From the Brink of War (October 1962 - June 1963) - Production & Contact Info

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Name	Known for
John F. Kennedy Self - President of the United States 1961 - 1963 (archive footage) Self - President of the United States 1961 - 1963 (archive footage) See fewer	Profiles in Courage (1964)
Sid Davis Self - Former White House Correspondent Self - Former White House Correspondent See fewer	LBJ: Triumph and Tragedy (2022)
Bruce Greenwood Self - Actor, John F. Kennedy, Thirteen Days (2000). Self - Actor, John F. Kennedy, Thirteen Days (2000). See fewer	Star Trek (2009)
Richard Neal Self - U.S. Congressman, MA 1st District (as Rep. Richard Neal) Self - U.S. Congressman, MA 1st District (as Rep. Richard Neal) See fewer	Kennedy (2023)
Serhii Plokhy Self - Author, 'Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis' Self - Author, 'Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis' See fewer	Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War (2024)
Jeffrey Engel Self - Director of the Center for Presidential History, Southern Methodist University (as Jeffrey A. Engel) Self - Director of the Center for Presidential History, Southern Methodist University (as Jeffrey A. Engel) See fewer	Statecraft: The Bush 41 Team (2020)
Michael Dobbs Self - Author, 'One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War' Self - Author, 'One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War' See fewer	House of Cards (2013)
Martin Sherwin Self - Co-Author, 'American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer' Self - Co-Author, 'American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer' See fewer	Oppenheimer (I) (2023)
Tim Naftali Self - CNN Presidential Historian, Co-Author, 'One Hell of a Gamble: Khrushchev, Castro, and Kennedy, 1958-1964' (as Timothy Naftali) Self - CNN Presidential Historian, Co-Author, 'One Hell of a Gamble: Khrushchev, Castro, and Kennedy, 1958-1964' (as Timothy Naftali) See fewer	Designated Survivor (2016)
Douglas Elmendorf Self - Dean, Harvard Kennedy School of Government Self - Dean, Harvard Kennedy School of Government See fewer	For the Record (2017)
Andrew Cohen Self - Author, 'Two Days in June: John F. Kennedy and the 48 Hours That Made History' Self - Author, 'Two Days in June: John F. Kennedy and the 48 Hours That Made History' See fewer	Kennedy (2023)
John Alexander Self - Participant, 1963 Birmingham Children's Crusade Self - Participant, 1963 Birmingham Children's Crusade See fewer	Kennedy (2023)
Patricia Sullivan Self - Author, 'Justice Rising: Robert Kennedy's America in Black and White' Self - Author, 'Justice Rising: Robert Kennedy's America in Black and White' See fewer	The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow (2002)
Janice Kelsey Self - Participant, 1963 Birmingham Children's Crusade Self - Participant, 1963 Birmingham Children's Crusade See fewer	I Am MLK Jr. (2018)
Gloria Washington Self - Participant, 1963 Birmingham Children's Crusade Self - Participant, 1963 Birmingham Children's Crusade See fewer	Kennedy (2023)
Jakobi Williams Self - Chair, Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies, Indiana University Self - Chair, Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies, Indiana University See fewer	Kennedy (2023)
Billy Field Self - Civil Rights Documentary Filmmaker, University of Alabama Self - Civil Rights Documentary Filmmaker, University of Alabama See fewer	Fame (1982)
Scott Bridges Self - Co-President, Tuscaloosa Civil Rights History and Reconciliation Foundation Self - Co-President, Tuscaloosa Civil Rights History and Reconciliation Foundation See fewer	Kennedy (2023)
Jeff Shesol Self - Author, 'Mercury Rising: John Glenn, John Kennedy, and the New Battleground of the Cold War' Self - Author, 'Mercury Rising: John Glenn, John Kennedy, and the New Battleground of the Cold War' See fewer	Kennedy (2023)
