JFK Assassination: The first hour of WFAA's coverage after Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas (1963)

[@renzonovara2728]

This is pretty much a Time Machine back to that fateful day. A sort of a livestream style broadcast from 1963. Fascinating to see this broadcast in full as live viewers experienced it.

[@Powertuber1000]

Why does every commenter overlook him, saying the shots came from behind on the hill? The shooter was behind the fence at the top of the grassy knoll.

[@joshuawaltz9484]

What a fantastic news reporter. He was interviewing those flocks with great sensitivity and understanding. This event changed the course of history.

[@ysgol3]

The way the newsman interviewed the couple with their children, in such a state of shock and distress, was, despite his own evident anguish too, beautifully sensitive.

[@dlghenderson2837]

They were all aware of what a huge deal it was and that this was for posterity.

[@TheHeavensFellen]

He was the WFAA day time news director, who jumped in as a studio reporter that day

[@4sakesAlive]

@@TheHeavensFellen Interesting

[@bettyreynolds204]

There is a years later interview with them.

[@barbarabaldwin7120]

yes

[@maggie7843]

The eyewitnesses are so young. I can only imagine how terrifying it was to watch events happen and be in the line of fire with their young children. Then interviewed on camera minutes later. So overwhelming.

[@wilnerolivier7971]

They actually charge money for interviews!!

[@MatthewBaumgarten]

Must of been very traumatic to see what happened to the president by the newmans who were fairly close to where the shots were fired

[@rayjr62]

Bill and Gayle Newman. They are retired, in their 80s and still maintain to this day that the third shot (that killed JFK) came from their right...that it came from either the Grassy Knoll or the overpass.

[@frederickrapp5396]

@@MatthewBaumgartenIs Bill Newman still alive today? I noticed that his wife Gail appeared without him on the recent “JFK” 60th anniversary show on Hulu. Hope he is still well and alive. He and Gail are in their 80’s.

[@Gigi1111Layna]

@@rayjr62 They are correct and are not lying. No reason to.

[@deboraholsen2504]

The little toddler sitting on his daddy’s lap is one of the most calm and well behaved I’ve ever seen!

[@shabakakhan]

That's because people actually paid attention to and raised their kids back then.

[@reese8453]

he probably had lead poisoning

[@beckyfrazee1508]

In those days children were taught to be well behaved.

[@EMarie-pe2ds]

The toddler won't remember but the boy will.

[@joebloque8472]

These propagandists always have to slide in with their “takes” on how things were back then even though nobody asked. 🙄

[@bobjomes3350]

When he read the word “priest”, he knew what was up. He started crying. He kept it classy and kept going, but he knew. He was there and saw it in person.

[@TheTarget1980]

at 18.00 , yes

[@emmanuelwar8864]

18:05😢

[@christophergargaro959]

Yup - you can tell how hopeful he got when the Congressman from Texas issued the statement that President Kennedy was still alive. His voice was full of new energy and hope but he clearly read the word "priest" before he said it and you can tell it froze him. That was the sign as you noted - there's only one reason you call for a priest in this situation. 😥

[@janrobnettwordweaver2227]

Can you imagine having to deal with this on live TV and maintaining professionalism while grappling with the realization that there would be no hope? I can't. I applaud this man for his sensitivity to the information, how it was delivered, and the people he interviewed. He turned to wipe a tear away and regain composure. Very much like Cronkite did when the official report of Kennedy's death was given. I'm with you on how this man kept it classy and kept going. We don't see much of that humanity in our news stations anymore.

[@barbarabaldwin7120]

heart break

[@StacyL.]

Good honest reporting with media who had a soul. Refreshing.

[@Quaker-tc8ue]

The only reason anyone would think that media is lying is because they allow their political party to think for them.

