1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:05,000 MUSIC: California Dreamin' by The Mamas & the Papas 2 00:00:07,900 --> 00:00:11,400 # All the leaves are brown All the leaves are brown 3 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:12,520 # And the sky is grey... # 4 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:15,160 And will to the best of my ability. Preserve, protect, 5 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:19,160 and defend the constitution of the United States. 6 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:23,480 Preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States. 7 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:24,720 So help you God. 8 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:26,400 So help me, God. 9 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:29,360 We choose to go to the moon in this decade 10 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:31,200 and do the other things, 11 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:34,840 not because they are easy, but because they are hard. 12 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:39,280 Because that goal will serve to organise and measure 13 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:42,520 the best of our energies and skills, 14 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:46,320 because that challenge is one that we're willing to accept. 15 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:48,680 One we are unwilling to postpone, 16 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:50,880 and one we intend to win. And the others, too. 17 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:56,720 # On such a winter's day. # 18 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:04,360 MUSIC: What The World Needs Is Love by Jackie DeShannon 19 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:11,360 # What the world needs now is love, sweet love 20 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:17,840 # It's the only thing that there's just too little of 21 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:24,360 # What the world needs now is love, sweet love 22 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:26,800 # No not just for some, 23 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:34,640 # Oh, but just for every, every, everyone. # 24 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:00,760 MUSIC: Stand By Me by Ben E King 25 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:16,440 # When the night has come... # 26 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:20,360 ARCHIVE: President Kennedy went to Texas 27 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:22,760 to take his programme to the people. 28 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:27,720 He had carried the state by only a narrow margin in the 1960 election. 29 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:32,320 There was dissension there over his strong civil rights programme. 30 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:35,400 Ultraconservative elements were critical, bitterly so, 31 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:38,760 of the administration's foreign policy, 32 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:41,040 and yet the crowds that greeted the president 33 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:43,320 and Mrs Kennedy were friendly. 34 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:46,080 You felt just like he was 35 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:49,080 a member of your family when you met him. 36 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:53,000 In fact, it was a little difficult to really realise 37 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:54,720 that he was a President, 38 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:59,080 because he was so down on the same level with you. 39 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:03,600 I mean, you felt a closeness to him. 40 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:08,480 More than three years I've spoken about the new frontier. 41 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:10,840 This is not a partisan term, 42 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:14,600 and it's not the exclusive property of Republicans or Democrats. 43 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:19,000 It refers instead to this nation's place in history, 44 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:22,840 to the fact that we do stand on the edge of a great new era, 45 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:26,480 filled with both crisis and opportunity. 46 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:31,160 An era to be characterised by achievement and by challenge. 47 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:32,440 APPLAUSE 48 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:43,960 ARCHIVE: Thursday afternoon, the presidential plane, 49 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:47,760 Air Force One, departs San Antonio and touches down at Houston. 50 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:04,720 Mrs Kennedy is making one of her first 51 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:07,880 public appearances in several months. 52 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:09,680 Travelling with the Presidential Party 53 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:15,560 are Vice President and Mrs Johnson and Texas Governor John Connally. 54 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:16,880 I can remember waiting, 55 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:20,160 and I can remember watching the people and getting tired, 56 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:22,120 and I probably whined a little bit. 57 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:25,320 People saying, "They're coming. They're coming." 58 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:27,320 And the motorcade, 59 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:33,440 it just seemed like a lot of motorcycles, a lot of cars. 60 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:38,400 In Texas and the nation, change has been the law of life. 61 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:41,720 Growth has meant new opportunities for this state. 62 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:47,640 Progress has meant new achievements, and we dare not look back now. 63 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:50,160 ARCHIVE: The presidential party moves on to Fort Worth, 64 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:52,520 where the chief executive will spend the night 65 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:55,640 and deliver several early morning speeches. 66 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:59,640 A unique lighting display normally seen on only two holidays a year, 67 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:01,840 Fort Worth's tribute to the President. 68 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:07,840 MUSIC: I Say A Little Prayer by Aretha Franklin 69 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:15,960 ARCHIVE: The president's remarks to a group 70 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:18,800 in a parking lot opposite the Texas Hotel in Fort Worth, 71 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:21,920 Texas, November 22nd, 1963. 72 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:28,160 Ladies and gentlemen, 73 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:30,840 there are no faint hearts in Fort Worth, 74 00:05:30,840 --> 00:05:32,440 and I appreciate... APPLAUSE 75 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:38,240 I appreciate your being here this morning. 76 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:41,960 Mrs Kennedy is organising herself. 77 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:43,400 It takes longer... LAUGHTER 78 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:48,280 But, of course, she looks better than we do when she doesn't, 79 00:05:48,280 --> 00:05:50,800 but we appreciate your welcome. 80 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:53,200 Thus begins the last day of his life. 81 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:55,720 He will live less than four hours from this moment. 82 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:03,360 The Vice President and Texas Governor John Conley 83 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:05,440 applaud President Kennedy home, 84 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:07,800 as he returns to his hotel for a breakfast 85 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:10,000 with the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce. 86 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:25,800 The breakfast party awaits the arrival of Mrs Kennedy. 