Hope M. Harrison Self - Author, 'After the Berlin Wall: Memory and the Making of the New Germany, 1989 to the Present' Self - Author, 'After the Berlin Wall: Memory and the Making of the New Germany, 1989 to the Present' See fewer	The 100 Days: That Defined Modern History (2022)
Peter Coyote Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Bitter Moon (1992)
Rudolf Anderson Self - American U-2 Pilot (archive footage) (as Major Rudolf Anderson) Self - American U-2 Pilot (archive footage) (as Major Rudolf Anderson) See fewer
Eugene 'Bull' Connor Self - Birmingham Commissioner of Public Safety (archive footage) Self - Birmingham Commissioner of Public Safety (archive footage) See fewer	The American Revolution of '63 (1963)
Medgar Evers Self - NAACP Mississippi Field Secretary (archive footage) Self - NAACP Mississippi Field Secretary (archive footage) See fewer
Henry Graham Self - Commander of Alabama National Guard (archive footage) (as General Henry V. Graham) Self - Commander of Alabama National Guard (archive footage) (as General Henry V. Graham) See fewer	A President to Remember (2008)
Averell Harriman Self - America Diplomat (archive footage) Self - America Diplomat (archive footage) See fewer	Krymskaya konferentsiya (1945)
Clint Hill Self - Secret Service, Assigned to Protect Mrs. Kennedy (archive footage) Self - Secret Service, Assigned to Protect Mrs. Kennedy (archive footage) See fewer	Agent Number 9
James Hood Self - African American Student of University of Alabama (archive footage) Self - African American Student of University of Alabama (archive footage) See fewer
Nicholas Katzenbach Self - U.S. Deputy Attorney General (archive footage) Self - U.S. Deputy Attorney General (archive footage) See fewer	Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment (1963)
John Kennedy Jr. Self - John F. Kennedy's Son (archive footage) Self - John F. Kennedy's Son (archive footage) See fewer	A Matter of Degrees (1990)
Caroline Kennedy Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Poetry in America with Elisa New (2018)
Jacqueline Kennedy Self - John F. Kennedy's Wife (archive footage) Self - John F. Kennedy's Wife (archive footage) See fewer	A Tour of the White House (1962)
Robert F. Kennedy Self - John F. Kennedy's Brother (archive footage) Self - John F. Kennedy's Brother (archive footage) See fewer	The Missiles of October (1974)
Nikita Khrushchev Self - Leader of the Soviet Union 1953 - 1964 (archive footage) Self - Leader of the Soviet Union 1953 - 1964 (archive footage) See fewer	This Hour Has Seven Days (1964)
Martin Luther King Self - Civil Rights Leader (archive footage) Self - Civil Rights Leader (archive footage) See fewer	Freedom Writers (2007)
Vivian Malone Self - Second African American Student of University of Alabama (archive footage) Self - Second African American Student of University of Alabama (archive footage) See fewer	Our World (1986)
Burke Marshall Self - Assistant Attorney General (archive footage) Self - Assistant Attorney General (archive footage) See fewer	Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment (1963)
Franklin D. Roosevelt Self - President of the United States 1933 - 1945 (archive footage) Self - President of the United States 1933 - 1945 (archive footage) See fewer	The President's Mystery (1936)
Theodore Sorensen Self - Special Counsel to the President and Speechwriter (archive footage) (as Ted Sorensen) Self - Special Counsel to the President and Speechwriter (archive footage) (as Ted Sorensen) See fewer	18 in '08 (2007)
Joseph Stalin Self - Leader of the Soviet Union 1924 - 1953 (archive footage) Self - Leader of the Soviet Union 1924 - 1953 (archive footage) See fewer	One Inch from Victory (1944)
George Wallace Self - Governor of Alabama (archive footage) Self - Governor of Alabama (archive footage) See fewer	Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment (1963)
Lincoln White Self - State Department Spokesman (archive sound) Self - State Department Spokesman (archive sound) See fewer

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