John F. Kennedy

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation Presents

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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

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

Highlights

Bill Moyers on meeting JFK

01:04

Sam Donaldson on President Kennedy's appeal to his generation

01:41

Robert MacNeil on covering the Cuban Missile Crisis

06:28

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

08:44

Steve Allen on John F. Kennedy's favorite joke

01:05

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

01:35

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

03:59

Who talked about this topic

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 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 producing the second of The Great Debates

02:54

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

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 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 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 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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