87 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:27,280 # Together, together 88 00:06:27,280 --> 00:06:29,560 # That's how it must be to live without you 89 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:32,360 # Would only mean heartbreak for me 90 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:35,960 # Nobody but me 91 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:38,320 # Forever, forever 92 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:40,680 # You'll stay in my heart and I will love you 93 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:42,400 # Forever and ever 94 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:45,680 # We never will part, oh, how I love you 95 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:48,280 # Together, together... # 96 00:06:48,280 --> 00:06:49,960 ARCHIVE: Mrs Kennedy's entrance 97 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:52,240 draws another comment from the president. 98 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:53,680 Two years ago. I said that, uh, 99 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:56,040 introduced myself in Paris by saying that I was 100 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:58,720 the man who had accompanied, uh, Mrs Kennedy to Paris. 101 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:00,560 I'm getting that somewhat, that same sensation, 102 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:02,840 uh, as I travel around, uh, Texas. 103 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:12,360 Nobody wonders what Lyndon and I wear. 104 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:13,720 LAUGHTER 105 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:28,160 This is a very dangerous and uncertain world. 106 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:30,560 We would like to live as we once lived. 107 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:32,920 But history will not permit it. 108 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:35,360 Balance of power is still on the side of freedom. 109 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:38,200 We are still the keystone in the arch of freedom, 110 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:43,120 and I think we'll continue to do as we have done in our past, our duty. 111 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:46,120 I'm confident, as I look to the future, 112 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:49,120 that our chances for security, 113 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:52,640 our chances for peace are better than they've been in the past. 114 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:55,000 And the reason is because we're stronger. 115 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:57,520 And with that strength is a determination 116 00:07:57,520 --> 00:07:59,880 to not only maintain the peace, 117 00:07:59,880 --> 00:08:02,200 but also the vital interest of the United States. 118 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:13,880 ARCHIVE: The presidential jet leaves Fort Worth 119 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:15,280 for the short flight to Dallas, 120 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:18,160 where the president has a scheduled luncheon address. 121 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:19,600 Good morning ladies and gentlemen. 122 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:22,520 This is Bob Walker speaking from Dallas Love Field. 123 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:25,560 This is the control tower at Dallas Love Field, 124 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:28,240 where a large crowd is gathered now to 125 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:32,000 await the arrival of President and Mrs John Fitzgerald Kennedy 126 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:34,920 from Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth. 127 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:38,280 Circling the field all morning long from the early morning hours, 128 00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:42,920 and a huge contingent of police are on hand. 129 00:08:42,920 --> 00:08:45,840 ARCHIVE: Friday morning, 11:37, 130 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:50,160 the president's jet lands at the Dallas Airport, Love Field. 131 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:51,440 It was in the newspapers. 132 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:55,000 Yeah, I thought it'd, it'd be really neat for Dallas to have 133 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:56,680 a president visit. 134 00:08:56,680 --> 00:08:58,360 So we had the television on, 135 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:01,080 and we knew when they had left Fort Worth 136 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:04,360 and then we knew when they landed at Love Field. 137 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:09,040 And by then, it was getting clearer and more sunny. 138 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:12,080 There's Mrs Kennedy and the crowd yells, 139 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:15,880 and the President of the United States. 140 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:22,320 And I can see his sun tan all the way from here. 141 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:24,040 Shaking hands now with the Dallas people, 142 00:09:24,040 --> 00:09:29,640 Governor and Mrs Connally, Governor Connally on your left. 143 00:09:29,640 --> 00:09:33,360 He shook hand with us when he got off the airplane, and, 144 00:09:33,360 --> 00:09:36,920 and, uh, said, "You're doing a good job." 145 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:38,000 I thanked him. 146 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:43,720 I would have voted for him in that. Come on. 147 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:47,120 Crowds swarming around the President and First Lady. 148 00:09:54,680 --> 00:09:57,520 Mrs Kennedy stepping in the car first. Now the president. 149 00:09:57,520 --> 00:09:59,720 They're both in the back-seat now. 150 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:10,760 Now the motorcade will very shortly start to move out. 151 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:13,840 In 1963, 152 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:16,120 I was an eighth grade student 153 00:10:16,120 --> 00:10:18,880 at Franklin D Roosevelt High School. 154 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:21,920 When we heard the president was coming to Dallas, 155 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:25,080 we decided to skip school, skip some classes. 156 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:33,600 The secret servicemen, the car behind. 157 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:36,080 Uh, then comes the Vice President and Mrs Johnson, 158 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:37,360 Senator Yarborough. 159 00:10:39,280 --> 00:10:41,320 Now people over in this area 160 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:43,880 are getting a chance to see the President. 161 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:49,720 Head out for downtown Dallas, 162 00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:53,720 where thousands should already be on the street right now 163 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:58,480 waiting for a view of the President and his wife. 164 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:00,760 And she had on that beautiful pink suit, 165 00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:02,720 and she was looking and waving. 166 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:05,960 And then they moved on through downtown. 167 00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:08,320 And I still can get over the fact that the President 168 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:10,920 and his wife broke away from the planned, 169 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:15,560 uh, trick to the automobile and went all along this fence out here, 170 00:11:15,560 --> 00:11:17,240 right up to the fence, shaking hands 171 00:11:17,240 --> 00:11:19,840 and talking with these hundreds of people 172 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:22,280 gathered inside that fenced off area. 173 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:25,440 It was a great thrill to them and a complete surprise. 174 00:11:25,440 --> 00:11:27,720 Thousands will be on hand for that motorcade now, 175 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:30,080 which will be downtown Dallas, 176 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:35,240 uh, down, uh, Cedar Springs to Harwood. 177 00:11:35,240 --> 00:11:37,600 And on Harwood, it'll turn on Maine, 178 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:39,640 from which point it'll go all the way down 179 00:11:39,640 --> 00:11:42,200 to the courthouse area, which is the end of Maine. 