Living History with The Newmans

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza presented an interview with assassination eyewitnesses Bill, Gayle, Clayton and Bill Newman and Museum Associate Curator Stephen Fagin. The Newman family were the closest civilian eyewitnesses to President Kennedy at the time of the fatal shot. The presentation was the first time all four family members have discussed their memories of the assassination publicly.
This presentation took place at the Museum on November 9, 2013 as part of the 50th anniversary Living History Series. To see related films, photos, documents and oral histories from The Sixth Floor Museum's collection, visit our online collections database (emuseum.jfk.org). Or make a research appointment to explore the books, DVDs and other materials available in the Museum's Reading Room (www.jfk.org/go/....

[@sidfinster9298]

They handle the interview with grace and dignity. It speaks something of their character that they continue to volunteer to relive the incident, given how ignorant and needlessly cruel comments can be. This was a great broadcast...thanks.

[@patrickrang9525]

Just met Bill today as I was walking around Dealey Plaza..very nice man.

[@Augfordpdoggie]

what a sweet family, see what happens when you have good morals, 2 loving parents with a good attitude. I could listen to them all day, what a bunch of funny people

[@opticscolossalandepicvideo4879]

They were part of conspiracy. Sadly

[@BaileyDaubert]

This is the family of my recently deceased boyfriend of 5 years Connor Newman! His father is Clayton Newman and obviously his uncle, and grandparents! They are all the most genuine and caring people I’ve ever met! They’ve always taken me in with open arms! The first time I met granny Neman she showered me with love! At his funeral granny grabbed me and said “darling come on sit on my lap!” I said “GRANNY!! I’m way too heavy!” She said “nope take a seat!” 🥺❤️ This was just last September! I will always consider all of them family. They are more of a family to me than my blood family. Extraordinary people!

[@techkie]

Thank you very much for sharing this interview. It was interesting to watch this. This family was unwillingly caught up in these extraordinary circumstances, and thus made part of our living history. Still they managed to retain a good common sense about it all.

[@michelleb.9402]

What a loving family the Newmans are! I have always wondered about how much the little boys in the famous photograph remembered of that day. I wondered how it affected them after and growing up. The photo of Bill and Gayle shielding the boys always reminds me that even on the worst of days and situations, love still has a place. I liked that Clayton did not find their actions heroic or remarkable, but just expected. It speaks to him being accustomed to his parents protecting and demonstrating their love for his brother and him. I found Gayle's story of Billy talking about the blood and asking about the assassination a few days later and her reply to him to be very moving. What a great mom! I don't think even Mr. Rogers could have handled the situation any better than she did. They are a beautiful family that recovered from one history 's ugliest events.

[@geoffreyjohnstone5465]

They seem a genuinely nice couple and its comforting to see they are still together 50+ years later. Pretty much the closest witnesses to the limo and were quite high profile as they appeared in several photos and films and were interviewed straight after the shooting..........yet somehow the Warren Commission didnt ask them to testify Can anyone give a sensible answer as to why these very genuine, authentic witnesses to the assassination were never called by an austere body of men chosen to investigate that very crime?

[@worldcupwonders]

Fascinating interview - a lovely genuine family. Thank you for uploading.

[@MTGrad1]

Wish I could have seen this in person! I've watched many of these videos and much footage from WFAA and CBS and feel like I should know them personally. I was inspired to visit the museum and Dealey Plaza and got to do so Dec. 30. Thank you for this series and I look forward to watching more interviews.

[@jenniferwise8515]

The Warren Omission did not call them since it never fit the Warren pre conceived scenario.

[@jb-vb8un]

supposition

[@davidarbuckle7236]

The Newmans are so important in the history of that fateful day.

[@lousekoya1803]

Thank you again ! This is Treacherous!

[@beachem1]

Great interview. Thanks!!

[@amberjean1107]

Clayton was like oh great here comes the story about my potty training experience from mom and then Gayle says the little devil lol

[@desmondcastro3679]

Good to see the Newman's.

[@leemoore9933]

why, do u know them or what.

[@sherryirbvin7448]

Awesome interview

[@davidcouch6514]

Just got an urge for olive loaf lol

[@81overon]

Let me give all the 'lone nuts' out there some info. This is a portion of a statement made by Mr Newman. "I thought the shot had come from the garden directly behind me, that was on an elevation from where I was as I was right on the curb. I do not recall looking toward the Texas School Book Depository." There you go. Please stop the lies about a lone assassin. This was a professional job and cover up.

[@jenniferwise8515]

EXACTLY! The Newmans and many others.

[@aaronz7056]

Dealey Plaza is an echo chamber. Zapruder, for one, standing only yards away, had no idea where the shots came from. The vast majority of witnesses firmly ID"d the shots as coming from the TSBD. To say nothing of all the medical evidence and all evidence about Oswald himself....

[@81overon]

@@aaronz7056 What was the medical evidence?

[@edfou5]

So Mr. & Mrs. Newman fully believed that the third shot came from above and behind their heads, and believed this both on the day and 50 years later... and yet they're entirely on the fence as to whether Oswald acted alone? WHAT?

[@randyharris3175]

They did not say that

[@randyharris3175]

They just said they dont know stop putting words in there mouths

[@jenniferwise8515]

FEAR! Dozens have been murdered in horrible ways. IF Oswald was on the 6th floor and a shot came over their heads, use.your head and put it together! Are you really that dense?

