Primary

Primary (1960)

6.4/10 36 votes 0h 53m HD

Overview

Primary is a documentary film about the primary elections between John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey in 1960. Primary is the first documentary to use light equipment in order to follow their subjects in a more intimate filmmaking style. This unconventional way of filming created a new look for documentary films where the camera’s lens was right in the middle of what ever drama was occurring. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 1998.

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Cast

Muriel Humphrey

Muriel Humphrey

Self

Hubert H. Humphrey

Hubert H. Humphrey

Self

Jacqueline Kennedy

Jacqueline Kennedy

Self

John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

Self

Robert F. Kennedy

Robert F. Kennedy

Self

Joseph McBride

Joseph McBride

Self - Kennedy Volunteer

Pierre Salinger

Pierre Salinger

Self (uncredited)