180 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:44,080 It'll turn on, uh, 181 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:46,600 Houston Street to Elm under the triple underpass 182 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:48,880 out to the mart where the President talks at, 183 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:50,960 uh, approximately one o'clock. 184 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:53,920 ARCHIVE: Friday, ten minutes before noon, 185 00:11:53,920 --> 00:11:57,640 the motorcade begins the 11 mile ride to the Dallas Trade Mart, 186 00:11:57,640 --> 00:12:00,960 where the president is to deliver a major address. 187 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:04,120 Governor and Mrs Connally ride in the presidential limousine. 188 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:07,240 The reason for the trip was maximum visibility 189 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:10,880 and maximum exposure for President and Mrs Kennedy, 190 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:13,880 because they wanted as many people to be up close and personal to them 191 00:12:13,880 --> 00:12:15,240 as they possibly could get. 192 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:17,600 And so that was the purpose of the trip. 193 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:19,920 That meant open cars no matter where we went. 194 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:22,680 The agents were instructed 195 00:12:22,680 --> 00:12:25,200 to back off as much as possible. 196 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:27,640 There were times when I got up very, very close, 197 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:30,080 but it was because of the situation that developed. 198 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:41,280 We knew what the parade route was gonna be. 199 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:46,760 So we got downtown, and the crowd was just massive. 200 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:50,520 There were lots and lots of people, and it was very crowded. 201 00:12:50,520 --> 00:12:53,320 And the map of the route was published in the paper, 202 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:59,760 so people could go stand on a corner and see a president come by. 203 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:03,320 We couldn't, uh, get up till we were supposed to ride 204 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:06,680 cos there was so many people. 205 00:13:06,680 --> 00:13:09,160 But, uh, I know one thing. 206 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:12,160 You don't get in between the President's car 207 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:16,040 and secret service. 208 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:17,400 You just don't do it! 209 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:33,960 Under normal circumstances, 210 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:37,320 we've tried to stay as far away as we as we could 211 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:40,760 to make them, uh, feel like 212 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:43,320 that they were just among their friends 213 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:45,840 and people along the side of the street 214 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:47,880 and, uh, wanted the people inside the street 215 00:13:47,880 --> 00:13:50,360 to feel like there was no barrier between them 216 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:53,800 and the President and Mrs Kennedy. 217 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:57,360 I was in the immediate car behind with the follow-up car, 218 00:13:57,360 --> 00:14:00,480 which we ran between about three to five feet 219 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:03,720 between the two cars at all times, no matter what the speed. 220 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:18,360 Uh, I was on the left-hand side of the running board of that car, 221 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:21,000 that was also an open car. 222 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:22,800 There were eight agents in that car 223 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:25,000 and two members of President Kennedy's staff. 224 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:40,440 ARCHIVE: President's car is now turning onto Elm Street, 225 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:42,160 and it will be only a matter of minutes 226 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:43,920 before he arrives at the Trade Mart. 227 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:45,400 I was on Simmons Freeway earlier, 228 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:47,760 and even the freeway was jam packed with spectators, 229 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:49,560 waiting their chance to see the president 230 00:14:49,560 --> 00:14:51,760 as he made his way towards the Trade Mart. 231 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:07,840 GUNFIRE 232 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:45,840 I-It appears as though something has happened in the motorcade route! 233 00:15:45,840 --> 00:15:48,840 Something, I repeat, has happened in the motorcade route. 234 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:52,520 There's numerous people running up the hill alongside Elm Street 235 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:54,520 there by the Simmons Freeway. 236 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:58,080 Several police officers are rushing up the hill at this time. 237 00:15:58,080 --> 00:16:00,440 Standby just a moment, please. 238 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:02,160 Something has happened in the motorcade route. 239 00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:03,560 Stand by, please. 240 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:06,040 Well, I screamed at the driver to get to the hospital, 241 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:08,800 but the agent in the right front seat, 242 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:12,000 he also, he told the driver to hit it, 243 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:14,800 get out of there, cos that was what they were supposed to do. 244 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:16,240 We were supposed to evacuate the area. 245 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:18,000 When that bullet hit his head, 246 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:20,360 a plume went up, 247 00:16:20,360 --> 00:16:22,640 and I was behind the car, 248 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:25,080 and I was trying to... 249 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:26,400 I went through that plume. 250 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:30,920 It was all over me and all over my helmet and my glasses, 251 00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:32,840 and, uh, everything. 252 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:37,480 I seen everybody and was converging on the Schoolbook Depository. 253 00:16:38,680 --> 00:16:40,600 So I also went... 254 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:44,600 We had the building surrounded. 255 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:46,920 This lady and I walked casually 256 00:16:46,920 --> 00:16:50,080 one block back to our office, 257 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:51,880 went back in the building, 258 00:16:51,880 --> 00:16:56,320 the TV was still on, and Walter Cronkite said. 259 00:16:56,320 --> 00:16:59,440 ARCHIVE: Three shots were fired at President Kennedy's motorcade 260 00:16:59,440 --> 00:17:00,760 in downtown Dallas. 261 00:17:00,760 --> 00:17:02,040 I looked around the room and said, 262 00:17:02,040 --> 00:17:05,840 that's the worst joke I have ever, ever heard. 263 00:17:05,840 --> 00:17:07,600 We just saw him. 264 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:11,120 And we were running about 70mph as we travelled down 265 00:17:11,120 --> 00:17:13,160 the Stemmons Freeway, 266 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:16,200 and I was lying up on the back of the back-seat. 267 00:17:16,200 --> 00:17:18,200 Parkland Hospital. There has been shooting. 268 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:20,480 Parkland Hospital has been advised to stand by 269 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:22,320 for a severe gunshot wound. 270 00:17:22,320 --> 00:17:25,760 I repeat a shooting in the motorcade in the downtown area. 271 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:27,720 Parkland Hospital has been advised to stand by 272 00:17:27,720 --> 00:17:29,640 for a severe gunshot wound. 273 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:33,200 First reports say that President Kennedy has been seriously 274 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:35,560 wounded by this shooting. 