In the week that marks the anniversary of President
Kennedy's death in Dallas 25 years ago, BBC2 presents the first of two remarkable documentaries which pioneered the techniques of cinéma-vérité to capture
Kennedy on film. In Primary, being shown for the first time on British television, the cameras of LEACOCK,
PENNEBAKER, and MAYSLES follow the young senator from Massachusetts through public meetings, winter landscapes and screaming crowds, as he runs for
President in the Wisconsin Primary Election against
SENATORHUBERTH. HUMPHREY Executive producer ROBERT DREW Cameramen RICHARD LEACOCK
D.A. PENNEBAKER, ALBERT MAYSLES (Tomorrow night at 11.20pm on BBC2: John F. Kennedy - Crisis') (This programme replaces 'The
Natural World' re/erred to in 'Catch This!' page 117)
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