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Dealey Plaza Revisited
Panning 360 degree LS of Dealey Plaza showing courthouse, Dal-Tex building, Texas School Book Depository, pergola, grassy knoll, overpass, etc; shot shortly after the Kennedy assassination, wreaths & mourners on hill; traffic passing in FG. TLS traffic entering Dealey Plaza, passing under overpass.
Dealey Plaza Revisited
Excellent subjective POV shot reenacting Kennedy motorcade route, making right turn into Dealey Plaza, passing Texas School Book Depository, crowds lining street and moving under the turnpike overpass. Second POV take focuses on 6th floor of Texas School Book Depository as car turns corner, holding shot of TSBD, car coming to stop, camera zooms in to open sixth floor window.
Dealey Plaza Revisited
Panning TLSs interior of 6th floor of Texas School Book Depository, boxes of books piled high in some shots. MS white man in business suit assuming Lee Harvey Oswald's alleged position in "sniper's nest" by window. MSs windows of sixth floor of TSBD (interior view). Panning shot view of Dealey Plaza from windows of sixth floor. MSs sniper's nest by window (no man, just boxes). MSs man kneeling at sniper's nest, pointing out window. LS view from sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository, cars & trucks driving in and out of Dealey Plaza, nice perspective shot.
Dealey Plaza Revisited
Reenactment of the Kennedy assassination with magnified sniper scope (riflescope, telescopic sight) in center screen, actor portraying Kennedy wavering in and out of crosshairs. Very interesting visual that illustrates the difficulty of making the kill shots that Oswald supposedly pulled off. Since the scene is obscured by the sniper scope, the actors look nothing like the Kennedys & the car is not a limo and a different color than the death car, this could very easily serve as generic political assassination material. Similar shots repeated several times.
Dealey Plaza Revisited
Interior panning TLS sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository, boxes stacked high. Reenactment of Lee Harvey Oswald hiding rifle, leaving 6th floor and arriving at second floor lunchroom, the actor portraying LHO walking lamely, slowly, methodically.
Dealey Plaza Revisited
Exterior panning LSs of Dealey Plaza from Abraham Zapruder's vantage point during the assassination, traffic traveling along street (nice mix of late 50s & early 60s cars, pickup trucks and buses).
NPACT coverage of Church Committee Hearings - Assassinations
U.S. Senator Walter Mondale (D-MN) says, "There is evidence that during the Cuban Missile Crisis, when our government finally realized what was at stake, that we tried to call off operatives in Cuba that may have been trying to get Castro killed, but we had no assurances that we in fact we had reached them or called them off. So, that you set in motion things which may be horrible in concept but may be unbelievable when it finally played out to its final conclusion." Adult Caucasian female reporter says, "Now that these various plots against Castro have been officially revealed, what do you think this will do to our efforts to normalize relations with Cuba?" Sen. Frank Church (D-ID) says, "Castro was the first to know of these attempts long before the American people. The committee found a certain irony in the fact that a poison pen device was being passed for the purpose of assassinating Castro on the very day that President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas."
Kennedys in France
Kennedys in France Paris, France Black sedans arriving at building. Two stationed guards saluting. Parisians waving in courtyard. John F Kennedy and Rose Kennedy on balcony, smiling. They pose for camera with local dignitaries.
John F Kennedy
John F Kennedy President John F Kennedy sitting in his famed rocking chair, meeting with South Vietnam dignitary, perhaps Ambassador to the US, in the Oval Office.
