IFP:130 "At Home With the Kennedys"

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Published 2016-09-13
IFP:130 "At Home With the Kennedys" introduced Senator John F. Kennedy and his family to his Massachusetts constituents, who were encouraged to call in with questions that Kennedy could answer on-air. This program aired on 28 October 1958.

Copyright status: This film is in the public domain. Please credit, Bill Lyons. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.

All Comments (21)
  • I wish I could call President Kennedy to tell him thank you for being one of the greatest Presidents in the world. May his soul rest in peace.
  • @kdfulton3152
    What an absolute gem! And now Jean is gone too. What great memories. I noticed how Bobby named his two oldest children after his siblings who died, Joe III and Kathleen. These are just absolute treasures.
  • @pattychilds3003
    This has been so awesome The family, the babies, and President Kennedy taking the time to sit in real life as the answer the phones, he answers the questions so fast and intelligent. A great family.
  • @MCO18
    "Jackie and I have been in every cornah of Massachusetts."
  • @raulmacias1311
    My eyes well up with tears when Senator Kennedy goes over and joins his wife and daughter. I was 6 years old and at school on November 22,1963 when our Beloved President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was so brutally taken from us. I thought to myself, who would want to hurt our President? His wonderful picture was placed on our schoolroom wall alongside Presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. I now say, what dastardly cowards took aim at this great man and shot him down in the presence of his wife!
  • @thejerseyj1636
    A truly bygone age. A whole 60 something years ago ? I for one, miss it badly. Only caught a glimpse but I do remember. Rose? A natural hostess. Wen were so refined then. Gems !!
  • @corymh9150
    Such a visionary. Simply on another level from anyone else running then and especially now.
  • Just look at how well these Women present themselves. Their appearance, their choice of words and speaking manner, even their posture while sitting. Such fantastic Women, all of them!
  • @songbird3675
    What an amazing video, I am so glad I stumbled onto it... 😁
  • I love to learn about past President's and seeing how they were interviewed before I was born. From what I've learned about President Kennedy is how he handled the Cuban Missle Crises.
  • @TRYtoHELPyou
    I ❀this, thanks for having these videos and sharing them with us all. so nice to see civility.
  • @sarax3967
    Great footage, thanks for posting this.
  • @lucywatson9316
    Why was this exactly like listening to my mum and grandma gossip about my siblings and cousins πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚
  • @robyndowney2233
    JFK certainly wasn't public shy and very much interested in having public contact - a point that was made at the time of his sad passing, particularly in regard to the open vehicle/s of the motorcade. In this historic film footage, the fact that his mother, sister and his wife were taking calls from the public for him to answer at home, like telephone operators, is a classic example of how much time he and they all had for the ordinary women and men. RIP President JF Kennedy. πŸ™‚πŸ™πŸ™πŸ™πŸ™πŸŒ·πŸŒΊπŸŒΈ