275 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:38,120 The President's car is now going past me. 276 00:17:38,120 --> 00:17:41,200 The limousine is now travelling at a very high rate of speed. 277 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:43,560 Secret servicemen standing up in the limousine, 278 00:17:43,560 --> 00:17:45,280 they are armed with some machine guns. 279 00:17:45,280 --> 00:17:47,560 It appears as though someone in the limousine 280 00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:50,440 might have been hit by the gunfire. 281 00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:52,400 This hour, as you can see, 282 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:55,600 there are small clusters of people gathered around 283 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:58,880 small transistor radios trying to find out 284 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:05,800 what is the latest regarding the reported shooting of the President. 285 00:18:05,800 --> 00:18:09,080 RADIO: Put me on Phil, put me on! 286 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:10,040 Phil, am I on? 287 00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:12,800 We're here at the Trade Mart. 288 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:14,720 The motorcade is coming by here. 289 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:17,120 I can see many, many motorcycles coming by now, 290 00:18:17,120 --> 00:18:20,560 police motorcycles, just had a call on the radio for all units, 291 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:23,080 along Industrial to pick up the motorcades. 292 00:18:23,080 --> 00:18:24,280 Something has happened here. 293 00:18:24,280 --> 00:18:26,200 We understand there's been a shooting. 294 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:29,800 According to the information that we have at this hour, 295 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:35,440 the attempted assassination took place at Elm and Houston Street 296 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:38,560 as the President's party was preparing 297 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:43,040 to go under the triple overpass and come out here to the Trade Mart. 298 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:49,800 That just couldn't be true. They've given him the wrong story. 299 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:51,840 It's not so! 300 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:56,800 I call my mother cos she listened to the radio news all the time, 301 00:18:56,800 --> 00:18:59,880 and she said, yes, that's what she had heard, 302 00:18:59,880 --> 00:19:03,360 and that they were in route to Parkland Hospital at that time. 303 00:19:03,360 --> 00:19:04,880 The presidential car coming up now. 304 00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:07,720 We know it's a presidential car, you can see Mrs Kennedy's pink suit. 305 00:19:07,720 --> 00:19:10,880 There's a Secret Service man spread eagle over the top of the car. 306 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:13,160 We understand Governor and Mrs Connally are in the car 307 00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:14,560 with President and Mrs Kennedy. 308 00:19:14,560 --> 00:19:16,920 We can't see who has been hit, if anybody's been hit, 309 00:19:16,920 --> 00:19:19,800 but apparently something is wrong here. Something is terribly wrong. 310 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:22,160 I'm in behind the motorcade trying to follow them, 311 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:24,080 it looks as though they're gonna Parkland Hospital. 312 00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:27,080 At this time, the announcement has not been made 313 00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:31,000 to the several thousand who are here in the Trade Mart 314 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:32,920 as to what has happened. 315 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:35,280 Details are still sketchy. 316 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:38,040 The only thing that, uh, we have at this time 317 00:19:38,040 --> 00:19:42,440 is the report that the president is at Parkland Hospital, 318 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:45,920 that Governor John Connally was also wounded 319 00:19:45,920 --> 00:19:49,120 and that a Secret Service agent was killed. 320 00:19:49,120 --> 00:19:52,480 According to the best reports that we have at this time, 321 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:55,040 there were only three shots fired, 322 00:19:55,040 --> 00:19:59,440 and apparently all of them struck true. 323 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:01,800 I'm not sure if the City Council, or the Mayor, or who, 324 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:06,640 but they issued requests that all the companies close 325 00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:11,200 in downtown, send their employees home as soon as possible. 326 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:14,400 We're on the road to Parkland at this time. 327 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:16,320 The Secret service man is still spread eagle 328 00:20:16,320 --> 00:20:18,680 over whoever is in the car, the President and Mrs Kennedy, 329 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:21,400 and as we understand Governor and Mrs Connally. 330 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:23,760 At this point, it looks as though it could've been one or two 331 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:26,120 or even all of the people within the car 332 00:20:26,120 --> 00:20:28,800 may have been the victims, may have been struck by shots, we don't know! 333 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:30,520 We knew something had happened. 334 00:20:30,520 --> 00:20:34,480 The emergency broadcast tone came on, 335 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:38,400 and he asked everybody to be quiet, and he, uh, 336 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:41,360 turned up the radio that was on the bus. 337 00:20:41,360 --> 00:20:44,400 And there was an announcement that the President had been shot. 338 00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:57,400 Parkland Hospital in the distance on Harry Hines Boulevard. 339 00:20:57,400 --> 00:20:59,200 Following behind the motorcade, 340 00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:00,720 many, many police officers, 341 00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:06,200 maybe 20 or 25 motorcycle policemen falling in behind at Trade Mart. 342 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:09,200 A huge crowd left behind, waiting expectedly to see the president. 343 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:10,600 The motorcade now... 344 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:14,200 Motorcade now perhaps two or three blocks ahead of me. 345 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:16,480 They're approaching the entrance now to Parkland Hospital, 346 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:18,320 travelling at a high rate of speed, 347 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:21,520 ready police cars converging on Parkland from every vehicle, 348 00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:22,920 from every point. 349 00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:24,760 I'm pulling in now toward Parkland Hospital, 350 00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:28,560 coming to the approach. There's an officer waving me down. 351 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:30,200 He's waving me around. There's a cordon. 352 00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:33,440 There's already a cordon of police officers running from their cars, 353 00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:34,840 from their vehicles here. 354 00:21:34,840 --> 00:21:36,640 The official party, as I can see it, 355 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:39,040 pulling around toward the emergency room at Parkland Hospital. 356 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:41,000 The policeman says, "No, you cannot come in here. 357 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,840 "You cannot come in here. We'll let nobody else in." 358 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:45,520 It was definitely the President's car. 359 00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:47,880 We can see the First Lady's pink suit. 360 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:49,440 That's the only identification we could see, 361 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:51,320 but we know it is the President's car. 362 00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:53,600 Another car directly behind the presidential car. 363 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:55,680 There were also bodies in that car. 364 00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:58,040 Another secret service man spread eagle over them. 365 00:21:58,040 --> 00:22:00,320 We don't know, perhaps there was some hidden that car as well. 366 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:03,080 We're not sure. 367 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:05,440 The shots apparently came from the fifth floor 368 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:08,920 of the Texas book store depository building, 369 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:10,800 possibly from an automatic cut weapon. 