President Kennedy Civil Rights Speech
Radio and Television Report to the American People on Civil Rights. Delivered from the President's office at 8 p.m. President John F. Kennedy speaks to the Nation after dispatching National Guard to University of Alabama following Governor George Wallace's refusal to admit two black students in June 11, 1963. Washington, DC
President Kennedy Civil Rights Speech
MSs U.S. President JOHN F. KENNEDY sitting at desk, making notes while preparing to speak to nation. President Kennedy delivers national televised address. "Good evening, my fellow citizens: This afternoon, following a series of threats and defiant statements, the presence of Alabama National Guardsmen was required on the University of Alabama to carry out the final and unequivocal order of the United States District Court of the Northern District of Alabama. That order called for the admission of two clearly qualified young Alabama residents who happened to have been born Negro. That they were admitted peacefully on the campus is due in good measure to the conduct of the students of the University of Alabama, who met their responsibilities in a constructive way. I hope that every American, regardless of where he lives, will stop and examine his conscience about this and other related incidents. This Nation was founded by men of many nations and backgrounds. It was founded on the principle that all men are created equal, and that the rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened. Today we are committed to a worldwide struggle to promote and protect the rights of all who wish to be free. And when Americans are sent to Viet-Nam or West Berlin, we do not ask for whites only. It ought to be possible, therefore, for American students of any color to attend any public institution they select without having to be backed up by troops. It ought to be possible for American consumers of any color to receive equal service in places of public accommodation, such as hotels and restaurants and theaters and retail stores, without being forced to resort to demonstrations in the street, and it ought to be possible for American citizens of any color to register and to vote in a free election without interference or fear of reprisal. It ought to be possible, in short, for every American to enjoy the privileges of being American without regard to his race or his color. In short, every American ought to have the right to be treated as he would wish to be treated, as one would wish his children to be treated. But this is not the case. The Negro baby born in America today, regardless of the section of the Nation in which he is born, has about one-half as much chance of completing a high school as a white baby born in the same place on the same day, one-third as much chance of completing college, one-third as much chance of becoming a professional man, twice as much chance of becoming unemployed, about one-seventh as much chance of earning $10,000 a year, a life expectancy which is 7 years shorter, and the prospects of earning only half as much. This is not a sectional issue. Difficulties over segregation and discrimination exist in every city, in every State of the Union, producing in many cities a rising tide of discontent that threatens the public safety. Nor is this a partisan issue. In a time of domestic crisis men of good will and generosity should be able to unite regardless of party or politics. This is not even a legal or legislative issue alone. It is better to settle these matters in the courts than on the streets, and new laws are needed at every level, but law alone cannot make men see right. We are confronted primarily with a moral issue. It is as old as the scriptures and is as clear as the American Constitution."
Conventions: Battling Dems Jin In Attack On GOP Record
Highlights of the Democratic Convention in Los Angeles as the contenders for the nomination go down to the wire. Senator Frank Church's keynote address sounds the common battle cry, when the inter-party skirmishing is over and the real target, the G.O.P., is in sight. All the people at the convention on the out side of the building holding up banners and signs for the constitutes they want voted in. MCUS - Senator Symington. Symington waves his hat to supporters. Another rally, people with (Lyndon B.) Johnson signs. Senate Majority Leader, Lyndon Johnson. Another group with signs for Adlai Stevenson. MCUS - Adlai Stevenson. CUS - A young gal is holding up a printed sign," Vote For Stevenson, He's A Lousy Golfer." CUS - Stevenson with a lei on his neck, waving. A Congo line for Kennedy -- a group of pretty young women dressed in identical outfits bounce along, carrying and wearing signs to vote for JFK. Candidate John F. Kennedy makes his way through thick crowds. MS - Outside of Los Angeles Memorial Stadium. MS - Senator Frank Church a young Senator from Idaho. Senator Frank Church speaks, "We see the world in upheaval polarized by two gigantic adversaries the United States and the Soviet Union. At stake is the shape of the future. If the Soviet Union is Communism on exhibit, even more is the United States the showcase of Democracy. How urgent it is for us to show all the watching world that Democracy has the will to serve vital public needs. How ironic that our National Administration should has fallen into the hands of the "Hold Back Party" during times that beseech us, push ahead. Nominate a man who will summon this priceless heritage to work. Give us a leader with a program who, who's dimensions will match those of this atomic age. And the Democratic Party true to its tradition will lift this country once again, upon the high road of destiny."