[@aaronz7056]

@@jenniferwise8515 Some people with peripheral connections to the case died and their passings were warped into "murders" by crackpot authors looking to make money off the assassination. It has yet to be explained why this sinister "hit squad" never killed any witness in or near the limo, any of the people filming in the plaza, any TSBD employee, any of the witnesses at the Tippit crime scene or to Oswald's escape from it, any witness in the theater, anybody present at Oswald's death, any of his interrogators, any of the medical staff at Parkland or Bethesda Hospitals, any member of Oswald's family, either of the Paines, Ruby himself, any of those crackpot authors like Marrs, Groden, Lane, etc., who spent many years crowing loudly about how they were going to blow the conspiracy wide open.....

[@jenniferwise8515]

edfou5, the Newnans were adamant at first BUT they are paid $$$ for appearances and the Depository museum is strictly Oswald only. Even the curator that died had to change his tune to get that cushy job( since has died).

[@leemoore9933]

I know from dear hunting you can't rely on where the sound comes from it can be very misleading. Those sound waves bounce off of tress and buildings I know I was wrong many times on where I thought the rifle shots came from. People that have never hunted, handled a rifle wouldnt know this. They all look the same age, Lol.

[@bienkee8474]

Fascinating series and such noble speakers. JFK had a profound effect on the lives of people globally.

[@bettywhite9634]

A 1960s mentality? As in people were naive? As people were easily fooled in them times? Good point!

[@keithashley6298]

Lovely family who witnessed a terrible tragedy.

[@ILSRWY4]

billy and Clayton speak like true siblings.. each HAS TO HAVE their OWN view. As for Gail to say "its hard to keep it secret if more than one person is involved without someone blabbing" She clearly has NO clue about the military special ops forces. There are people in the military who can never identify themselves or their missions,. The old answer to "what do you do", is "I could tell you but then I'd have to kill you"Their identities are kept secret and they swear by penalty of prison or death by perjury. So yeah, there are special ops people in the military no one ever knows about and they NEVER ever reveal who they are or what their mission was. Kennedy pissed a lot of people off. He wanted to work with the USSR in the space race instead of beating them fearing a space race might break the nation financially. He even went to Russia to break a deal and Kreshev told him NO. He pardoned Robert Oppenheimer after the government stripped him of his security clearance after being connected to the Communist Party. Kennedy wanted to pull out of Vietnam, then Kennedy pissed off Curtis LeMay, so All these things made Kennedy seem sympathetic to the Communists at the height of the Cold War... my bet is JFK was taken out by a professional military special ops hit job, and Oswald was made the scapegoat.

[@elirien4264]

Hello....Newman....

[@gwen7205]

How adorable are they?

[@amberjean1107]

Are Gayle and Bill Sr. still living

[@randyharris3175]

These are honest people they clearly say they can not be sure which direction the shots came from

[@mydozer]

Undoubtedly, pressures were put on the Newmans to avoid saying too much.

[@KuriVaiM]

+Roberto Benson that's why they are still alive, surely coached how many shots etc

[@randyharris3175]

Obviously you are full if shit nobody put no pressure on them he just saud never were we intimitated listen to the damn video

[@bettywhite9634]

Intimated with stacks of cash!

[@jb-vb8un]

and how much ' cash ' did you imagine

[@justin3947]

Bs

[@billymcswain6320]

Funny how the closest witness says JFK stood 👆 in the car, he was right about hearing the shots coming from behind him, cause behind him is the pergola where one of the gunmen can be seen in the moorman photo.

[@randyharris3175]

Stop it nobody can be seen in the moorman photo kook

[@jansmiths8629]

cute family terrific interview.

[@bradrook3919]

They were coached before this interview as the Sixth Floor Museum, is a Oswald acted alone... misinformation media...

[@jb-vb8un]

suuure man suuure

[@tokenjoy]

Horse manure.

[@bradrook3919]

@@tokenjoy what manure is in the museum they have Oswald as being guilty when it didn't even go to trial.. That's b.s. Shots came from Grassy Knoll behind them.. Newman stated...he also says just before this statement that he was corrected many times...that's calling coaching by coercion

[@shanet5604]

The Newmans don’t open their mouth to people on the street about the assassination without being paid up front,they really are milking this beyond belief !

[@Dr.Pepper001]

Do you mean they hang out in Dealy Plaza?

[@corn_pop6082]

I really don't understand why these living history interviews have drawn such a low number of viewers. I have been binge-watching them since finding the site. I guess it matters whether you're old enough to have lived through it. Then again, I wasn't alive for Pearl Harbor of VE or VJ Day and I'm fascinated with first hand accounts of those who lived through those days. I like history, however. When I was in school, about 90% of kids hated history, and I think it's the same today, saying comments from young folks. It's a shame. It's why the young favor socialism, I guess. They hear about the free stuff, not the mass murder that made it possible, or that the Communists always massacred all the educated people they could as "class enemies." All the young college kids cheering AOC, she'd sign their death warrants in an instant if she ever achieves power.

[@formermpc10]

In decades of international surveys the happiest people are always from socialist countries. Always.

[@TitaniumTurbine]

We may not agree politically but I’ll say I’m in my 30s and I’m binge watching these videos. This channel just may not be featured enough to see these or people just don’t have that much interest in history but more or less interviews on historic events. Been fascinated with history myself since I was young though.

[@PC-lu3zf]

My mum saw JFK day before his death.

[@KuriVaiM]

37:22 that was suppose be funny, youngest and still believes government fairy tale

[@philwright2480]

Supposed

[@johnhoey4605]

I suppose if/when the day ever comes when there’s credible evidence of a cover-up, you’ll come back and let us all know-sound fair?