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JFK Assassination Hearings - The Conclusion

JFK Assassination Hearings - The Conclusion
Clip: 459724_1_1
Year Shot: 1978 (Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: Color
Tape Master: 3649
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HD: N/A
Location: Old House Caucus Room
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(02:01:38) Opens with Chief Counsel Professor ROBERT BLAKEY summarizing the findings of an engineering consultant whose testimony was not heard because of time constraints, Blakey says this engineer has found that based on the trajectory of the bullet which hit JFK's head he finds it "highly unlikely" it could have been fired from the Texas School Book Depository (02:02:09) Funny audience shot (02:03:00) Blakey is recognized by Committee Chairman LOUIS STOKES, Blakey takes a couple minutes to thank the committee and his staff for their professional and politic-free work (02:05:00) Stokes thanks Blakey and the staff (02:06:23) Stokes recognizes Representative CHRISTOPHER DODD, Dodd has a question for Blakey about an unidentified bullet fragment found in JFK's limosine - Blakey says he cannot reference this fragment from memory (02:07:40) Stokes recognizes Representative ROBERT EDGAR, Edgar thanks Stokes for being chairman, Stokes in turn thanks all of the House Committee members (02:09:39) Stokes gives his closing statement in which he says among other things that he admits these investigations into JFK and Dr. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR's assassination did not tie up all the loose ends, he also says that in the future these sorts of cases must be better and further investigated when they actually happen, Stokes also gives dates of when the committee's conclusion reports about the two assassinations will be released and published (02:15:57) Stokes adjourns committee (02:16:10) Hearings host PAUL DUKE voices over shot of hearings room summary of the day's testimony (02:17:10) Shot changes to broadcast booth, Duke discusses with panel member JEREMIAH O'LEARY of the Washington Star the day's testimony and the conclusion of the investigation (02:20:18) Chairman Stokes appears and is interviewed by Duke, Duke tries in vain to get Stokes to say whether or not he feels there was a conspiracy in the JFK and King assassinations, Duke also discusses what will happen now with the JFK investigation, especially since today's new evidence has come to light, strongly implicating a second shooter (02:27:00) Duke closes out the hearings coverage (02:27:34) WETA logo (02:27:43) PBS funding credit (02:27:51) PBS logo