Speeches of Robert F. Kennedy - Death of Martin Luther King
BW scenes of civil rights marches, including the one on Selma. Washington DC, smoke from the rioting that occurred after King's death. Riot damaged streets. "Martin Luther King dedicated his life to love and to justice for his fellow human beings, and he died because of that effort. In this difficult day, in this difficult time for the United States, it is perhaps well to ask what kind of a nation we are and what direction we want to move in. For those of you who are black, considering the evidence there evidently is that there were white people who were responsible, you can be filled with bitterness, with hatred, and a desire for revenge." Color footage of police arresting young African American men. Color footage of burning buildings during riots. BW Martin Luther King delivering the "I Have a Dream" Speech in Washington (no audio). Caucasian police officers assaulting black men with pepper spray and billy clubs. " We can move in that direction as a country, in great polarization, black people amongst black, white people amongst white, filled with hatred toward one another. Or we can make an effort, as Martin Luther King did, to understand and to comprehend, and to replace that violence, that stain of bloodshed that has spread across our land, with an effort to understand with compassion and love." RFK Delivering speech. "For those of you who are black and are tempted to be filled with hatred and distrust at the injustice of such an act, against all white people, I can only say that I feel in my own heart the same kind of feeling. I had a member of my family killed," People crying after learning of the assassination of JFK. RFK delivering speech. "but he was killed by a white man. But we have to make an effort in the United States, we have to make an effort to understand, to go beyond these rather difficult times. My favorite poet was Aeschylus."
Mannlicher-Carcano Rifle
See catalog # 540151 for identical footage w/out audio Mannlicher-Carcano Rifle CU unidentified young man in gun shop being interviewed by reporter with microphone, pan down as the young man shows off a Mannlicher-Carcano rifle, the same type used by Lee Harvey Oswald in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Great MS several rifles & shotguns for sale in the gun shop. Panning MCU firearms tagged for sale.
A Roll of "The Last Two Days"
Interesting traveling shot dawn/dusk sky & pinkish clouds (view from plane in flight).
A Roll of "The Last Two Days"
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A Roll of "The Last Two Days"
(Note that 2-4 secs of black follow each shot within this segment.) TLS White House, night. TLS water fountain on South Lawn of White House, night.
A Roll of "The Last Two Days"
Fantastic COLOR (ektachrome) A Roll from "The Last Two Days," a film documenting the last two days in the life of President John F. Kennedy, shot by White House personnel.
A Roll of "The Last Two Days"
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LAWMAKERS
20.09.23-DUKE-intro report on SPACE PROGRAM, having to fight for funding. REAGAN wants to have a permanent, manned space station. 20.09.37-C/S REAGAN giving State of the Union, asks NASA for development of a permanently manned SPACE STATION within ten years. Sketch of a proposed design of such a SPACE STATION. C/S NASA administrator in Senate committee hearing. Sen. FRANK LAUTENBERG (D-NJ) criticizes the high cost of SPACE STATION. Clips from old NASA films showing ASTRONAUTS (including JOHN GLENN) with model Saturn rocket, ASTRONAUT training in gyroscope-thingy. Clip of JFK speech pledging to land a man on the moon. Clip of NEIL ARMSTRONG'S moonwalk, ASTRONAUT driving MOONBUGGY on MOON, launch of GIANT ROCKET. 20.11.00-C/S Former Rep. EMILIO D'ADDARIO, says the legacy of NASA funding will be viewed as rewarding and justified in the long term. Series of drawings and simulations of orbiting satellites and surfaces of faraway planets. C/S Dr. George Wetherill, National Space Science Board, says that the U.S.'s scientific agenda does not require a space station but is more based on missions to other planets. Exterior of Capitol. C/S Sen. WILLIAM PROXMIRE (D-WI) says that NASA BUREAUCRACY and AEROSPACE INDUSTRY are the only ones who want the SPACE STATION, which is too expensive for the benefits. C/S Sen. SLADE GORTON (R-BOEING, er, WA) urging moving forward on SPACE STATION, cites the "American Desire" to push back frontiers, says the SPACE STATION will "pay for itself". Rep. D'ADDARIO says the long-term legacy of exploration is part of "manifest destiny". Shots of ASTRONAUT using rocket pack on SPACEWALK. 20.13.54-ROBERTS-several Senior REPUBLICANS in House are stepping down at end of term. C/S Rep. BARBER CONABLE (R-NY), says he doesn't want Congress to become his whole life. Stills of young CONABLE with NIXON and Gerald Ford, and Rep. DAN ROSTENKOWSKI. C/S CONABLE, says that the House has become more closed and less Democratic. C/S Rep. JACK EDWARDS (R-AL), says he's burnt out after a long career. He doesn't thrive on the legislative battling. C/S Rep. JED JOHNSON, former Congressman, says it's a very tough job and has gotten tougher and more all-consuming.
