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1) Parkland
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
A recounting of the chaotic events that occurred at Dallas' Parkland Hospital on the day U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Featuring Oscar-winners Marcia Gay Harden and Billy Bob Thornton.
Publisher
Distributed by New Video
Pub. Date
©2009
Language
English
Description
A look at the assassination of JFK and the days that followed while examining the aftermath, and controversies that emerged. This documentary uses unique, rarely seen and heard contemporary footage, including home movies, Dallas police dispatch radio recordings, and raw news footage.
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
In January 1961, a new generation in the guise of John F. Kennedy moved into the White House. All of a sudden politics were youthful, dynamic and sexy. Jackie Kennedy was to compare her husband's presidency with Camelot, the legendary court of King Arthur. Yet there were also dark sides to this popular president's life: countless affairs and illness. Rare footage from the private archives of the Kennedys provides an intimate view of the legendary...
Publisher
National Geographic Channel
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Reveals rarely seen archival footage that has been digitally captured and assembled into a detailed timeline. Included is footage capturing the real-time horror of parade-goers who witnessed the killing, the out-of-breath local anchors reporting the breaking news bulletin, the priest who describes administering the president's last rites and the ongoing, on-air speculation over who fired the fatal shots. Includes news footage, radio reports, audio...
5) JFK
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
This film explores Kennedy's childhood years as the privileged but sickly son of one of the wealthiest men in America, his early political career as a lackluster congressman, his successful run for the U.S. Senate, and the game-changing presidential campaign that made him the youngest elected president in U.S. history.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In this probing biography, American Experience presents a fresh look at an enigmatic man who remains one of the nation's most beloved and mourned leaders, John F. Kennedy. Beginning with Kennedy's childhood years as the privileged but sickly son of one of the wealthiest men in America, the film explores his early political career as a lackluster congressman, his successful run for the U.S. Senate, and the game-changing presidential campaign that made...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In this probing biography, American Experience presents a fresh look at an enigmatic man who remains one of the nation's most beloved and mourned leaders, John F. Kennedy. Beginning with Kennedy's childhood years as the privileged but sickly son of one of the wealthiest men in America, the film explores his early political career as a lackluster congressman, his successful run for the U.S. Senate, and the game-changing presidential campaign that made...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In this probing biography, American Experience presents a fresh look at an enigmatic man who remains one of the nation's most beloved and mourned leaders, John F. Kennedy. Beginning with Kennedy's childhood years as the privileged but sickly son of one of the wealthiest men in America, the film explores his early political career as a lackluster congressman, his successful run for the U.S. Senate, and the game-changing presidential campaign that made...
9) 11.22.63
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
On November 22, 1963, President Kennedy was killed in Dallas and the world changed forever. But what if it could be changed back? James Franco stars as Jake Epping, an English teacher who accepts the monumental mission of trying to prevent the assassination of JFK. Luckily, he has the help of Sadie Dunhill (Sarah Gadon), a resourceful librarian who's trying to reconcile secrets of her own. Executive produced by J.J. Abrams and based upon the bestselling...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Premiering on the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missle Crisis, this film focuses on three central figures in the crisis -- President John F. Kennedy, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and Cuban leader Fidel Castro. On October 22, 1962, President John F. Kennedy informed the world that the Soviet Union was building secret missile bases on the island of Cuba, 90 miles off the shores of Florida. The events of the next, tension-filled 13 days, known as...
11) Jackie
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A searing and intimate portrait of one of the most important and tragic moments in American history, seen through the eyes of the iconic First Lady, then Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy. The film places us in her world during the days immediately following her husband's assassination. Known for her extraordinary dignity and poise, here we see a psychological portrait of the First Lady as she struggles to maintain her husband's legacy and the world of a...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Five of the most credible theories surrounding the murder of President John F. Kennedy on that fateful day in Dallas. Examine the evidence of one of the most famous murder cases in American History, with new interviews from expert investigators, researchers, and doctors, combined with the accounts of former FBI Agents, CIA operatives and KGB members. This program will allow you to review the possibilities of suspects responsible for the murder of...
Publisher
Screen Media Films
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Washington DC, 1963. John F. Kennedy's young administration is starting to hit its stride. However, behind the scenes the winds of discontent are swirling. Adam Stafford is a thirteen-year-old who has his own problems to deal with. He's a bit of a loner who spends too much time wrapped up in his own thoughts. But, Adam spies a beautiful naked woman in the house across the street, and his curiosity is inflamed. Catherine Caswell is a stunning beauty...
Series
Criterion collection volume 808
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
In 1960, a filmmaking group was granted direct access to John F. Kennedy, filming him on the campaign trail and eventually in the Oval Office. This resulted in three films of remarkable, behind-closed-doors intimacy, Primary, Adventures on the New Frontier, and Crisis, and, following the president's assassination, the poetic short Faces of November. Collected here are all four of these titles, early exemplars of the movement known as Direct Cinema....
Series
Criterion collection volume 808
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
17) Kennedy
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Centers on the presidential years and the loves, lives, triumphs and tragedies of one of the most controversial families of the 20th century. Covers historical events such as the Bay of Pigs invasion, the violent racial turmoil, the escalation of America's involvement in Vietnam and the Cuban Missle Crisis. Explores the private life of Kennedy, the tragic death of his infant son and his chronic womanizing. He was scrutinized by the FBI under the leadership...
19) The Kennedys
Publisher
Kennedys Production (Ontario), inc
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Television miniseries chronicling the lives of the Kennedys during the 1960s. Dramatizes the scandal, tragedy, public greatness and private frailty of America's first "royal" family during one of the most momentous decades in history.
20) Thirteen Days
Series
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the real-life events that took place in the Kennedy White House during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
For thirteen extraordinary days in October, 1962, the world stood on the brink of an unthinkable catastrophe. After the discovery of Soviet weapons in Cuba, events and tension escalate between two military superpowers and within the White House. President John F. Kennedy and Special Assistant to the President Kenneth P. O'Donnell are in the...
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