Adventures on the New Frontier

Adventures on the New Frontier 1961

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A look at the daily business of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, with a focus on some of the political issues he faces six weeks into his term. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007.

  • Released: 1961-03-28
  • Runtime: 52 minutes
  • Genre: Documentary, TV Movie
  • Stars: John Kenneth Galbraith, Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia, Robert F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, Pierre Salinger, Joseph Julian, McGeorge Bundy, Hubert H. Humphrey, John Steinbeck, John F. Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Arthur Goldberg, Gerhard Mennen Williams, Evelyn Lincoln, Paul B. Fay Jr., Kenneth P. O'Donnell, Walter W. Heller, John J. McCloy, Albert Gore Sr., Theodore Sorensen
  • Director: D. A. Pennebaker, Albert Maysles, Kenneth Stilson, Richard Leacock