[@williamstamper442]

That is the silliest response in comments I have ever read... If you don't think the media is biased and flat out tell lies then You are Part of the problem

[@shabakakhan]

. . . or because they have the abilitly to think critically. Even in this broadcast there's potential evidence supporting why you shouldn't blindly believe the media. The newcaster repeatedly said it was an automatic weapon. If the official narative is to be believed, the weapon was a bolt action rifle. So either the media or the government had it wrong. It doesn't matter if the media intentionally lies(for whatever reason) or if it unintentionally gets the story wrong, it's wise to take the word of the media with a grain of salt.@@Quaker-tc8ue

[@hardlines4]

@@Quaker-tc8ueWake up! Today’s media is nothing but false trash

[@robertkoth4022]

NOT LIKE TODAY THE lamestreet media is part of the DEMOCRAT NATIONAL COMMITTEE WHAT A SHAME.the media think there immune from this this unbelievable what this guy is doing you would think they are PRAVDA THE COMMUNIST NEWS OUTLET,there idiots to think this guy doing a great job,just look at the border and the city's being destroyed, I wonder how many illegal aliens are taken in to there houses NONE THEY ARE HIPPOCRATES 😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@patwhite7970]

These two newsmen were very professional and when he read "a priest had been called" and he knew it wasnt good. When they got to the hospital, Jackie wouldn't let go of the President. Clint Hill , Jackie's Secret Service protection, took off his suit coat and put it over the President 's head and then she let go. This is something Jackie would remember the rest of her life. I believe she had PTSD.

[@TrixieLittlehobbit]

How could a feeling thinking HUMAN NOT be affected. 😢

[@fflubadubb]

They didn't announce that he had died right away. I was in 6th grade and we were dismissed right after the announcement came over the loudspeaker. When I got home his death had been confirmed. This is making me cry watching this.

[@EMarie-pe2ds]

​@@fflubadubb I was in the 6th grade also, in Brooklyn, NY. My teacher was away in the morning and when we came back from lunch, he had returned and told us about Kennedy. I dont remember if we left to go home. But I remember I watched TV all weekend and saw Oswald get shot. First person I ever saw killed.😮😮

[@susanedrington4878]

Pretty site she had PTSD. bless her and jack Kennedy.

[@TimMason-xy6qv]

she did i am sure.

[@TrayDyer38]

My father said “ it was like loosing a member of your own family… and t was unprecedented.”

[@RethaGreen-ce5ve]

This is what my son said when he heard on the news The Crocodile Hunter died.

[@alwayslernin4400]

It was literally the shot heard round the world. He offered hope and peace to a world weary of war. I've never felt that optimism since. I was 8. Probably the most united our world has ever been in their common grief.

[@garyfrancis6193]

Losing. Why do people like you never learn that. There are 60 words where a single “o” has a “u” sound: to, two, do, who, whom, move, prove, lose, tomb. Why have you never noticed that?

[@fflubadubb]

​@@garyfrancis6193.Really !!!

[@soulfireonfire6423]

@@RethaGreen-ce5ve Wow you must’ve been up on your parenting skills if your child thought that! A Man catching wild animals, risking his life, knowing he has two children and a wife! ! But I can see Joe your sons thought process worked! By you not only thinking it but actually mentioning it in a comment! As if finding it comparative holds water to , A man who is the most powerful man in the world , with a vision to end needless wars. and freedom of all peoples being his priority ! The POTUS!!! That actually earned the right to be called that for the first time in history! . Get some help!

[@genedilorenzo713]

These are reporters; not the overhyped self-absorbed "media" of today.

[@frechdachswien]

In Europe, JFK is still greatly revered and respected today. Many squares, main streets, large buildings, bridges, monuments, parks, etc. bear his name. Greetings from Vienna

[@TheHeavensFellen]

And Berlin, they re aired a speech, the famous speech from Berlin by JFK, and this was back in 2003, and a lot of people showed up again to hear JFK talk posthumously, via the recording, and the Hist Channel A&E was there to film the emotion, one old Berliner was in tears.

[@alfredfreedomjones5105]

@@TheHeavensFellenthank you for sharing! I must watch that sometime

[@1984isnotamanual]

Why is he revered and respected?

[@suzyf5733]

This is the very best of all documentaries....thank you for posting!👍

[@watersfan]

They didn't expect to be protecting their kids from gunfire, or watching their President be killed. They looked so numb.

[@GeorgeVreelandHill]

America was never the same after that.

[@Gigi1111Layna]

That's right George. It was also the moment the cia gained full control. No small blackmail or set up wars to fail, re Bay of pigs. They literally had the full power. BTW thank you all your work keeping the memory of the wonderful Marilyn Monroe alive through your pics, many so very rare. Thank you❤🌹🕯🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@alwayslernin4400]

​@@Gigi1111Laynathat was the death of our democracy. 11/22/63. We've been in constant war ever since.

