Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment
United States • 1963
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Synopsis
CRISIS: BEHIND A PRESIDENTIAL COMMITMENT provided filmmaker Robert Drew, his crew and his audience the rare opportunity to watch a President of the United States deal with a national crisis. In this case, the crisis of the title was the attempted integration of the University of Alabama by African-American students by the Kennedy Administration and the machinations of then Governor George Wallace to stop them.
Synopsis
CRISIS: BEHIND A PRESIDENTIAL COMMITMENT provided filmmaker Robert Drew, his crew and his audience the rare opportunity to watch a President of the United States deal with a national crisis. In this case, the crisis of the title was the attempted integration of the University of Alabama by African-American students by the Kennedy Administration and the machinations of then Governor George Wallace to stop them.
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Cast
James Lipscombas Narrator
John F. Kennedyas Self
George Wallaceas Self
Robert F. Kennedyas Self
Vivian Maloneas Self
James Hoodas Self
Nicholas Katzenbachas Self