JFK's Journey to the White House | Kennedy

Kennedy embarks on an unprecedented 5-year campaign for the presidency, revolutionizing modern campaigning and the use of television in this video from "Kennedy".

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Narrated by Emmy Award®-winner Peter Coyote, the 3-night event chronicles the remarkable life, enduring legacy, and ambitious leadership of John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States.

Marking 60 years since JFK’s assassination, “Kennedy” is the new eight-part docuseries from director and composer Ashton Gleckman, Gleckman’s production company Blackbird Pictures and Academy Award®-winning production company RadicalMedia. Narrated by Emmy Award®-winner Peter Coyote, the 3-night event chronicles the remarkable life, enduring legacy, and ambitious leadership of John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States. The story unfolds through a cinematic library of archival materials and over 70 new interviews from those well-versed in JFK’s history including comedian Conan O’Brian, JFK’s niece Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, actor Bruce Greenwood and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Eileen McNamara.

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[leslieperkins]

Can you imagine either candidate refusing to debate the other? Refusing to appear on the debate stage? Neither can I. Kennedy was an inspiration to so many.

[suemankins]

One of the most traumatic and tragic acts in History

[lemorab]

Back in 1960, the Kennedy Family produced a documentary about JFK campaigning all over the country, flying in his plane, Caroline. It really laid on the staunch Catholic husband and father image, even showing JFK saying his prayers before bedtime. I watched this on TV early in that year. I've never seen it since, but keep hoping it will pop up on YouTube.

[AngelinaCruz]

It was a fierce debate! The debate between Nixon and Kennedy was the best debate I've heard between 2 presidential candidates. They talked about different issues that affected the United States 🇺🇸 and their resolutions.

[fleece]

Great video, certain things in life you always remember. I was in third grade. At a catholic school. We went into the church and prayed.

[Swifty]

When this man spoke....people stopped and listened. He way with words was astonishing. I wish I woulda been alive when he was our leader. RIP JFK!!

[brianreid]

What the world 🌎 could have been had he would have lived

[spockboy]

IF Kennedy had been a Protestant and not a Catholic, he would have cleaned Nixon's clock. A lot of people had a problem with a Catholic in the Whitehouse back then.

[弘历爱新觉罗]

Greatest POTUS throughout 20th Century，R.I.P Jack Kennedy

[sm]

Extraordinary oratory, humor. Above all his youth. In a bio I read that the VP Johnson annoyed by missing of his name in various gatherings in the WH phoned to find out whether it was by mistake his name got omitted. Someone conveyed this to JFK and pat came his humor: So he got it confirmed that it wasn't a mistake.

[Kingjulian]

RIP JFK. Youngest President to Die and The First President to be born in the 20th Century
✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽 🦅🦅🦅 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 🪦🪦🪦

[transylvanianite]

He was Gift sent by God to save the world, but only for a short time.

[Barnabas]

Back when American voters where educated and had a basic knowledge in what they were voting for!

[timburr]

That is impressive when you think about it. 5 times Nixon was on the top ticket either as Prez or VP. 1952, 1956, 1960, 1968, 1972. That is absolutely a formidable political heavyweight

[aliciashear]

Greatest leader I've seen or learned about.

[oootkarsh]

Dude didn't get to see his dream of humans on the moon. And they really did go to the moon. That's the saddest thing ever. RIP Legend.

[jampasurprenant]

This is my first time to see and watch the Kennedy elections back in the early sixty.

[ApprenPlayer]

It's been 60 years without JFK. America lost its icon at 19:00 UTC on 11/22/1963.

[SkullCrusherking]

I told my uncle ....i believe this countrys best leaders and decades are behind agreed😮😮😮

[overly]

nobody's gonna talk about Conan O' Brien showing up?