A PRESIDENT TO REMEMBER: IN THE COMPANY OF JOHN F. KENNEDY - 9:30 P.M. (HBO)

On the 50th anniversary of the inauguration of President Kennedy, Robert Drew combines film footage from four of his documentaries from the early 1960s (“Primary,” “Adventures on the New Frontier,” “Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment” and “Faces of November”) to create an overview of Kennedy’s life, from his campaign as a young senator to his assassination in 1963. Using critical moments captured by Mr. Drew and his associates, Albert Maysles, D. A. Pennebaker, Richard Leacock, Hope Ryden and James Lipscomb, the film follows Kennedy as he meets with union workers as a fledgling candidate; watches approvingly as his wife, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, gives a stump speech; strategizes with staffers about election tactics; deals with the Soviet Union and Nikita S. Khrushchev during the Cuban missile crisis; and works with his attorney general, his brother Robert F. Kennedy, during a showdown with Gov. George Wallace over the integration of the University of Alabama. The documentary, narrated by Alec Baldwin, ends with scenes of a grieving nation. - NYTimes

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