Special Release: President Assassinated
Special Release: President Assassinated
Newsreel regarding the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy. Orig UI Text: President John Fitzgerald Kennedy is dead at the hand of a madman. Lyndon B. Johnson becomes the 36th President of the United States. In the midst of cheering crowds as he rode through downtown Dallas, Mr. Kennedy fell before assassin's bullets fired from a warehouse along the route of the motorcade. A nation is bowed in grief. The world mourns. A feeling of shocked disbelief swept over the nation as the news came that the 46 year old Mr. Kennedy had been murdered. Men & women wept unashamedly in the streets. Then came grief & revulsion. Bells tolled & flags were lowered to half-mast in sorrowful tribute to the 4th U.S. President to lose his life to an assassin. Message of sympathy poured in from world leaders. The youngest man ever elected U.S. President, Mr. Kennedy was a best-selling author at 23, a war hero at 26. A U.S. Representative at 29, a Senator at 35. Scion of one of the nation's wealthiest families he avoided the life of ease to dedicate himself to public service. He executed many difficult problems of his office with a skill that brought sunshine to the Presidency. Now he is dead."
Special Release: President Assassinated
UI Title Cards: "Special Release"... "President Assassinated." Traveling MS U.S. Senator JOHN F. KENNEDY (John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jack Kennedy, JFK, John Kennedy) riding in open convertible, smiling and waving to passing crowd while campaigning for the U.S. Presidency. Panning MS John F. Kennedy walking through crowd, smiling and waving. MS newly-elected U.S. President John Kennedy smiling, posing with wife JACQUELINE KENNEDY (Jackie Kennedy), Camelot matriarch ROSE KENNEDY (Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy), and Kennedy patriarch JOSEPH KENNEDY, SR. (Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., Joe Kennedy); MS Jack and Jackie Kennedy posing, smiling. High angle LS large crowd gathered in Rudolph Wilde Platz for Kennedy speech in West Berlin, Germany, June 26, 1963; zooming LS JFK standing at banyan of microphones with German Chancellor WILLY BRANDT and distinguished guests including KONRAD ADENAUER; panning high angle LS massive crowd cheering, applauding. TLS South Lawn (portico, Truman porch) of White House in Washington, DC; TLS JFK, Jackie seated on porch with children JOHN F. KENNEDY, JR. and CAROLINE KENNEDY, Highland guardsman in Scottish trappings shaking the kids' hands; John John salutes the guardsman, Caroline climbs onto Poppa's lap -- how cute!
Special Release: President Assassinated
TLSs U.S. President JOHN F. KENNEDY and First Lady JACQUELINE KENNEDY alighting Air Force One at Love Field in Dallas, Texas, shaking hands with well-wishers on tarmac; MSs President John Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy shaking hands on tarmac. Panning MS JFK and Jackie riding in open convertible, passing camera, waving and smiling, heading for Dealey Plaza. Low angle TLS Texas School Book Depository. MS Dallas police squad car (Ford) pulling to TSBD, detective exiting car; MSs white male Dallas police officer wearing sunglasses, holding shotgun while staring up at TSBD; rear view MSs detectives and cops entering TSBD. LS Parkland Hospital; TLS police officers keeping people away from covered emergency entrance; MS bouquet of flowers in backseat of Kennedy car; MS young white woman learning the news of JFK's death, turning away to cry; MS young African-American woman openly weeping; MS middle-aged white woman crying; MS middle-aged white man leaning against "Keep Right" sign. TLS crowd at newspaper stand; MS newspaper-- "Extra! President Dead, Shot By Assassin." MS young white woman crying, being consoled by white man. TLSs American flags flying at half-mast. LSs White House, flag flying at half-mast; TLS crowd gathered across street from WH. MSs white women kneeling, praying in church. LS United Nations Building in New York City; panning high angle TLS ambassadors, delegates standing & observing moment of silence inside U.N. General Assembly. TLS reporters gathered on airport tarmac, Air Force One parked in BG. Still photo of Lyndon Johnson being sworn in as U.S. President, Jackie Kennedy and Lady Bird Johnson watching on, AF1.
Special Release: President Assassinated
Panning LS Air Force One taking off from Love Airfield in Dallas, Texas, following assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy. TLSs Air Force One taxiing into Washington, DC, night, military servicemen unloading casket containing body of President Kennedy, placing coffin into hearse, night-- Attorney General ROBERT F. KENNEDY and JACQUELINE KENNEDY alight lift; TLS crowd gathered behind fence at airport; panning TLS hearse departing; LS President LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON and LADY BIRD JOHNSON alighting Air Force One; TLS reporters gathered on tarmac for informal press conference; MS President Lyndon B. Johnson addressing press corps. LS White House, night; LS LBJ, Lady Bird Johnson alighting Marine One helicopter, walking toward camera; MSs reporters in White House for press conference (as viewed through window); more nighttime shots of White House.