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Warren Commission Bullet Impact Tests
Warren Commission Bullet Impact Tests Title at beginning: "233 JFK F117, F304, F305, F309".A series of slow-motion films of things being shot, produced apparently in conjunction with the Warren Commission on the Kennedy Assassination. Starts with what looks like a large gold block of gelatin suspended in water, two different takes of this being shot and reverberating around. At 52:45:03, box or container filled with red paint shot, explodes, paint everywhere. At 53:02:26, human skulls being shot, ghoulish and ghastly. Three different takes. At 54:03:01, a white goat, held into a metal frame with C-clamps and other restraints, is shot in the skull and killed instantly, though illogically, as this experiment proves absolutely nothing more than that bullets can kill with horrendous force; (this is shot at normal speed.) At 54:24:29, same sort of thing in slow-motion, another one at 55:00:14. Gore, Death, Murder.
LAWMAKERS - LM 057 - "Tax Policy"
Jack Albertine getting out of a cab, entering the Capitol building, walking down hallway. Jack Albertine meeting with Rep. Barber Conable (R-NY). Shot of front of the House chamber, Rep. Conable taking to rostrum. Rep. Conable in debate, says medicine always tastes bad, and Congress has to raise taxes. Paul Duke (VO) says Conservative Republicans were reluctant to raise taxes. Rep. John Rousselot (R-CA) in debate, says that President Reagan promised not to raise taxes, says that tax increases wouldn't help much with the deficit. Rep. Mickey Edwards (R-OK) in debate, says he likes Reagan, but he doesn't want to raise taxes. Rep. John Rhodes (R-AZ) in support of the bill, says it's best strength is that "no one is really happy with it." but is good for the country. Rep. Delbert Latta (R-OH) cites JFK'S "what can you do for your country" speech, asks colleagues to let politics aside and do what's right.
Air Tragedy: Trans-Ocean Liner Crash Fatal to 26
Air Tragedy: Trans-Ocean Liner Crash Fatal to 26. At Idlewild Airport(JFK Airport), an Alitalia (Italian Airline Company) Douglas DC-6 airplane crashed into the water and exploded. Twenty-six people were killed. Shots of the burning wreckage in the water. Pan over to people watching from a pier. Police and firemen load a dead body into ambulance/hearse. Searchers look at the devastation. Pan from wreckage at the shore(a seat?) to searchers looking through other wreckage. A man uses a hooked pole to drag a piece of wreckage ashore. People throw found luggage into a pile. Two shots of various luggage. A diver enters the water to search underwater. A group of people watch from a pier as a piece of the plane is raised from the water. Men help maneuver the big piece of plane wreckage. People examine the wreckage. Searchers recover another body and it is passed from the boat to the shore. Shot of crane and people at the wreckage.
President Kennedy's Final Hour
LS Dallas skyline. MS back of people's heads as they wait. Low angle MS man on lift behind television camera (cameraman). GV television cameraman on top of van, pan to see people gathered at airport, waiting for the President's arrival. Low angle MSs Air Force One on its descent. GV pan from cameraman on top of van. LS tracking pan of the President's airplane coming in for landing. LS/GV Air Force One taxiing on the runway. LSs Kennedy entourage exiting airplane. LSs of frantic press around the motorcade cars. MCU JFK and LBJ moving through crowd. GV Presidential car. MSs Jackie Kennedy moving through crowd wearing her infamous pink pillbox hat. GV pan of the Presidential limousine (1961 Lincoln Continental) with top down and the First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and the President John F. Kennedy riding in the back. TLS motorcade leaving airport, reporters and spectators in FG hurry to their own vehicles.
