Adventures on the New Frontier

March. 28,1961

Rating：

6.5

Genre：

Documentary TV Movie

Keywords：

Preserved Film

Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

John F. Kennedy as Self

Jacqueline Kennedy as Self

Hubert H. Humphrey as Self

Robert F. Kennedy as Self

John Kenneth Galbraith as Self

Pierre Salinger as Self

Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia as Self

John Steinbeck as Self

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