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.
Robert Drew
as Self
Hubert H. Humphrey
as Self
Muriel Buck Humphrey
as Self
Joseph Julian
as Narrator (voice)
Jacqueline Kennedy
as Self
John F. Kennedy
as Self
Robert F. Kennedy
as Self
Joseph McBride
as Self - Kennedy Volunteer
Philleo Nash
as Self
Pierre Salinger
as Self (uncredited)
Clement John Zablocki
as Self (uncredited)