[@boydbeasley3751]

11-23-63. The day the deep state and the military industrial complex took over the Federal Government.

[@ColdSid]

We lost ourselves and have yet to have a leader rebuild our belief in this nation.. every president after that had something go on whether it’s a scandal or something.. it’s just sad and even today we are still greatly divided

[@fairfaxcat1312]

⁠How could that have been the “death of our democracy?” The mainstream media tells us the death of our democracy was a two hour riot at the Capitol in January 2021 in which the only homicide was committed against an unarmed woman.

[@jimschutz]

I was a 1yo and my mom told me she was holding me by the radio when she heard the news in 1963 at about 1pm CST. I now know this changed the world's course at that moment.

[@fearlessfosdick160]

I was six, and on the school playground with one of those Channel Master miniature radios. I heard on it that the president had been shot. I didn't know what a president was, but it sounded important. So I ran back to my classroom and told my teacher. She listened to the reporting for a few seconds and then ran to the office. School was let out very shortly after that.

[@MissJensk1]

My Mum was pregnant with me at the time. We're British, but I know it had a huge effect on her, & she often talked about it.

[@Austin8thGenTexan]

70 miles away in Athens, Texas I was sitting at my desk in the 1st grade when this happened. The principal had already keyed the mic on the PA system while discussing with his secretary how he should tell us about it. We heard the entire back and forth conversation. He then turned to the mic and said "Boys and girls - we have lost our President Kennedy in Dallas." Our teacher burst into tears, and so did the rest of us. We had just had our lunch, and our parents came earlier than usual to pick us up from school. I remember running up to my mother and hugging her legs, crying... 🥀

[@brendadufaur37]

Jay Watson is incredible. The epitome of what you want in a person, and in a news man.

[@PD-hv4js]

Agree - I'm amazed at how well he handled the situation, off the cuff, given the enormity of it and the fact he was probably in shock himself.

[@jamesbaka1206]

His mind was racing a million miles a minute yet somehow he was laser focused and doing the best possible job he could. He was quarterbacking the whole operation down to the care and hospitality of his guests. Astounding work from this guy.

[@PedrinGarcia-kt9cg]

You guys are all crazy lol this is one of the worst and unprofessional news men I've ever seeing

[@leanajo754]

They sure don't make news people like they did back then.

[@claudemcwhorter]

@@PD-hv4js had to be in Shock, yep.

[@stevegarland296]

Kudos to the news crew and Mr Watson for identifying the enormity of the moment, and having the foresight to tape the events that day. Back then, most shows were not taped, and those that were, were often later taped over. If its not already, this piece of American history needs to be sent to the Smithsonian.

[@maudemathildeh335]

Well said. Like I just told my son: it's not like everyone had a cell phone, DVR or even a camcorder in '63 or anything remotely like we have now. This here is an artifact and it certainly should be sent to Smithsonian. A moment in history as it happened caught on film a rare feat back then.

[@WORLD8NSH5KNIGHT1]

I imagine when the toddlers grew up the parents had to explain what happened Archives like this are very historically important and must be preserved

[@josephforest7605]

The entire family today, does interviews . They are very old and so am I .

[@ronthatus]

@@josephforest7605 can these recent interviews be viewed here on KZbin?

[@QuenzaDuvalier509]

Thank you WFAA for releasing the tapes this is the first time that we have ever seen this at live thank you for opening up the vault and shout out to the boys in Dallas

[@beckyfrazee1508]

I was a teenager when this happened,it broke my heart and still makes me cry when I watch the documentarys.

[@I_WANT_MY_SLAW]

If this happened to Trump, people would be celebrating in the streets.

[@cynthiafroley4415]

@@I_WANT_MY_SLAWVery inappropriate!!!!!!! poor taste 😖

[@PantherU]

@@I_WANT_MY_SLAWI despise President Trump and I would be very disappointed to see that happen.

[@ekrewer]

I would rephrase that as "If this happened to Trump (or Biden, or any president), SOME people, unfortunately, would be celebrating in the streets." Not as an endorsement but simply as a factual statement.

[@Gumbz_gaming]

@@I_WANT_MY_SLAWcalled it

[@persnickety369]

Those two little guys were so well behaved.

