"As Americans look to replace tarnished national ideals with new Presidential wisdom and honor, this film brings to life an American President who was widely respected by his countrymen and celebrated around the world. This new work is composed from four breakthrough films by Robert Drew. Kennedy is seen in close up from young Senator campaigning for the Presidency, to an ebullient new President moving into the White House, to a burdened President trying to solve grave problems in the Oval Office. The shock of his death is seen through the faces of his compatriots. Now these four films are edited together into an intimate history of how one American President struggled to bring wisdom and honor to the office of the Presidency."