History Film / CrisisBehindAPresidentialCommitment

The first two black students at the university, Vivian Malone and James Hood, were arriving for enrollment on June 10. A similar moment when James Meredith integrated the University of Mississippi a year earlier had led to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ole_Miss_riot_of_1962 a white racist riot]] ending in two deaths and much destruction of property, so President Kennedy – along with his brother, U.S. Attorney General UsefulNotes/RobertFKennedy – sought for a way to get Malone and Hood safely enrolled in accordance with the judge's order, while allowing Wallace to save face and avoid violence.

The first two black students at the university, Vivian Malone and James Hood, were arriving in June 1963. A similar moment when James Meredith integrated the University of Mississippi in 1962 had led to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ole_Miss_riot_of_1962 a white racist riot]] which ended in two deaths and much destruction of property. President Kennedy and his brother, Attorney General Robert Kennedy, seek to find a way to get Malone and Hood enrolled in accordance with the judge's order, while allowing Wallace to save face and avoiding violence.

Compare ''Film/{{Primary}}'', a Drew documentary about the 1960 Wisconsin Democratic primary in which Drew had similar fly-on-the-wall access to JFK as well as his opponent Hubert Humphrey.

* HeatWave: Nicholas Kaltenbach tells Robert Kennedy's little daughter that it's 98 degrees in Alabama and "we're all gonna get hardship pay."

* TitleDrop: This is an account of a crisis, and a story behind a presidential commitment."

* {{Documentary}}: A TV documentary short about the integration of the University of Alabama on June 10-11, 1963.

Drew's cameras were granted unlimited access to the Kennedy brothers, as well as George Wallace, as events unfolded. ''Crisis'' was first shown on Creator/{{ABC}} television in October 1963, four months after it was filmed and only a month before John F. Kennedy was assassinated. The film was added to the UsefulNotes/NationalFilmRegistry in 2011.

Compare ''Film/{{Primary}}'', a Drew documentary about the 1960 Wisconsin primary in which Drew had similar fly-on-the-wall access to Kennedy as well as Kennedy's opponent Hubert Humphrey.

''Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment'' is a 1963 documentary by Robert Drew.

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Drew's cameras were granted unlimited access to the Kennedy brothers, as well as George Wallace, as events unfolded. ''Crisis'' was first shown on Creator/{{ABC}} television in October 1963, four months after it was filmed and only a month before John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Compare ''Film/{{Primary}}'', a Drew documentary about the 1960 Wisconsin primary in which Drew had similar fly-on-the-wall access to Kennedy as well as Kennedy's opponent Hubert Humphrey.

It is a record of the June 1963 "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_in_the_Schoolhouse_Door Stand in the Schoolhouse Door]]", regarding the court-mandated racial integration of the University of Alabama, the opposition to the same from Governor George Wallace, and the subsequent intervention by President UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy.

It is a record of the June 1963 "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_in_the_Schoolhouse_Door Stand in the Schoolhouse Door]]", regarding the racial integration of the University of Alabama, the opposition to the same from Governor George Wallace, and the subsequent intervention by President UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy.

It is a record of the June 1963 "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_in_the_Schoolhouse_Door Stand in the Schoolhouse Door]]", regarding the racial integration of the University of Alabama, the opposition to the same from Governor George Wallace, and the intervention by President UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy.

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* VillainOpeningScene: The first shots are of George Wallace at the Alabama state capitol.

Drew's cameras were granted unlimited access to the Kennedy brothers, as well as George Wallace, as events unfolded. ''Crisis'' was first shown on Creator/{{ABC}} television in October 1963, four months after it was filmed and only a month before John F. Kennedy was murdered. Compare ''Film/{{Primary}}'', a Drew documentary about the 1960 Wisconsin primary in which Drew had similar fly-on-the-wall access to Kennedy as well as Kennedy's opponent Hubert Humphrey.

Drew's cameras were granted unlimited access to the Kennedy brothers, as well as George Wallace, as events unfolded. ''Crisis'' was first shown on American television in October 1963, four months after it was filmed and only a month before John F. Kennedy was murdered. Compare ''Film/{{Primary}}'', a Drew documentary about the 1960 Wisconsin primary in which Drew had similar fly-on-the-wall access to Kennedy as well as Kennedy's opponent Hubert Humphrey.

It is a record of the June 1963 "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_in_the_Schoolhouse_Door Stand in the Schoolhouse Door]]", regarding integration of the University of Alabama. The first two black students at the university, Vivian Malone and James Hood, were arriving in June 1963. A similar moment when James Meredith integrated the University of Mississippi in 1962 led to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ole_Miss_riot_of_1962 a white racist riot]] that ended in two deaths and much destruction of property. President UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy and his brother Attorney General Robert Kennedy seek to find a way to get Malone and Hood enrolled in accordance with the judge's order, while allowing Wallace to save face and avoiding violence.

* ExtremelyBriefTimespan: The opening narration says events take place over only 30 hours.

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