Primary

Primary (1960)

Not Rated Documentary, History, News • 1h 0m
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It's the tail end of winter in 1960. U.S. Senators Hubert Humphrey and John Kennedy seek the Democratic Party's nomination for President. Wisconsin's primary - one of the few direct primaries at the time - is on April 5. We see both candidates on the road; it's retail politics, shaking hands, signing autographs, smiling. We hear part of a standard stump speech from Kennedy; we watch Humphrey talk to farmers in a rural hall. Kennedy is favored. We see his wife, his brother Robert briefly, and on election night his sisters Pat and Eunice. Jacqueline speaks a few words of Polish at a Milwaukee rally. The returns come in; it's on to Indiana and West Virginia.

Robert Drew
Director
Robert Drew
Writer
Robert Drew, Hubert H. Humphrey, Muriel Buck Humphrey
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Language: English
Awards: 1 win
Country: United States
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7.1

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