[@lisamarielund6292]

They were. Kids were much better behaved back then. The sad part is that the kids were as upset as their parents were.

[@katherinebrown3371]

They didn't have cell phones stuck to their hands

[@Reclining_Spuds]

Good kids were expected to behave in public. I know, I was 6 in 1963.

[@jdon4447]

This was a time when parents could and would discipline their kids.

[@reese8453]

they probably had lead poisoning

[@cmkilcullen8176]

Wow Everyone is in shock. So profoundly sad. I was about the age of the little boys in 1963. I wonder if those who did this this fully comprehend the impact- outside of their agenda, this was going to have. To this day, it still feels so deeply sad.

[@Andre-wf8cb]

I'm feeling you too 😢😮

[@OtherSarah2]

I turned 3 that October. I distinctly remember grownups crying. When Walter Cronkite announced that the President had died, it seemed the world was ending.

[@TheMonkeyNeuron]

Some people believe a big part of our society died that day, and I agree. We have never recovered from it.

[@Johnny53kgb-nsa]

Isn't the young family with little kid's the same family in the much watched video directly after the shooting laying on the ground covering their kid's up? Amazing video. Thank you.

[@april_mae513]

Yes, in the zapruder film.

[@teleguy5699]

Also a famous photo of them. For a hot second they were suspects if you could believe that.

[@givem110]

Yes everyone else is running and they lay there for pictures. Then they go to the station to be interviewed. 10 seconds after he was shot three photographers surrounded them , quick thinking i guess

[@username-zj9id]

Wonder if they are still alive. They looked to be early 20s at most

[@davidcurran-z8g]

@@username-zj9idThey are both still alive. In their 80’s now

[@richbaritone67]

Jay Watson leading this broadcast from the front was brilliant. And he wasn't on-air talent, right? Wasn't he the program director?

[@gerrymorales]

I was 26yo on 9/11 and I was taken aback at how it seemed like the whole world stopped everything they were doing and just went home. Everyone in our office went home but I stayed til 3 with another co worker cause of the type of work I was doing. My co worker needed a ride home cause her ride to work went home for the day. I drove her home in the middle of a completely empty freeway which normally would be busy with rush hour traffic. I remember asking her, "Has anything like this ever happened before?". She, in a heartbeat, responded "When Kennedy was shot." It was oddly comforting to hear that just because being in the middle of all that chaos was so jarring and disturbing.

[@voiceofjeff]

By todays standards, this coverage is so rudimentary; even so, with what they had, these guys did a great job with their coverage.

[@michaelsessums]

Great coverage. Thanks for providing this. This was also an awesome account by the family who were able to give a play by play report even in their state of shock. The wife laid over one of their children to protect them. What an amazing account.

[@abbadabbba232]

6:00 When they were describing seeing the fatal shot. At 6:19, he says, "that's all," and that look on his face speaks volumes about what he observed. They knew there was no way he survived that shot and that he was dead. I bet, though, that they were instructed not to say anything to the effect that they saw Kennedy "get killed" because they wanted to make sure not to report anything about his death before any official announcement was made.

[@christophergargaro959]

Sadly yes. Virtually everyone who saw the headshot live knew it was fatal. Everyone was hoping against hope he'd somehow survive.

[@beckyfrazee1508]

It was a different world back then, People treated others with respect. Children were safe playing outside. Women could go about the streets without fear of being attacked.

[@EmpireTutoringCompany]

People and America was a nice place. Now kids are unsafe and women just get catcalled or attacked.

[@TheBarkingGnome]

This is maybe my favorite coverage of the assassination. Jay Watson is an unusually sensitive and empathetic anchor who performs flawlessly despite being clearly overwhelmed. The random moment of tenderness at 33:08 is so human.

[@philipfarley4163]

This reporter should've been honored for his performance under conditions which no one should ever have to experience. He took an awful situation, and handled it as well as could be handled.

[@EricCox4848]

A gentleman named David Von Pein had videos relating to the Kennedy Assassination. Extended videos. I always keep looking at Channel 8's coverage of this event. 60 years later people are still talking about this.

[@disneyforthewin]

Amazing that this footage was saved. And the main guy talking wasnt "talent", he did a wonderful job all things considered.