370 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:13,320 Police were looking for a young white man 371 00:22:13,320 --> 00:22:16,440 dressed in a white shirt with Levi's 372 00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:19,200 carrying a lever action type rifle. 373 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:22,440 One witness told reporters that he had seen 374 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:26,840 the rifle disappearing from that window after the shots were fired. 375 00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:29,960 In downtown Dallas, President Kennedy was shot today 376 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:32,760 just as his motorcade left downtown Dallas. 377 00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:35,160 Mrs Kennedy jumped up and grabbed Mr Kennedy. 378 00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:36,800 She cried. "Oh, no!" 379 00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:38,680 The motorcade sped on. 380 00:22:38,680 --> 00:22:41,960 A photographer said he saw blood on the President's head. 381 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:44,680 It was believed two shots were fired. 382 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:48,960 And just now we've received reports here at Parkland 383 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:52,000 that Governor Connally was shot in the upper left chest. 384 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:53,880 And the first unconfirmed reports say 385 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:56,000 the President was hit in the head. 386 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:58,720 That's an unconfirmed report that the president was hit in the head. 387 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:00,400 After the shots were fired, he happened to look up 388 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:01,680 at about the fifth or sixth floor. 389 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:04,040 He has been given a blood transfusion at Parkland Hospital 390 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:05,800 here in Dallas in an effort to save his life. 391 00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:08,160 In downtown Dallas, a priest has been ordered, 392 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:10,520 emergency supplies of blood also being rushed. 393 00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:14,520 The president of the United States is dead. 394 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:16,800 I have just talked to Father Oscar Hubert 395 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:18,120 of the Holy Trinity Catholic Church. 396 00:23:18,120 --> 00:23:20,760 He and another priest tell me that 397 00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:23,560 the pair of men have just administered the last rites 398 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:26,800 of the Catholic Church to President Kennedy. 399 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:29,560 President Kennedy has been assassinated. 400 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:33,040 It's official now. The President is dead. 401 00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:36,080 Women here in shock, some fainted. 402 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:38,920 The Secret Service men standing by the emergency room, 403 00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:41,520 tears streaming down their face. 404 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:45,200 There's only one word to describe the picture here, 405 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:47,760 and that's grief, and much of it. 406 00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:50,160 It's official, as of a just few moments ago. 407 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:53,280 The President of the United States is dead. 408 00:24:01,360 --> 00:24:04,960 From Dallas, Texas. The Flash, apparently official, 409 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:10,560 President Kennedy died at 1:00pm Central Standard Time, 410 00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:14,920 2:00 Eastern Standard time, some 38 minutes ago. 411 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:24,760 Vice President Lyndon Johnson has left the hospital in, 412 00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:29,160 uh, Dallas, but we do not know, uh, to where he has proceeded. 413 00:24:29,160 --> 00:24:33,000 Presumably he will be taking the oath of office shortly 414 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:37,960 and become the 36th President of the United States. 415 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:40,600 Jacket will fit tightly around the hips, 416 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:43,480 keeping that straight and sleek look that it should have. 417 00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:48,280 And very often you'll find a zipper hidden in the, uh, arm. 418 00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:51,160 And... 419 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:52,960 And I'll, you'll excuse me if I am out of breath. 420 00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:56,080 A bulletin, this is from the United Press from Dallas. 421 00:24:56,080 --> 00:24:57,840 President Kennedy and Governor John Connally 422 00:24:57,840 --> 00:25:01,560 have been cut down by assassin's bullets in downtown Dallas. 423 00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:03,120 They were riding an open automobile 424 00:25:03,120 --> 00:25:04,320 when the shots were fired, 425 00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:07,080 the president, his limp body carried in the arms of his wife, 426 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:09,440 Jacqueline, has rushed to Parkland Hospital. 427 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:12,080 Here's a, uh, piece of copy that was rushed, 428 00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:14,720 uh, to me and was torn off from the United Press in Dallas. 429 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:17,000 President Kenny has been shot in Dallas, 430 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:18,320 has been shot in Dallas, Texas. 431 00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:20,200 He was shot as a motorcade left downtown Dallas. 432 00:25:29,360 --> 00:25:33,040 At 1:33, a White House aide briefs news men. 433 00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:40,720 John F Kennedy died at approximately 1:00 central standard time 434 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:44,440 today here in Dallas. 435 00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:47,640 He died of a gunshot wound in the brain. 436 00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:53,080 I have no other details regarding the assassination of the president. 437 00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:54,200 Was Mrs Kennedy hit? 438 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:56,040 Mrs Kennedy was not hit. 439 00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:57,440 Was Connally hit? 440 00:25:57,440 --> 00:25:59,240 Uh, Governor Connally was hit. 441 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:02,440 I turned to my left. I was sitting in the jump seat. 442 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:04,200 I turned to my left to look in the back seat. 443 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:05,960 The president had slumped. 444 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:08,600 Uh, he had said nothing. 445 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:12,280 Almost simultaneously, as I turned, 446 00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:16,520 I was hit, and I knew I'd been hit badly. 447 00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:19,240 And, uh, I said... 448 00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:23,200 I knew the President had been hit and I said, 449 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:25,000 "My God, they're going to kill us all." 450 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:26,760 The President was shot once in the head. 451 00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:29,120 Where is Mrs Kennedy? 