Reenactments of the Kennedy Assassination
Reenactments of the Kennedy assassination as conducted by the Secret Service and the Warren Commission. Stunning Warren Commission reenactment of Kennedy assassination in Dealey Plaza as seen through scope of rifle, crosshairs marking back of actor portraying Kennedy (looks nothing like him; could substitute for generic political assassination), the open-air limousine seen driving away. Wow. Excellent quality.
LAWMAKERS
01.20.40-DUKE-notes the passing of two members of Congress over summer recess, LARRY MCDONALD (D-GA) who was killed in the KOREAN AIRLINER INCIDENT [shot down by Soviet Air force]. Still of Rep. McDONALD, described as a hardline conservative who opposed Communism and Government spending. Second member was a "giant", Senator HENRY JACKSON (D-WA). 01.21.17-Linda Wertheimer in front of Capitol, describes Sen. JACKSON as a lifelong politician with a reputation for domestic generosity and toughness in Foreign Affairs. Shots of Sen. JACKSON'S funeral, mourners. Sen. TED KENNEDY gives a eulogy. Pundit GEORGE WILL gives a praiseful eulogy of JACKSON as a hero. Sen. PAT MOYNIHAN (D-NY) urges that remembering what JACKSON did should lead the rest of the Senate to remember work yet to be done. Stills of JACKSON. C/S Sen. JIM SASSER (D-TN), says JACKSON was in the mold of other great Senators like JFK. Clip of 1972 JACKSON PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN ad. WERTHEIMER v.o.-JACKSON'S support for Vietnam War killed his 1972 candidacy, his "insider" status hurt him in 1976 as Democrats tried to distance themselves from the image of corruption in Washington. 01.23.21-C/S Sen. JACKSON on panel of SENATE COMMITTEE. M/S JACKSON approaching microphone stand outside WHITE HOUSE. v.o.-JACKSON believed in strong DEFENSE, support of ISRAEL, and distrust of SOVIET UNION, all integral parts of U.S. foreign policy. Shot of Committee hearing, 1979, JACKSON questioning AL HAIG about the Russian's plans to achieve military superiority. C/S JACKSON entering a room to give a press statement, JACKSON speaking to denounce the SOVIETS for shooting down the KOREAN AIRLINER. C/S Sen. JOHN TOWER (R-TX), says that JACKSON'S loss will hurt the Senate in trying to maintain adequate DEFENSE. C/S Sen. SAM NUNN (D-GA), says that JACKSON was a stalwart in DEFENSE area. C/S Sen. SASSER, says he'll miss "Scoop" Jackson as a person. Sen. NUNN says JACKSON had the enthusiasm of a freshman Senator, a big influence on the others. B/W Still of JACKSON, title reads 1912-1983. 01.25.38-DUKE-The Press will miss JACKSON, who was always professional in taking criticism from the press. DUKE offers a personal assessment of JACKSON as a man of high integrity. Signs off. Closing credits/transcript information/WETA credit/sponsor credits/PBS ID. 01.27.45--OUT
Focus on the 60s (1960-64)
Kennedy Inauguration, January 20, 1961: Rear view group viewing Capitol Dome; President Dwight Eisenhower & John F. Kennedy, both wearing top hats; pan of crowd gathered at steps of U.S. Capitol; John F. Kennedy delivering Inaugural Address: "Let the word go forth from this time & place, to friend & foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans... And so my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." President Kennedy meeting with advisors in Oval Office.