CONGRESS: WE THE PEOPLE
08.34.26-Newman-hundreds of votes take place in each session, and lawmakers need quick information on many minor votes. Rep. BARBER CONABLE (R-NY) talks about getting information from trusted lobbyists and staff on votes he doesn't know well himself. Shots of Rep. CONABLE rushing to vote, riding in the underground tramway to the Capitol. 08.36.18-Newman-discussion of patterns of voting, dependent on party lines, the President, and interests involved, notably in the longstanding coalition of Conservative Republicans and Conservative Southern Democrats. Still of FDR speaking to press microphones, audio of an FDR radio address discussing the New Deal. Stills of FDR and of the Congressional chamber. V.O.-Southern Democrats rebelled against the New Deal after FDR's first term. Rep. JIM WRIGHT recalling the hard struggles faced by speaker Sam Rayburn to keep all the Democrats in line. Shot of 1960 JFK inauguration. Rep. RICHARD BOLLING (D-MO) discussing the problems faced by President Kennedy in getting his domestic agenda approved. Cartoon illustrating the Southern desertions from the Democrats under Kennedy. Still of JFK with Civil Rights leaders including Martin Luther King. 08.38.32-Shot of LBJ at inaugural announcing the Great Society and the Civil Rights initiatives. Stills of LBJ. Still of RICHARD NIXON. V.O.-NIXON resurrected the southern conservative coalition on issues like LAW AND ORDER and the Vietnam War. Shot of Jimmy Carter. Rep. TOM FOLEY says that there were never any formal Conservative Democratic Caucuses under Carter, but there was a solid bloc under Reagan. Still of Conservative Democrats in meeting with Reagan, all having a good laugh about screwing over the bleeding heart liberals. Shot of PHIL GRAMM, says the Conservative Democrats are founded on economic issues, says that this is different than previous conservative Democrat movements that were based on Southern regionalism and racism [Gramm calls racism "the race issue" to suggest that there are two equally valid sides to it]. Shots of meetings of the Conservative Democratic Forum. V.O.-this bloc was recognized as the key voting bloc in Congress during Reagan's first term. Rep. SAM HALL Jr. says that the group speaks for the majority of the people. 08.41.30
President Kennedy's Speech At Rice University
MCU U.S. President JOHN F. KENNEDY (JFK, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, John Kennedy) continues, "In short, our leadership in science and in industry, our hopes for peace and security, our obligations to ourselves as well as others, all require us to make this effort, to solve these mysteries, to solve them for the good of all men, and to become the world's leading space-faring nation. We set sail on this new sea because there is new knowledge to be gained, and new rights to be won, and they must be won and used for the progress of all people. For space science, like nuclear science and all technology, has no conscience of its own. Whether it will become a force for good or ill depends on man, and only if the United States occupies a position of pre-eminence can we help decide whether this new ocean will be a sea of peace or a new terrifying theater of war. I do not say that we should or will go unprotected against the hostile misuse of space any more than we go unprotected against the hostile use of land or sea, but I do say that space can be explored and mastered without feeding the fires of war, without repeating the mistakes that man has made in extending his writ around this globe of ours. There is no strife, no prejudice, no national conflict in outer space as yet. Its hazards are hostile to us all. Its conquest deserves the best of all mankind, and its opportunity for peaceful cooperation may never come again. But why, some say, the moon? Why choose this as our goal? And they may well ask why climb the highest mountain. Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic? Why does Rice play Texas?"
Speeches of Robert F. Kennedy - Assassination & Funeral
Excerpt from Robert Kennedy's "Day of Affirmation" Speech, 1966. Audio of speech over the following images. Color traveling shots from the train carrying RFK s body of crowds lying the route. Color shots of RFK s funeral - coffin being put into hearse. Edward Kennedy (Ted Kennedy, Teddy Kennedy) at the eternal flame by JFK s grave looking pensive. Robert Kennedy riding in a car while campaigning. VS the Beatles and Beatles fans. Shot of Kennedy as a boy (about 13) speaking into a microphone. JFK and RFK leaving a helicopter and being greeted by their children. Color CU of RFK shaking hands. RFK at the eternal flame by JFK s grave. CU eternal flame. "I believe that in this generation those with the courage to enter the conflict will find themselves with companions in every corner of the world. For the fortunate amongst us, the fourth danger my friends is comfort; the temptation to follow the easy and familiar path of personal ambition and financial success so grandly spread before those who have the privilege of an education. But that is not the road history has marked out for us. There is a Chinese curse which says, "May he live in interesting times." Like it or not, we live in interesting times. They are times of danger and uncertainty; but they are also the most creative of any time in the history of mankind. And everyone here will ultimately be judged, will ultimately judge himself, on the effort he has contributed to building a new world society and the extent to which his ideals and goals have shaped that effort. So we part, I to my country and you to remain. We are, if a man of forty can claim that privilege, fellow members of the world's largest younger generation. Each of us have our own work to do. I know at times you must feel very alone with your problems and difficulties. But I want to say how impressed I am with what you stand for and the effort you are making; and I say this not just for myself, but for men and women all over the world. And I hope you will often take heart from the knowledge that you are joined with fellow young people in every land, they struggling with their problems and you with yours, but all joined in a common purpose; that, like the young people of my own country and of every country that I have visited, you are all in many ways more closely united to the brothers of your time than to the older generations of any of these nations; you're determined to build a better future. President Kennedy was speaking to the young people of America, but beyond them to young people everywhere, when he said "the energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it and the glow from that fire can truly light the world." And he added, "With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own. I thank you."