452 00:26:29,120 --> 00:26:34,160 Uh...Mrs Kennedy will be returning to, uh, Washington. 453 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:35,680 Was he dead on arrival here? 454 00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:37,160 No, he was not. 455 00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:40,040 Did he gain consciousness? No, he did not. 456 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:57,000 One suspect has been apprehended. 457 00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:58,160 According Dallas Police, 458 00:26:58,160 --> 00:27:00,600 a young man, who denies anything to do with a shooting. 459 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:05,520 The suspect had entered the Texas Theatre some five blocks away. 460 00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:08,000 If we can, we will try to clear up this arrest, 461 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:09,960 which is taking place in Dallas. 462 00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:12,720 As Officer McDonald approached a suspect 463 00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:15,680 sitting on the third row from the back of the theatre, 464 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:18,640 the suspect jumped up, yelled, "This is it!", 465 00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:21,000 and took a swing at the officer. 466 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:23,880 And some extra news, which has come in since we started. 467 00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:27,200 A 24-year-old man, Lee H Oswald was arrested by Dallas Police 468 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:30,120 in connection with the murder of the policeman. 469 00:27:30,120 --> 00:27:31,880 He was taken screaming from a cinema. 470 00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:34,160 Police are questioning him to find out whether he's any connection 471 00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:35,600 with the murder of the President. 472 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:38,600 Officer McDonald started to grapple with the man 473 00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:40,160 as he reached for a gun, 474 00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:42,560 which was concealed under his shirt. 475 00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:44,440 And, uh, 476 00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:48,320 the gun was fired one time by the suspect, 477 00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:50,240 but luckily it misfired. 478 00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:53,680 The pin hit the shell, but it did not fire. 479 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:56,040 A pistol was taken from Oswald after a scuffle. 480 00:27:56,040 --> 00:28:02,480 The police said, Oswald told them, "Well, it's all over now." 481 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:04,840 Sir. Did you shoot the President? I work in that building. 482 00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:06,640 Were you in the building at the time? 483 00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:10,160 Naturally, if I work in that building, yes, sir. 484 00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:11,560 Did you shoot the President? 485 00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:13,440 No, they're taking me in because of the fact that 486 00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:15,720 I lived in the Soviet Union. 487 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:17,400 I'm just a patsy. 488 00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:44,480 Mr Kennedy's body is to lie in state tomorrow at the White House. 489 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:48,240 President's body is due Washington at 11 o'clock GMT tonight. 490 00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:51,480 It'll be taken first to the Bethesda Naval Hospital. 491 00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:54,320 President Kennedy's two children, Caroline age five, 492 00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:56,200 and John, nearly three, 493 00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:58,600 have so far not been told of their father's death, 494 00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:00,960 a White House spokesman said tonight. 495 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:02,920 He said the children were at the White House 496 00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:05,440 in the care of their nurse. 497 00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:08,000 President Kennedy's body is to be placed aboard Air Force One 498 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:10,920 for the flight back to Washington. 499 00:29:10,920 --> 00:29:13,320 And the President's body, 500 00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:16,200 with the police motorcycle escort, 501 00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:19,240 is now pulling away from the hospital. 502 00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:22,480 There we were, three of us with the casket in the back of the hearse, 503 00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:25,640 all the way to Love Field. 504 00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:31,360 It's about one and a half hours since he was shot. 505 00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:32,520 And we got to love Field. 506 00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:35,600 They all carried the casket up the stairs 507 00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:37,960 to the rear door of Air Force one. 508 00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:41,480 We had to tear the handles off in order to get into Air Force One. 509 00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:44,720 The chief engineers, uh, for the Air Force One, 510 00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:47,080 had had all the seats removed 511 00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:50,760 and a certain portion of the back of the aircraft. 512 00:29:50,760 --> 00:29:53,120 Vice President and Mrs Johnson, were also on board. 513 00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:56,080 And, uh, he had been conferring with Washington 514 00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:58,640 and had received instructions that he should be sworn in 515 00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:03,040 while we were still on the ground in Dallas. 516 00:30:03,040 --> 00:30:06,080 At 2:38, in the forward cabin of Air Force One, 517 00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:08,440 a necessary ceremony. 518 00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:11,640 I do solemnly swear. I do solemnly swear. 519 00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:16,120 That I will faithfully execute. 520 00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:21,160 The Office of the President of the United States. 521 00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:25,240 And will to the best of my ability. 522 00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:28,720 Preserve... Preserve. Protect... Protect. 523 00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:30,360 And defend... And defend. 524 00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:35,000 The Constitution of the United States. 525 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:36,640 So help me God. So help me God. 526 00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:40,280 Air Force one. This is the Air Force Command post. 527 00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:45,360 If possible, request the names of the passengers on board, please. 528 00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:48,440 Uh, we have 40 plus. Go ahead. 529 00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:50,240 40 people. Is that affirmative? 530 00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:51,560 Yes, affirmative. 531 00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:54,280 Uh, can you tell me in regard to, uh, 532 00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:57,640 uh, one and two are, uh, the top people? 533 00:30:57,640 --> 00:31:01,040 Uh, Roger? Uh, the President is on board. 534 00:31:02,320 --> 00:31:06,880 The body is on board, and, uh, Connally is on board. 535 00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:09,160 All right. Can you confirm once again your take off time 536 00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:11,440 and your estimated time of arrival? 537 00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:13,640 RADIO CHATTER 538 00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:28,160 ARCHIVE: A Capitol still paralysed by shock. 539 00:31:28,160 --> 00:31:30,640 Sad tasks are ahead. 