

Primary
Visit website6.4/10 • 36
1960-11-08 • 0h 53m
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.
- Directors
- Robert Drew
- Writters
- Robert Drew
- Editors
- Richard Leacock

Primary
Visit website1960-11-08 • 0h 53m
6.4/10 • 36
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.
- Directors
- Robert Drew
- Writters
- Robert Drew
- Editors
- Richard Leacock
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsRobert Drew
Self
Hubert H. Humphrey
Self
Muriel Buck Humphrey
Self
Joseph Julian
Narrator (voice)
Jacqueline Kennedy
Self
John F. Kennedy
Self
Robert F. Kennedy
Self
Joseph McBride
Self - Kennedy Volunteer
Philleo Nash
Self
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- Original Language
- English
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- Keywords
- usa presidentelection campaignpresidential electionstagingmediademocracydirect cinemapreserved film