[@faunwillow]

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK), born May 29, 1917 in Boston, Massachusetts, was the only U.S. President in history (to-date) to receive the Purple Heart medal.

[@RichardKuklinsky]

Thanks to remember this record. Gid bless u

[@whatsfunny9571]

@@RichardKuklinskywho’s Gid?😮

[@Kenpachi324]

@@RichardKuklinskygid

[@fairfaxcat1312]

@@faunwillow Jack Kennedy is also the first president documented to have taken the virginity of a 19 year old intern inside the Executive Mansion of the White House.

[@fairfaxcat1312]

@@faunwillow He was also the only U.S. President to take the virginity of a 19 year old intern inside the White House and the only U.S. President to ask that she service Bobby and Dave Powers in the White House swimming pool. Trump never displayed character anything close to that level of moral recklessness after he became president.

[@patwhite7970]

The poor young couple . They, too, lived with this the rest of their lives.😢

[@u.s.m.c.fewproudthemarines2987]

😢😢😢

[@mc7477]

They knew what the truth was too.

[@Ea-Nasir_Copper_Co]

They're both still with us, 60 years later.

[@AV8R654]

Mister and misses Nunneley.

[@TeaSpiracy]

Gayle and Bill Newman are still alive. ❤ ❤ They seem like great people with big hearts

[@williamhicken1206]

An amazing interviewer. He both asks and answers the questions while bossing people around.

[@robertkoth4022]

He was in charge right so that answer your question

[@userlove1070]

And while puffing a Cig 😎

[@MareShoop]

@@userlove1070I was thinking the same thing

[@lisamarielund6292]

Oh…those precious little babies. It’s terrible that this lovely family had to witness President Kennedy being murdered. Mrs. Newman is just the prettiest little thing.

[@jakethecarsandreactorvideo9409]

I guess those little kids are now in their mid 60s

[@u.s.m.c.fewproudthemarines2987]

❤❤ hopefully they're still ALIVE AND WELL PARENTS MAYBE ALIVE BUT I guess they be late 80s

[@barbiekat6352]

I had just turned 8 and I’m 68 now. Those kids would be in their early 60s if still living.

[@susanedrington4878]

Their dad is 80.

[@wwedxecw]

Yep bc my parents were 3 at the time they are 64 now

[@Mondegreen2020]

Great guess.

[@alfx5432]

Smoking a cigarette and looks like he needs a drink also.

[@fairfaxcat1312]

No one needs to be drinking alcohol.

[@brandnewham]

This was remarkable live TV. Under that kind tragedy, to have the wearwithall to interview, track bulletins, set up shots. Just amazing professionalism.

[@karlos543]

This is a piece of history.

[@lindamaloney1637]

These reporters did a fantastic job under the circumstances. I was in 2nd grade and remember this day. Watching this I am reminded just how primitive things were then.

[@phillipsmith4501]

This affected the world I grew up in 60s Sydney Australia and I can remember people crying in the street it was a sad time for america and the world .

[@stevemill8959]

Wow even in Australia!? 😱 I never realized how something like this would affect the rest of the world

[@patsykoch6478]

@@stevemill8959 watch everything is a rich mans lie to find put why cia an mossad killed him. and theres now declassified files thx to trump that they had a full plan accepte to last step besides president signature to bomb us citizens in miami cafes and blame cuba so that american public opinion would support cuban invasion causing nuclear armaggedon vs soviets. but kenndy didnt sign then gave his break c.i.a into million pieces speech and the secret society speech his last b4 the shooting he also didnt want us in nam an peace with soviets nuclear disarm. oh the bomb americans as reason to invade somewhere that sound familiar. 9/11 then "wmd" invading 2 wrongg contries day b4 9/11 pentagon announceed 2.5 trillion TRILLION dollars missing unaccounted and next day the plane hit the financial record wing of pentagon.

[@libertyann439]

Interesting, they said the shots came from the grassy knoll, not downward, as they would from a 6th floor window.

[@dcran4d]

Exactly. Just another government coverup

[@trevoryoung3134]

Yup how stupid do they think we are. All the witnesses at the assassination were looking at the grassy knoll.

[@sprayarm]

The coverup began immediately.

[@PschyoSupposeiam]

-you will never know

[@susanedrington4878]

And there were many shooters.