Major League Baseball All-Star Game
Major League Baseball All-Star Game Pan of stadium. Woman wearing straw sun hat with ribbon that reads 1962 All-Star Game. Pan Washington's $24,000,000 stadium is jammed to capacity and among the crowd of 46,000 is President Kennedy who throws out the first pitch. Side view of woman wearing straw hat with 1962 All Star Game written on scarf. President Kennedy shown throwing out first pitch, from his seat. GV of baseball diamond with players. They all see the national league all-stars take the measure of the American league. Stan (the man!) Musical pinch-hits a single that means the first run, Maury Wills runs wild on the bases (steals 2nd base) and Willie Mays makes some spectacular catches: it all adds up to a National League 3-1 win! Several CUs of President John F. Kennedy (JFK) enjoying the game, seen wearing sunglasses, smiling, clapping and eating peanuts? Good shot of baseball player running and sliding into home plate. Good shot of crowd /audience which includes African-American (black) and white spectators. Umpire calls safe.
Focus on the 60s (1960-64)
U.S. sailors in peacoats standing on windy deck of carrier; Marine One helicopter landing on deck; sailor blowing whistle; President John F. Kennedy wearing suit, sunglasses, walking on deck, passing sailors & marines; audio excerpt of President Eisenhower speech warning of the rise of the military-industrial complex; pan of F-100 Super Sabre taking off from naval carrier. Pan of black car flying diplomatic U.S. flag from front quarter panel; President Kennedy wearing sunglasses, arriving at rocket test site, rocket scientist Werner Von Braun in tow; nice CU JFK & Werner von Braun looking up rocket. Cuban Missile Crisis: two USAF airmen loading film into camera of spy plane; air to air shots of B-47 Stratojet bomber in flight; airman manning camera; still of Cuban missile site (buildup); President Kennedy delivering national address: "I call upon Chairman Khrushchev to halt & eliminate this clandestine, reckless & provocative threat to world peace & to stabilize relations. I call upon him to abandon this course of world domination." U.S. naval vessels creating blockade around Cuba; aerials of Soviet cargo ships hauling missiles from Cuba.
GREAT UPSET OF '48
11019 WETA "GREAT UPSET OF '48" IN 11.00.33 ROUGH interview footage from WETA program. A former campaign Press Secretary for HENRY WALLACE recalls coming to be involved with Wallace's Presidential campaign in 1947, ironic that his replacement at his newspaper job was Pierre Salinger who would be JFK's press secretary with more success. He discusses the campaign, a great experience with a good man [Wallace], even though he didn't expect to win and taking the position cost him his newspaper job. 11.07.10-Discusses HENRY WALLACE in praiseful terms for kindness and decency and intelligence. Says Wallace was uncomfortable connecting with the public and had problems in some of his appearances. Recalls WALLACE'S problems campaigning in the South, where Wallace's opposition to Segregation hurt him badly, including one speech in North Carolina where Wallace was pelted with rotten eggs, his fear for Wallace's life at some points during Southern campaign trip. Recounts the campaign car being assailed by a mob at one point. 11.18.42-former HENRY WALLACE campaign Press Secretary recounts scary moments during Wallace's campaign tour of the South. 11.19.45-OUT
Lee Harvey Oswald in New Orleans
See catalog #444683 for footage in its entirety. Lee Harvey Oswald in New Orleans MSs Lee Harvey Oswald in New Orleans handing out leaflets.
Oswald TV Interview
Lee Harvey Oswald being interviewed at WDSU-TV studio in New Orleans, Aug 21, 1963 Interview of LEE HARVEY OSWALD (bad audio, but can be fixed in mastering) in the WDSU-TV studio in New Orleans, Aug 21, 1963. Lee Harvey Oswald says he is not a communist, that he has studied Marxism and sympathizes with the philosophy, eventually admitting that he is a Marxist. LHO explains the difference between Marxism and Communism. LHO begins to discuss the work of the Fair Play for Cuba organization before the film cuts out. This is oft referred to as the Mike Lala Film.
Kennedy Grave: Arlington National Cemetery
Kennedy Grave: Arlington National Cemetery
Kennedy Grave: Arlington National Cemetery
MS eternal flame at the gravesite of John F. Kennedy, colorful floral wreaths hung on the fencing behind, zoom to MCU flame. MCU eternal flame with uniform hats of every branch of the armed forces resting on the ground around the ring, symbolic sign of military paying respects to fallen Commander in Chief, zoom to CU flame.
