The Five Cities of June

The Five Cities of June
Directed by	Bruce Herschensohn
Written by	Bruce Herschensohn
Produced by	George Stevens Jr.
Narrated by	Charlton Heston
Music by	Bernhard Kaun
Distributed by	United States Information Agency
Release date	1963 (1963)
Running time	36 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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.

This United States Information Agency-sponsored film details the events of June 1963 in five different 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.

See also

• Charlton Heston filmography

External links

• The Five Cities of June at IMDb
• Video on YouTube, posted by the National Archives and Records Administration
• The short film The Five Cities of June is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.
• watch The Five Cities of June at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum