Kennedy>
David L. Wolper
David L. Wolper on The Making of the President: 1964