Kennedy Grave: Arlington National Cemetery
LSs streams of people waiting in line to view the grave site of John F. Kennedy. MCU eternal flame with uniform hats of every branch of the armed forces resting on the ground around the ring.
Dick Gregory
MS comedian and activist DICK GREGORY speaking at press conference. MS reporters, cameramen, photographers trained on Mr. Gregory. Shaky CU Dick Gregory talking. Sideview MS cameraman shooting with CP-16 camera. MCU Dick Gregory talking about the involvement of Lee Harvey Oswald in the JFK assassination, saying that Oswald could not have acted alone, suggesting a greater conspiracy. ..if Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. And if the day that the President announced that he was coming to Dallas, within a 48 hour period Lee Oswald got a job in the book depository. And if the route was not changed until a few hours before the parade, then evidently Lee Harvey Oswald did not act alone. I mean it s different if you are lying out there in the bushes at the airport going to ambush someone. But to know the exact route, before the route is changed and not have the authority to change the route. That alone, from a stand point of logic We can see time and time again that there was not a thorough investigation or either the type of investigation you would use to cover up something. I don t believe the Dallas police department is that stupid myself.
LAWMAKERS
03.30.23-DUKE/WERTHEIMER/ROBERTS in studio-discussion of "road show" type stunts, WERTHEIMER says REPUBLICANS have a "road show" that DEMOCRATS can't possibly top, it's name is RONALD REAGAN. DUKE intro report on SENATE decision whether to expel Sen. HARRISON WILLIAMS for a BRIBERY SCANDAL. 03.31.16-Shot of WILLIAMS, says that he feels he's accomplished his goals for SENATE career. Still of WILLIAMS with JFK, Still of WILLIAMS with LBJ. Still of WILLIAMS with TIP O'NEILL. DUKE v.o.-summary of WILLIAMS' legislative achievements. Clip from grainy b/w closed-circuit camera, showing WILLIAMS allegedly accepting bribe from a plant dressed as an "arab sheik". Shot of WILLIAMS, asserting he's innocent of impropriety, only wanted to help friends, got set up by FBI. Says he's too trusting. Says his colleagues have been supportive. DUKE interviews WILLIAMS about the scandal. Discussion of the problems of SUSPICION on public officials, WILLIAMS asserting he has been honest and well-intentioned, says he doesn't condemn himself. 03.36.06-DUKE in studio. Intro commentary. 03.36.30-Commentary by Otis PIKE on subject of political games in Congress. Hard to tell who's winning and losing. Discusses absurdities of the BUDGET DEBATE. 03.38.06-DUKE-signs off closing Credits/transcript order info/WETA credit/sponsor credits/PBS ID 03.39.51-OUT.
President Kennedy's Final Hour
Elevated tracking shots of the motorcade on the move, police motorcycles in the lead, next seen is the presidential limousine with top down and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and President John F. Kennedy waving from the back seat. Stationary elevated LS motorcade on the move. Street level MSs as the presidential motorcade moves toward and past the camera. GV spectators standing along the route. Various MSs of the motorcade passing: police motorcycles, Presidential limo w/ John & Jackie waving, Vice Presidential limo w/ Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson plus more. MS people long route holding banner reading "Please stop & shake our hands JFK & LBJ", pan to street. MS motorcade moving slowly along route, lead by police on motorcycles, followed by police & secret service in white Ford. Excellent MCU Presidential limo moving past camera, good view of John and Jackie Kennedy smiling & waving from the back seat, Jackie dressed in the immortalized pink suit and pill box hat. TLS motorcade moving toward camera, pan & MCU of President Kennedy waving & pushing hair from his face. MS car full of press men traveling along side of motorcade filming the event. LS/MSs motorcade on the move showing the Presidential & Vice Presidential limos.
The Great Communicator, Vol 1: The Reagan Presidency 1981-1989
Jan 31, 1986 Remarks at the Memorial Service for the Crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger in Houston, Texas. President Ronald Reagan delivers a eulogy for the heroes. C/A Camelot kids JOHN F. KENNEDY, JR. (JFK, Jr., John F. Kennedy Jr.) and CAROLINE KENNEDY seated in crowd, listening to speech. C/As of the bereaved listening to the President speak. We come together today to mourn the loss of seven brave Americans. To share the grief we all feel, and perhaps in that sharing to find the strength, to bare our sorrow, and the courage to look for the seeds of hope. Our nation is indeed fortunate, that we can still draw on immense reservoirs of courage, character and fortitude. That we re still blessed with Heros, like those of space shuttle Challenger. Dick Scobee knew that every launching of a space shuttle is a technological miracle, and he said, That if something ever does go wrong, I hope that doesn t mean the end to the space shuttle program. Every family member I talk to, ask specifically that we continue the program that is what their departed loved one would want, above all else. We will not disappoint them.