[@aeroferret]

I’ve never seen this footage before…I remember the family from other photos of them lying on the ground; Watching the news room trying to get info (and all the cigarettes) was fascinating.

[@UrbaNSpiel]

Blew cigarette smoke right into baby’s face starting the interview lol

[@jacquelinedixon6438]

Yes parents smoked in the cars with kids,in the house,my dad blew smoke at me when I just washed my hair,I hated my parents smoking, the house stunk,the car smelled,we stunk,crazy but that is the way it was when I was a kid growing up in those days.

[@saintjabroni]

😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤙🏼

[@ultramet]

Thank you. I was around the same age as the children in the laps of eyewitnesses so I couldn’t process. What a woeful day. America has never been the same-certainly an inflection point in US history.

[@genecasciari748]

I was 2 in my high chair, the same age as that little boy on the dad's lap😢

[@KevinHirst664]

I hate the fact that after all this time we’re still being kept in the dark about this awful crime. Like most horrible things in the world this can probably be traced back to money.

[@texasd1385]

I don't think Oswald made any money from shooting the president, not sure what you mean

[@mc7477]

It can also be traced to the fact that Kennedy's womanizing put his life and political reputation in jeopardy. After he deported Ellen Rometch from the country and sent her back to Europe during the Congressional TFX hearings, Attorney General Bobby Kennedy warned anyone willing to protect LBJ from prosecution that he would open up everybody's closets, which meant that if JFK's career was ruined the Kennedys were going to take others down with them. The Kennedys did not want Johnson on the ticket. At the time LBJ's bagman Bobby Baker was under indictment for corruption and Republicans in Congress wanted to implicate the Vice-President. LBJ was on his way to prison. Baker had procured call girl Elly Rometch to "date" JFK at the White House which put the President in the crosshairs of blackmail. RFK had Rometch sent back to Germany to get her out of the way. Republican leaders were in the process of recalling her to the USA to get her sworn testimony when JFK was killed. Had he lived, the scandal could have ruined him and put Johnson in jail. No wonder Kennedy was rubbed out in Texas.

[@richardn6768]

And your evidence that we've been lied to is ... ? "Kinda seems like" isn't evidence, btw.

[@timmckeown1313]

Go read and bring yourself into the light.

[@boydbeasley3751]

Of course it was covered up. LBJ was a major player in the JFK assassination. Along with the CIA and the mafia.

[@mpgnz73]

Hold on - we were just getting to the important bit about a zipper being hidden in the arm...

[@lindafitak]

I was 12 when it happened. It looks like these witnesses being interviewed said the shots came from the grassy knoll. If remember hearing on the radio the same thing. Then the Warren commission report said the shots came from the opposite direction from the school book depository contradicting what I heard from the initial witnesses. After that report everyone said there was some kind of a coverup because witnesses said shots were from the grassy knoll and not the school book depository so this guy in the school book depository Oswald couldn’t have possibly fired the shots. Then he gets killed to shut him up. Then I knew it was nothing but a bunch of lies from the Warren Commission and Oswald was just an innocent patsy. Everyone I knew said that after the Warren Commission report the government is lying to cover up the real truth about the assassination. Everybody said Johnson had Kennedy killed so he could be President. Johnson was behind it and he made sure a patsy he had killed to protect the real assassin who he hired.

[@MikeB-in1nd]

I was 7 and remember hearing the news and we all know LBJ was behind it.

[@RlsIII-uz1kl]

I don't know about him being a completely innocent patsy but It's definitely a legitimate conspiracy in my personal opinion. It's been 60 years and all the information in regards to his assassination hasn't been released.

[@chrispaschal7955]

This raw interview with the young parents is almost directly after the assassination, which means there was little to no time for any other influences on what they had just witnessed.

[@Hello11World]

Kennedy tried to dismantle the CIA warmongers, guess who headed the warren commission, and guess who appointed them?

[@quentincampbell612]

Umm, the Newmans didn't see any gunman behind them. They were basing their thoughts on what direction the shots were fired from by the seeing where it appeared to them to hit Kennedy. Had Jay Watson and Jerry Haines met Howard Brennan and put him on live TV, people would've been told about a gunman in the TSBD or reporter Bob Jackson (the same newsman who took the famous picture of Ruby shooting Oswald)who saw a part of the rifle(Carcano) being drawn back into the sixth floor window.

