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A Private Decision

"This film traces the 1968 presidential election, from the earliest primary campaigning in New Hampshire to President-Elect Nixon's morning-after victory speech. The film touches on important election events and issues, and adheres to the main theme of Americans' personal involvement in choosing political leaders" (US National Archives).

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  • Richard Nixon

    Richard Nixon

    Self

  • Eugene McCarthy

    Eugene McCarthy

    Self

  • Paul Newman

    Paul Newman

    Self

  • Pat Nixon

    Pat Nixon

    Self

  • Hubert H. Humphrey

    Hubert H. Humphrey

    Self

Overview

"This film traces the 1968 presidential election, from the earliest primary campaigning in New Hampshire to President-Elect Nixon's morning-after victory speech. The film touches on important election events and issues, and adheres to the main theme of Americans' personal involvement in choosing political leaders" (US National Archives).

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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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