540 00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:32,480 It is arranged that the President's body 541 00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:34,840 will first lie in repose at the White House. 542 00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:39,240 Then it will be moved to the rotunda of the Capitol for public homage. 543 00:31:39,240 --> 00:31:43,000 What you see is a special truck that has been moved up to the rear 544 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:44,240 of the presidential jet. 545 00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:49,560 A special truck on which the coffin will be brought out. 546 00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:53,880 In front of the casket is Mrs Jacqueline Kennedy. 547 00:31:53,880 --> 00:31:57,000 To her right is her brother-in-law, 548 00:31:57,000 --> 00:32:00,320 the Attorney General Robert Kennedy. 549 00:32:00,320 --> 00:32:02,720 They are helping her down 550 00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:08,040 out of that carrier that has just brought down the casket. 551 00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:11,560 So, uh, events which started swiftly, 552 00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:15,960 completely unexpectedly and shockingly in Dallas, 553 00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:19,840 um, only a matter of about five hours ago have, 554 00:32:19,840 --> 00:32:23,280 uh, have gone virtually full circle. 555 00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:27,600 The President and the late President are, in a sense, back home. 556 00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:31,280 This is a sad time for all people. 557 00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:36,000 We have suffered a loss that cannot be weighed. 558 00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:41,600 For me, it is a deep personal tragedy. 559 00:32:43,040 --> 00:32:46,880 I know that the world shares the sorrow 560 00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:50,560 that Mrs Kennedy and her family bear. 561 00:32:50,560 --> 00:32:53,080 Well, messages from everybody in the world, 562 00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:55,360 from people all over the world are pouring into Washington. 563 00:32:55,360 --> 00:32:56,640 Here are some of them. 564 00:32:56,640 --> 00:32:58,280 It took my breath away at first, actually, 565 00:32:58,280 --> 00:32:59,560 I couldn't figure out how, 566 00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:01,840 why anybody would want to do such a thing 567 00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:03,560 to a bloke in his position. 568 00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:06,200 Actually, it just took all the wind out of me, 569 00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:08,000 felt absolutely deflated about it. 570 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:11,080 As a man of God, I would say that I felt the impact 571 00:33:11,080 --> 00:33:12,760 of the snipers bullet. 572 00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:15,160 I would also say that I felt the pain 573 00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:18,280 that the President had in his dying moment. 574 00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:20,920 I was quite shocked, because actually, I'm not from England, 575 00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:22,160 I'm from Australia. 576 00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:24,440 And, generally, he was very well liked there, 577 00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:26,520 and he had great support everywhere. 578 00:33:26,520 --> 00:33:28,240 I was very shocked. I still can't believe it 579 00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:29,760 that he's not there any more. 580 00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:32,040 I think the person who shot him must have been a nutcase. 581 00:33:32,040 --> 00:33:33,080 There's no other word for it. 582 00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:35,640 I think it's...it's terrible what happened. 583 00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:39,200 The assassins and the would be assassins of American Presidents 584 00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:41,240 are an ill assorted collection of men. 585 00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:44,160 It could be said that their shadow has hung over the presidency 586 00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:49,160 ever since George Washington took the first oath of office in 1789. 587 00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:51,840 I was shocked and almost beyond belief. 588 00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:55,320 I was at work when I first heard of it, in Richmond, 589 00:33:55,320 --> 00:33:57,600 and knew somebody came into the office 590 00:33:57,600 --> 00:33:59,560 and mentioned something about it. 591 00:33:59,560 --> 00:34:01,960 It's still almost...it's still too much to believe. 592 00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:05,640 I'm very saddened by the horrible thing that happened. 593 00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:08,800 I will do my best. 594 00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:10,720 That is all I can do. 595 00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:16,680 I ask for your help. 596 00:34:16,680 --> 00:34:18,440 And God's. 597 00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:29,960 # What the world needs now is love, sweet love 598 00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:37,640 # It's the only thing that there's just too little of 599 00:34:37,640 --> 00:34:40,120 # What the world needs now... # 600 00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:42,480 Shortly before the dawn of Saturday morning, 601 00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:46,880 John Fitzgerald Kennedy comes home to the White House. 602 00:34:46,880 --> 00:34:48,720 He had been the Nation's 35th president 603 00:34:48,720 --> 00:34:52,800 for a period of two years and ten months. 604 00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:57,200 # Lord we don't need another mountain 605 00:34:57,200 --> 00:35:03,760 # There are mountains and hillsides enough to climb 606 00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:09,480 # There are oceans and rivers enough to cross 607 00:35:09,480 --> 00:35:15,920 # Enough to last 'til the end of time 608 00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:21,440 # What the world needs now is love, sweet love 609 00:35:23,480 --> 00:35:29,520 # It's the only thing that there's just too little of 610 00:35:29,520 --> 00:35:36,480 # What the world needs now is love, sweet love 611 00:35:36,480 --> 00:35:40,920 # No, not just for some, but for everyone... # 612 00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:44,720 There was a deeply human quality about the scene out here 613 00:35:44,720 --> 00:35:46,600 in Lafayette Park today. 614 00:35:46,600 --> 00:35:49,240 While across the street, president Lyndon Johnson 615 00:35:49,240 --> 00:35:51,640 and other high officials of the government have been 616 00:35:51,640 --> 00:35:54,000 going into the White House to see the body of 617 00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:57,040 the late President Kennedy lying in repose. 618 00:35:57,040 --> 00:35:59,960 Out here in the park, despite a grey bleak day, 619 00:35:59,960 --> 00:36:01,920 despite the driving rain, 620 00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:05,760 people have been standing all morning, huddled under umbrellas, 621 00:36:05,760 --> 00:36:07,520 just standing and watching. 622 00:36:09,960 --> 00:36:17,240 # What the world needs now is love, sweet love 623 00:36:17,240 --> 00:36:19,280 # It's the only thing... # 624 00:36:19,280 --> 00:36:22,720 I think that everybody has their own reactions 625 00:36:22,720 --> 00:36:25,000 to this terrible thing that happened 626 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:26,800 to President Kennedy, 627 00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:29,400 but I think that this weather, this downpour, 628 00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:33,240 sums it up for everybody. I just think it's terrible. 629 00:36:33,240 --> 00:36:34,920 Thank you. What is your name, please? 630 00:36:34,920 --> 00:36:36,000 Dolores Birschback. 631 00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:37,880 And you're from where? Washington. 632 00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:39,960 And what are your reactions today? 633 00:36:39,960 --> 00:36:41,920 I still don't really know what to think. 634 00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:45,000 I'm...I don't think I've ever felt so depressed about anything. 635 00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:47,880 I guess all everybody can do is just pray that 636 00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:49,560 everything works out OK. 637 00:36:49,560 --> 00:36:53,040 Our government is lead in right hands and...that's all. 638 00:36:56,400 --> 00:36:59,120 To Dallas, Texas and Tom Pettit. 