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Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Glimpse of Kennedy’s Camelot
AMCTV.com Exclusively Streams Entire 1962 White House Tour By Jacqueline Kennedy, As Featured In Mad Men Season 2 Premiere Episode; New Episodes Of Mad Men Air Sundays At 10 p.m. On AMC
Viewers who tuned-in to the Second Season Premiere of AMC’s award-winning series Mad Men Sunday (July 27, 2008) caught a glimpse of the legendary White House tour documentary given by then-First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy during one of the premiere episode’s scenes.
As depicted in Mad Men, on the night of February 14, 1962 three out of four television viewers tuned to CBS or NBC to watch a A Tour of the White House with Mrs. John F. Kennedy. AMC is now presenting the full White House tour, as it originally aired in 1962, only on amctv.com.
Accompanied by CBS correspondent Charles Collingwood, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy provides a tour of her home and a glimpse into life at the White House and gave Americans a chance to see the restoration and redecoration projects the First Lady had orchestrated.
To view, visit amctv.com!
(Image: Jacqueline Kennedy with Charles Collingwood. Photo courtesy of the John F. Kennedy Library)