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Cinéma vérité feature that follows presidential hopefuls John F. Kennedy and Hubert H. Humphrey during the 1960 Wisconsin primary.Cinéma vérité feature that follows presidential hopefuls John F. Kennedy and Hubert H. Humphrey during the 1960 Wisconsin primary.Cinéma vérité feature that follows presidential hopefuls John F. Kennedy and Hubert H. Humphrey during the 1960 Wisconsin primary.
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- TriviaIn the beginning when Kennedy is smoking a cigar and the poll results are told to him, the audio picks up Kennedy uttering "well, fuck". The only reason this was captured on audio is because Robert Drew hid a microphone in Kennedy's ashtray.
- GoofsWhen Jacqueline Kennedy is singing along with supporters at a campaign rally, her lips are not in sync.
- ConnectionsEdited into ABC News Close-Up: Adventures on the New Frontier (1961)
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Looking back over 50 years the brief and tragic presidency of John F. Kennedy it
has an air of inevitability about it. But in my 13 year at the time there was nothing inevitable about it. The great Kennedy machine as it came to be known
flexed its muscles first in the Wisconsin primary in 1960.
The traditional first primary of New Hampshire was disregarded that year as it was conceded to New Englander John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts. Wisconsin which had the oldest of primaries with a mixed population, but next door to JFK's challenger Hubert Humphrey from Minnesota was the real test.
Could a Catholic be elected President? That was the issue, the only one nominated by a major party Alfred E. Smith took a shellacking in 1928. However there were lots of differences between Al Smith and Jack Kennedy too numerous to mention.
From 1956 to 1960 the wealthy Kennedy family organized a 50 state machine second to none. Poor Humphrey never had a chance.
The film without a word of commentary shows the glamorous Kennedys and the excitement around them and Humphrey talking to small knots of people trying to retail votes. When JFK passes his first real test before the voters it's pretty obvious why.
Primary is a real must for any student of the period.
The traditional first primary of New Hampshire was disregarded that year as it was conceded to New Englander John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts. Wisconsin which had the oldest of primaries with a mixed population, but next door to JFK's challenger Hubert Humphrey from Minnesota was the real test.
Could a Catholic be elected President? That was the issue, the only one nominated by a major party Alfred E. Smith took a shellacking in 1928. However there were lots of differences between Al Smith and Jack Kennedy too numerous to mention.
From 1956 to 1960 the wealthy Kennedy family organized a 50 state machine second to none. Poor Humphrey never had a chance.
The film without a word of commentary shows the glamorous Kennedys and the excitement around them and Humphrey talking to small knots of people trying to retail votes. When JFK passes his first real test before the voters it's pretty obvious why.
Primary is a real must for any student of the period.
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- Vorwahlkampf
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- Darlington, Wisconsin, USA(Kennedy's motorcade passes the Lafayette County Courthouse)
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- $200,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour
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- 1.37 : 1
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