The Five Cities of June
| Movie | |
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| Original title | The Five Cities of June |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1963 |
| length | 27 minutes |
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| Director |
Walter de Hoog Bruce Herschensohn |
| script | Bruce Herschensohn |
| production | George Stevens Jr. |
| music | Bruce Herschensohn |
| cut | Robert Wise |
| occupation | |
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The Five Cities of June is an American short - documentary from 1963. Director led Walter de Hoog and Bruce Herschensohn .
action
The film documents five different events around the world that took place in June 1963:
- In the Vatican from June 3 to June 21, 1963 Paul VI. elected pope.
- On June 16, 1963, as part of the space race , the Soviet Union sent the two rockets Vostok 5 and Vostok 6 into space. Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space.
- Fighting took place between communist Vietnamese and US soldiers in South Vietnam .
- In Tuscaloosa , Alabama , Governor George Wallace spoke out against the integration of "races" at the University of Alabama with the so-called Stand in the Schoolhouse Door .
- On June 26, 1963, John F. Kennedy visited Rudolph-Wilde-Platz in Berlin and gave his famous “ I am a Berliner ” speech
background
Bruce Herschensohn is mentioned as a director, while Walter de Hoog is also mentioned in the opening credits. Herschensohn was also responsible for the music and script. The narrator is from Charlton Heston . The film was made with funding from News of the Day. In the United States, the film belongs to the public domain .
At the Academy Awards in 1964 , the film was nominated for Best Documentary Short Film. Ultimately, however, the award went to Lauro Venturis Chagall , produced by Simon Schiffrin .
Web links
- The Five Cities of June in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ The Five Cities of June, 1963. John F. Kennedy Library, accessed January 16, 2020 .
- ^ The Five Cities of June as a complete film in the Internet Archive
- ^ The Five Cities of June (1963). New York Times, archived from the original ; accessed on January 16, 2020 .