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The Five Cities of June

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The Five Cities of June
Directed byBruce Herschensohn
Written byBruce Herschensohn
Produced byGeorge Stevens Jr.
Narrated byCharlton Heston
Music byBernhard Kaun
Distributed byUnited States Information Agency
Release date
  • 1963 (1963)
Running time
36 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Five Cities of June is a 1963 American short documentary film directed by Bruce Herschensohn. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.[1][2]

This United States Information Agency-sponsored film details the events of June 1963 in five cities. In the Vatican, the election and coronation of Pope Paul VI; in the Soviet Union, the launch of a Soviet rocket as part of the Space Race with the United States; in South Vietnam, fighting between Communists and South Vietnamese soldiers; in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States, the racial integration of the University of Alabama opposed by Governor George Wallace; and in Berlin, President John F. Kennedy's visit to Germany and Rudolph Wilde Platz.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ "The Five Cities of June (1963)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2012. Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved November 29, 2008.
  2. ^ "The 36th Academy Awards (1964) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
  3. ^ The Five Cities of June, 1963, JFK Presidential Library
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