Primary

Primary (1960)

6.5 53 min Movie
Documentary

Primary is a documentary film about the primary elections between John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey in 1960. Primary is the first documentary to use light equipment in order to follow their subjects in a more intimate filmmaking style. This unconventional way of filming created a new look for documentary films where the camera’s lens was right in the middle of what ever drama was occurring. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 1998.

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Cast

John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy Self
Hubert H. Humphrey Hubert H. Humphrey Self
Jacqueline Kennedy Jacqueline Kennedy Self
Robert F. Kennedy Robert F. Kennedy Self
Muriel Humphrey Muriel Humphrey Self
Robert Drew Robert Drew Self
Joseph McBride Joseph McBride Self - Kennedy Volunteer
Joseph Julian Joseph Julian Narrator (voice)
Philleo Nash Philleo Nash Self
Pierre Salinger Pierre Salinger Self (uncredited)
Clement John Zablocki Clement John Zablocki Self (uncredited)

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