Interviewees discuss the presidency of John F. Kennedy (1961-1963).

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    Bill Moyers on meeting JFK

    01:04
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    Sam Donaldson on President Kennedy's appeal to his generation

    01:41
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    Robert MacNeil on covering the Cuban Missile Crisis

    06:28
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    Betty Cole Dukert on John F. Kennedy's appearances on Meet the Press

    08:44
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    Steve Allen on John F. Kennedy's favorite joke

    01:05
    Thumbnail of Leonard H. Goldenson

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

    01:35
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    William Klages on working on JFK's inauguration, which Frank Sinatra produced

    03:59

    Steve Allen

    Steve Allen on John F. Kennedy's favorite joke

    01:05

    William Bell

    William Bell on Walter Cronkite interrupting As the World Turns to announce President Kennedy had been killed

    02:12

    Donald P. Bellisario

    Donald P. Bellisario on encountering Lee Harvey Oswald in the Marine Corps

    02:39

    David Brinkley

    David Brinkley on covering President John F. Kennedy

    05:19

    David Brinkley on covering John F. Kennedy's assassination

    04:51

    Glen Charles

    Glen Charles on JFK's assassination

    02:00

    Joan Ganz Cooney

    Joan Ganz Cooney on a program she produced on Cuba shortly before the Cuban Missile Crisis

    01:13

    Walter Cronkite

    Walter Cronkite on upsetting John and Bobby Kennedy during an interview when he brought up the Catholic issue during the Presidential campaingn

    03:45

    Sam Donaldson

    Sam Donaldson on President Kennedy's appeal to his generation

    01:41

    Bob Doyle

    Bob Doyle on directing the pool coverage of the 1960 conventions, and on working with Richard M. Nixon

    01:37

    Betty Cole Dukert

    Betty Cole Dukert on Meet the Press in Los Angeles for the 1960 Democratic Primary

    11:28

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

    08:44

    Reuven Frank

    Reuven Frank on the 1960 Democratic primary with John F. Kennedy

    05:11

    Reuven Frank on election night coverage in 1960, John F. Kennedy against Richard Nixon

    05:43

    Reuven Frank on the 1960 elections, John F. Kennedy against Richard Nixon

    05:38

    Leonard H. Goldenson

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

    01:36

    Leonard H. Goldenson on the network aftermath of JFK's assassination

    00:52

    Julian Goodman

    Julian Goodman on observing the first Kennedy-Nixon debate in Chicago and prepping to produce the second debate

    02:50

    Julian Goodman on the second Kennedy-Nixon debate in Washington, D.C.

    06:21

    Julian Goodman on covering Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis

    01:16

    Julian Goodman on NBC's coverage of JFK's assassination

    08:17

    Julian Goodman on the significance of the Great Debates

    01:09

    Julian Goodman on producing the second of The Great Debates

    02:54

    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

    02:47

    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

    12:47

    Lucy Jarvis on producing the documentary The Kremlin  for NBC News

    04:24

    Lucy Jarvis on filming The Kremlin  during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962

    07:33

    William Klages

    William Klages on working on JFK's inauguration, which Frank Sinatra produced

    03:59

    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

    02:38

    Ted Koppel

    Ted Koppel on reporting on JFK's assassination for ABC radio

    02:21

    Perry Lafferty

    Perry Lafferty on on having John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon on Person to Person

    08:43

    Jim Lehrer

    Jim Lehrer on covering the assassination of John F. Kennedy

    15:51

    Jim Lehrer on the JFK Memorial in Dallas

    03:11

    Stewart MacGregory

    Stewart MacGregory on acting as unit manager for NBC's coverage of the 1960 Presidential Elections 

    06:21

    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

    10:17

    Robert MacNeil

    Robert MacNeil on covering the Cuban Missile Crisis

    08:35

    Robert MacNeil on covering the Cuban Missile Crisis

    06:28

    Robert MacNeil on covering the Cold War in East Berlin

    07:05

    Robert MacNeil on covering the Kennedy White House and Barry Goldwater's 1964 campaign 

    03:59

    Robert MacNeil on covering the assassination of John F. Kennedy in Dallas for NBC News

    22:06

    Robert MacNeil on covering the aftermath of the Kennedy assassination in Dallas for NBC News

    14:19

    Robert MacNeil on how Kennedy and Johnson dealt with the press

    11:32

    Robert MacNeil on interviewing Rose Kennedy

    05:30

    Sig Mickelson

    Sig Mickelson on the presidency of John F. Kennedy and how he handled television as opposed to Richard M. Nixon

    02:47

    Newton N. Minow

    Newton Minow on being appointed Chairman of the FCC by John F. Kennedy

    13:18

    Former FCC Chairman Newton Minow on President John F. Kennedy's opinion of ranking the best presidents

    02:31

    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

    06:37

    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

    04:09

    Bill Monroe on covering John F. Kennedy for NBC News, and on how Kennedy handled television

    06:08

    Bill Monroe on covering the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis for NBC News

    03:37

    Bill Monroe on NBC News' coverage of the John F. Kennedy assassination and funeral

    03:50

    Thomas W. Moore

    Thomas W. Moore on the Kennedy/Nixon debates of 1960

    05:51

    Bill Moyers

    Bill Moyers on his part in the Kennedy/Johnson campaign and Kennedy asking him to come to Washington

    03:03

    Bill Moyers on being Assistant Director, then Deputy Director of the Peace Corps and reporting to Sgt. Shriver

    03:18

    Bill Moyers on JFK's assassination

    03:01

    Alan Neuman

    Alan Neuman on directing the Kate Smith Hour, and on John F. Kennedy appearing on the show

    08:06

    Alan Neuman on John F. Kennedy appearing on Person to Person

    03:43

    Arthur Penn

    Arthur Penn on being an advisor to the John F. Kennedy campaign

    06:00

    Maury Povich

    Maury Povich on covering JFK's assassination for radio

    01:43

    Ward Quaal

    Ward Quaal on his relationship with John F. Kennedy

    04:58

    Ward Quaal on the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and how it was covered by WGN

    02:26

    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

    03:05

    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

    01:55

    Max Schindler

    Max Schindler on directing the coverage of the aftermath of the Kennedy assassination for NBC News

    02:46

    Max Schindler on directing the coverage of the Kennedy assassination for NBC News

    08:41

    Max Schindler on meeting John F. Kennedy in West Virginia during the 1960 Democratic Primary

    03:49

    Max Schindler on covering the Cuban Missile Crisis for WRC and NBC

    02:59

    Max Schindler on television's responsibility to the viewer and the biggest story he's covered

    01:48

    Daniel Schorr

    Daniel Schorr on covering the construction of the Berlin Wall for CBS News, and John F. Kennedy's visit to Germany

    02:25

    Chet Simmons

    Chet Simmons on the John F. Kennedy assassination and funeral, and on television's coverage of the event

    04:20

    Gary Smith

    Gary Smith on dealing with the assassination of John F. Kennedy while producing The Judy Garland Show

    03:38

    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

    03:06

    Frank Stanton

    Frank Stanton on his associations with John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon, and on the Kennedy-Nixon debate

    04:32

    Robert Trout

    Robert Trout on covering the assassination of John F. Kennedy

    01:46

    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>

    11:46

    David L. Wolper

    David L. Wolper on The Making of the President: 1964

    05:57

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