Partially Edited News Footage of President John F. Kennedy, His Assassination and the Investigation Reel 1 · Part 2

Description

This film compiles scenes of President John Kennedy's visits to several Texas cities, speeches, motorcades, plane departures in Fort Worth and Dallas, segments of press conferences, aftermath of the assassination, interviews with eyewitnesses and police, scenes of the area around Dealey Plaza and the Book Depository, as well as the arrest of Lee Harvey Oswald. Reel 1 contains footage of President John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy as they arrived at several different airports in Texas, sections of Kennedy's speech in Fort Worth, and the President and Mrs. Kennedy with Governor John Connally and Nellie Connally as they stepped into the President's limousine in Dallas. Reel 2 contains footage of Dallas after the assassination, Lee Harvey Oswald at the Dallas Police Station, a press conference at the Dallas police station, and interviews. Reel 3 contains interviews by Bill Laurent from the third floor of Dallas' city jail; street interviews by Laurent with people who heard shots; and interview by Bill Laurent of one of Jack Ruby's previous lawyers; an interview by Bob Thornton, ABC News, with the wife of slain police officer J.D. Tippet; an interview by Bill Laurent with Tom Howard, selected to be Jack Ruby's lawyer; and an interview by Paul Good, ABC News, of a policeman at the Dallas city jail who saw Jack Ruby shooting Lee Harvey Oswald. Reel 4 contains additional B-roll footage and interviews by Dallas newscaster Bill Laurent.

Collection

Records of the U.S. House of Representatives

Series

John F. Kennedy Assassination Hearings Motion Pictures and Video Recordings