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THE MAKING OF THE PRESIDENT: 1960 (1963)

Documentary Special

Synopsis

Based on Theodore H. White's Pulitzer Prize winning best-seller, the film depicts the dramatic Kennedy-Nixon campaign for the Presidency in 1960.


Total Run Time 90 Mins

Main Credits

Writer Theodore H. White
Executive Producer David L. Wolper
Producer Mel Stuart
Director Mel Stuart
Narrator Martin Gabel
Editor William T. Cartwright
Composer Elmer Bernstein
Wolper Awards

Full Credit List

Based on the Pulitzer Prize Winning book by Theodore H. White
Writer Theodore H. White
Film Research Jules North
Research William Edgar
Executive Producer David L. Wolper
Producer Mel Stuart
Business Administrator Harvey Bernhard
Director Mel Stuart
Narrator Martin Gabel
Production Coordinator Bert Gold
Production Assistant Jack Mulcahy
Additional Photography Kennedy Staff and Family Photographs Jacques Lowe
Special Photography William Banks
Special Photography Alfred Wertheimer
Sound Engineer Jerry Ow Young
Editor William T. Cartwright
Assistant Editor Frank Decot
Assistant Editor Fred Kaplan
Associate Editor Nicholas Clapp
Music Editor Jack Tillar
Sound Editor Morton Tubor
Composer Elmer Bernstein
Acknowledgements KBTV- Denver, KHJ- Los Angeles, KLON- Lincoln, KRON- San Francisco, KYW- Cleveland, WAGA- Atlanta, WAII- Atlanta, WBNS- Columbus, WBRZ- Baton Rouge, WDAU- Scranton, WDBO- Orlando, WFBC- Binghamton, WNHC- New Haven, WPRO- Providence, WSAZ- Charleston, WTIC, Census Department of the United States, Time Incorporated, U.S. Signal Corps, Hearst Metroton News, The Press Secretaries of All the Candidates
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Rare archives and photos from THE MAKING OF THE PRESIDENT: 1960 can be found at the David L. Wolper Center at USC
David L. Wolper Center at USC
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