639 00:36:59,120 --> 00:37:00,720 There's a person. 640 00:37:02,240 --> 00:37:04,520 There is Lee Oswald. 641 00:37:04,520 --> 00:37:05,760 GUNFIRE 642 00:37:05,760 --> 00:37:07,160 He's been shot! 643 00:37:07,160 --> 00:37:10,840 He's been shot. Lee Oswald has been shot. 644 00:37:10,840 --> 00:37:17,200 We have recalled the agony of November the 22nd, 1963. 645 00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:20,440 We have not tried to ask why, 646 00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:24,480 because we do not believe there is an answer to that question. 647 00:37:24,480 --> 00:37:31,240 We have most humbly tried to build up a memory which can survive. 648 00:37:31,240 --> 00:37:34,560 There's the man with a gun. It's absolute panic. 649 00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:38,080 Absolute panic here in the basement of Dallas police headquarters, 650 00:37:38,080 --> 00:37:40,480 detectives have their guns drawn. 651 00:37:40,480 --> 00:37:41,960 Oswald has been shot. 652 00:37:43,240 --> 00:37:47,640 There is no question about it. Oswald has been shot. 653 00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:50,520 Pandemonium has broken loose here in the, 654 00:37:50,520 --> 00:37:53,040 uh, basement of Dallas Police headquarters. 655 00:38:14,040 --> 00:38:18,360 Now whether the bullet literally hit Oswald or not, 656 00:38:18,360 --> 00:38:20,880 we are not absolutely positive, 657 00:38:20,880 --> 00:38:24,440 but there has been a...gunshot. 658 00:38:26,200 --> 00:38:29,720 Oswald reached for his stomach, doubled up. 659 00:38:30,880 --> 00:38:34,000 It'll be impossible to determine whether he was hit or not. 660 00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:36,840 The sound of the muffled drums sweeps in melancholy waves 661 00:38:36,840 --> 00:38:38,640 over the hushed throng. 662 00:38:38,640 --> 00:38:42,600 A hush broken only by a stifle sob, a murmured prayer. 663 00:38:42,600 --> 00:38:45,400 A whole people is lifted up in common sorrow 664 00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:47,200 and an noble in their hearts. 665 00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:49,120 Down this avenue of sadness, 666 00:38:49,120 --> 00:38:51,040 they bring President John F Kennedy, 667 00:38:51,040 --> 00:38:54,720 martyred hero, to lie in state under the great dome of the Capitol. 668 00:39:02,960 --> 00:39:05,320 Did you see whether or not he was hit? He was hit, wasn't he? 669 00:39:05,320 --> 00:39:07,800 He grabbed himself on the side and, uh, fell to the ground. 670 00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:09,840 That was my understanding. 671 00:39:09,840 --> 00:39:11,800 We were, what, four feet away from him? 672 00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:14,160 I was five feet in front of him when he shot. 673 00:39:14,160 --> 00:39:17,440 What is your name? Frank Johnson. And you're with...? 674 00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:19,960 He did grab his stomach. Yes, he did. I saw him grab his stomach. 675 00:39:38,760 --> 00:39:41,360 Lee Oswald obviously has been shot. 676 00:39:41,360 --> 00:39:47,040 The witnesses around us here seem to confirm that it happened so fast, 677 00:39:47,040 --> 00:39:50,160 and with such suddenness that you can understand, 678 00:39:50,160 --> 00:39:52,520 it is virtually impossible 679 00:39:52,520 --> 00:39:55,600 to determine the direction from which the bullet came. 680 00:39:55,600 --> 00:40:00,440 Although, uh, police obviously, uh, 681 00:40:00,440 --> 00:40:03,920 in a rather, uh, excited state 682 00:40:03,920 --> 00:40:06,920 are attempting to determine where the shot came from. 683 00:40:10,680 --> 00:40:13,560 Mrs Kennedy begins the long hours of her public grief 684 00:40:13,560 --> 00:40:17,640 with the courageous dignity that had marked each moment of her ordeal. 685 00:40:17,640 --> 00:40:20,960 Caroline and John seemed to mirror their mother's poise. 686 00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:23,680 With President Johnson and Robert Kennedy, 687 00:40:23,680 --> 00:40:26,360 she is in the van of the mourners who will pay their respects 688 00:40:26,360 --> 00:40:28,920 in the historic rotunda of the Capitol. 689 00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:30,120 SOMBRE MUSIC PLAYS 690 00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:38,640 # Stars shining bright above you 691 00:40:38,640 --> 00:40:42,880 # Night breezes seem to whisper I love you 692 00:40:44,960 --> 00:40:49,960 # Birds singing in the sycamore trees 693 00:40:49,960 --> 00:40:53,240 # Dream a little dream of me 694 00:40:55,880 --> 00:41:01,240 # Say nighty night and kiss me 695 00:41:03,080 --> 00:41:08,520 # Just hold me tight and tell me you'll miss me 696 00:41:08,520 --> 00:41:13,880 # While I'm alone and blue as can be 697 00:41:13,880 --> 00:41:18,720 # Dream a little dream of me 698 00:41:20,840 --> 00:41:26,600 # Stars fading but I linger on dear 699 00:41:26,600 --> 00:41:31,320 # Still craving your kiss 700 00:41:32,880 --> 00:41:38,640 # I'm longing to linger 'til dawn dear 701 00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:39,880 # Just saying this... # 702 00:41:45,040 --> 00:41:47,880 Members of the Kennedy family, and my fellow Americans... 703 00:41:51,280 --> 00:41:56,920 ..there are few events in our national life 704 00:41:56,920 --> 00:42:00,720 that so unite Americans 705 00:42:00,720 --> 00:42:04,160 and so touch the hearts of all of us 706 00:42:04,160 --> 00:42:09,200 as a passing of a President of the United States. 707 00:42:09,200 --> 00:42:11,520 Well, I think that we all, uh, 708 00:42:11,520 --> 00:42:13,160 more than with any other president, 709 00:42:13,160 --> 00:42:16,720 I think the people of the United States have identified themselves 710 00:42:16,720 --> 00:42:18,560 with the Kennedy family. 711 00:42:18,560 --> 00:42:22,960 And I think the grief that we all feel at this event, 712 00:42:22,960 --> 00:42:27,360 this tragedy, is much more real and much more personal 713 00:42:27,360 --> 00:42:31,080 than, uh, if it would've happened to other Presidents. 714 00:42:31,080 --> 00:42:34,760 It, it doesn't seem possible. It, uh... 715 00:42:34,760 --> 00:42:38,240 It seems to be such a waste and such a tragedy. 716 00:42:38,240 --> 00:42:40,640 It's just not... 717 00:42:40,640 --> 00:42:42,960 It doesn't seem possible. 718 00:42:45,040 --> 00:42:50,320 # I'm longing to linger 'til dawn dear 719 00:42:50,320 --> 00:42:51,720 # Just saying this... # 720 00:42:53,160 --> 00:42:57,560 There is nothing that adds shock to our sadness 721 00:42:57,560 --> 00:43:01,600 more than the assassination of our leader. 722 00:43:01,600 --> 00:43:08,040 Chosen as he is to embody the ideals of our people, 723 00:43:08,040 --> 00:43:11,200 the faith we have in our institutions 724 00:43:11,200 --> 00:43:14,600 and our belief in the fatherhood of God 725 00:43:14,600 --> 00:43:16,480 and the brotherhood of man. 726 00:43:18,120 --> 00:43:21,000 Such misfortunes have befallen 727 00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:23,960 the nation on other occasions, 728 00:43:23,960 --> 00:43:27,880 but never more shockingly than two days ago. 729 00:43:33,400 --> 00:43:36,880 He said, "Well, if anyone's ever going to shoot me, 730 00:43:36,880 --> 00:43:38,920 "uh, this would be the day they should do it." 731 00:43:38,920 --> 00:43:42,560 Oh, really? He said, "We'd never top this." 732 00:43:42,560 --> 00:43:44,440 Those things come back now. 733 00:43:48,960 --> 00:43:51,240 You went to the airport today. Yeah. 734 00:43:51,240 --> 00:43:54,000 Did you like it? Yes. 735 00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:57,800 John. What, John, what happened to your father? 736 00:43:57,800 --> 00:44:02,600 Well, so, he's gone to heaven. 737 00:44:02,600 --> 00:44:03,920 He's gone to heaven? Yeah. 738 00:44:03,920 --> 00:44:06,200 Do you remember him? Yeah. 739 00:44:06,200 --> 00:44:08,040 What do you remember? 740 00:44:08,040 --> 00:44:11,720 I-I don't, I don't remember anything! 741 00:44:15,200 --> 00:44:17,720 We in this country, 742 00:44:17,720 --> 00:44:23,520 in this generation are, by destiny rather than choice, 743 00:44:23,520 --> 00:44:28,080 the watchmen on the walls of world freedom. 744 00:44:28,080 --> 00:44:32,640 Ee ask, therefore, that we may be worthy of our power 745 00:44:32,640 --> 00:44:34,760 and responsibility. 746 00:44:34,760 --> 00:44:40,040 That we may exercise our strength with wisdom and restraint, 747 00:44:40,040 --> 00:44:43,440 and that we may achieve in our time and for all time, 748 00:44:43,440 --> 00:44:45,960 the ancient vision of peace on earth, 749 00:44:45,960 --> 00:44:47,800 goodwill toward man. 750 00:44:47,800 --> 00:44:50,200 That must always be our goal. 751 00:44:51,440 --> 00:44:57,000 And the righteousness of our cause must always underlie our strength. 752 00:44:57,000 --> 00:45:00,360 For as was written long ago, 753 00:45:00,360 --> 00:45:06,800 "Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman wake us, but in vain."