Democrats Nominate Kennedy
The Democratic National Convention winds up with the nomination of Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson as running mate of presidential candidate Senator John F. Kennedy, climaxing a spectacular battle for the presidential nomination in which despite strong campaigns for Senator Johnson and Adlai Stevenson, Kennedy rolls to an overwhelming victory on the first ballot. Exterior - Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, people marching with signs. Interior scenes, convention: delegates, speakers, people waving signs for LBJ. MLS - At podium, Minnesota governor submits nomination of Senator John F. Kennedy. Delegates hold Kennedy for President signs and a giant Kennedy head. MLS - Minnesota senator Eugene McCarthy enthusiastically voices support for Adlai Stevenson. Stevenson supporters wave their signs. MS - Eleanor Roosevelt waves to crowd. Wyoming delegation cast the deciding vote. MS - JFK enters. The identically dressed Kennedy booster girls (young women in matching outfits with belts that say "Kennedy") bounce and clap. John F. Kennedy addresses the people and accepts his nomination, "With our devotion to this country we wish to keep it strong and we wish to keep it free. It requires at this critical time, the best of all of us. And I can assure all of you here who have reposed this confidence in me, that I will be worthy of your trust. We will carry the fight to the people in the fall. And we shall win."
New Naval Museum: Proud History Is Displayed
During "Navy Week" there's no more appropriate place for a painless education than the Washington Navy Yard Museum. Here, in dramatic display is a living history of the great heritage that is the United States Navy. You can see models of famous fighting ships, including the collection of the late President Kennedy. Exterior shot of The US Naval Historical Display Center. Camera scans the inside of the museum showing display cases. Boys looking at a glass display case showcasing a tall sailing ship. Boys looking at the back of an iron cannon and there's a Cub Scout sitting on the barrel of the cannon. Boys sitting at a table. Camera zooms in on a port hole installed on a wall with some Girl Scouts sitting on the other side of the wall. Kids standing on a model of a deck of a ship dating back to the civil war and looking at a painted wall depicting a sea battle. Model ship with scaled down sea hands on board. Boys and girls looking at the model ship. A little girl looking at a bust of JFK. John F. Kennedy Collection room. Model ships in glass cases and boys and girls looking at them. Model aircraft carrier from WWII. Kids standing on their toes looking at the carrier through glass.
One Day in Berlin - John F. Kennedy
Berlin's Tegel Airport-June 26th 1963 : Audio excerpts from John F Kennedy upon leaving Berlin "I said yesterday that I was going to leave a note for my successor which would say, "To be opened at a time of some discouragement," and in it would be written three words: "Go to Germany." I may open that note myself some day. I know the American people naturally wonder on occasions whether all that they have done since the end of 1945, all the responsibilities and burdens that they have accepted, whether any of this effort is recognized and appreciated. If they had any doubts, certainly it would seem to me that the warmth of the welcome of the last 3 days which was extended through me to the American people should have ended them. And for that reason, if for no other, I am happy I came and I express my thanks to you, Chancellor, and to all the German people for the hand they held out to us." Audio address playing over the following images taken at Berlin's Tegel airport : MS John F Kennedy saying good-bye to German officials. MS JFK climbing steps to Air Force One, turning and waving before entering the plane. MS Air Force One on the tarmac. GV Air Force One taxiing. GV Air Force One on the runway gaining speed just prior to take-off.
1963 - Reenactments of the Kennedy Assassination - Driving Down Elm Street
Re-enactment of the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy as conducted by the Secret Service and the Warren Commission. Tracking shot of adult Caucasian men posing as Kennedy and Texas Governor John Connally Jr. riding in a convertible as it drives on Elm Street, past the Grassy Knoll, the "Fort Worth Turnpike" sign, and under the turnpike bridge as seen from the angle of the Orville Nix film.
1963 - Reenactments of the Kennedy Assassination - Driving Down Elm Street
Re-enactment of the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy as conducted by the Secret Service and the Warren Commission. Tracking shot of adult Caucasian men posing as Kennedy and Texas Governor John Connally Jr. riding in a convertible as it drives on Elm Street, past the Grassy Knoll, the "Fort Worth Turnpike" sign, and under the turnpike bridge; shaky, jittery POV from same perspective of the Zapruder film, showing traffic from Houston Street, people standing on sidewalk.