[@dereksendrak]

Thank u for posting this

[@gwen7205]

That sweet couple couldn't have been more than 25 years old. Must have been horrible.

[@BrendaBooher-hw4mf]

It would be great if we had news reporters like this today. So much empathy. I saw him wipe a tear when he read that a priest had been called to the hospital. It was such a tragedy because we lost a great President. He was a brilliant, intelligent man. Rest in peace JFK

[@ruth4489]

Glad yall release this. I had seen some of it years ago but this is full length. I have always found it fascinating how some heard 2 shots, some heard 3, others said more. I think it depends where you were standing. Either way, it was more than 1 shooter.

[@frankg.39]

It wasn't.

[@wiltchamberlainisthegoat13]

@@frankg.39 It was more than one. The DOCTORS AT PARKLAND HOSPITAL said the neck wound was without doubt an entry wound from a frontal shot which means there was more than one shorter. The Parkland doctors were the first to observe Kennedy up close, and they would certainly have no reason to lie. Sorry, but it’s kind of hard to refute their observations and testimony. The gig is up. It was a conspiracy.

[@Caeruleo]

"Either way, it was more than 1 shooter." And your proof of that is, what, exactly?

[@MrFALLENHER0]

@@Caeruleoyou believe everything the government tells you huh 🐑🤡

[@MsPinkwolf]

​@MrFALLENHER0 you refuse to believe anything? Does that make you any better?

[@jmartin9785]

I remember that day so well, a friend and l had lunch at the Eatwell Cafe on main st. heck, l even recall what we had for lunch, we both had open steak sandwiches and soft drinks .we walked outside and joined the crowd lining the street. Waiting a few minutes and here came the motorcade, then we saw the President and Mrs Kennedy waving and we waved, they were so close you could nearly touch them. Then we went back to our office (law firm) we had no ldea that he'd been shot, but aswe walked in everone was huddled around a big TV in the reception area, someone was saying shhh ! The Presidents been shot! We were mortified and in shock,It was the very same broadcast we watched as the one in this video! I was 22 yrs old in 1963, am 82 now and still perfectly recall that day. True story.

[@KevinBalch-dt8ot]

Helen Markham, one of tge witnesses to the Tippit shooting 45 minutes after the assassination was on her way to work at the Eat Well Cafe.

[@hudiburgh]

We know now LBJ was behind it.

[@catherineconnolly2722]

The CIA knew about the plot and were in on it. President Kennedy was going to pull us out of the Vietnam War, President Trump is hated by the same agencies. He is going to stop the neo-cons from starting WWIII, That's why they hate him so, he knows where all the bodies are buried so to speak. Our only hope is he gets reelected and and he RFK JR finish what Bobby and John started. ❤🙏♥

[@chnorwood3365]

It is a little suspect.

[@amafirenze-vi1uh]

Cosa Nostra did it.

[@thomasparnell1025]

You're Right on the money.

[@charlespatrick8650]

excuse me for being out-of-breath, a few puffs on my cigarette should help.... 🚬

[@jamesmcdowell6639]

Consider the context though. Back then, the dangers of cigarettes were not as well known as they are now.

[@deew7014]

History here but let’s talk about a cigarette

[@fairfaxcat1312]

At first, many health professionals recommended cigarette smoking. More recent science has uncovered some unfavorable side effects, however. Some doctors now suggest these be taken into consideration before taking up smoking.

[@jakehobbs]

History literally ALMOST repeated itself a couple weeks ago. Thank the GOOD Lord it didn’t!!!

[@theTruthLifeNWay]

Low down dirty Inside Job

[@u.s.m.c.fewproudthemarines2987]

Big time friend

[@patsykoch6478]

curious how you feel now too after they tried again on trump. same story not as good of coverup als intended to have brains blown out

[@nickgoodwood4812]

It struck me how decent people were in that time. Well behaving, modest. And another thing. They did not instantly yell for a whole bunch of psychiatrics and the like, despite having witnessed such a terrible event. They seemed so much stronger then we are today, despite all their grief.

[@joeguzman3558]

The TV news man offered coffee because in those days bottle water was not that popular and almost every restaurant people went they had coffee l and coke many years later drinking water was the thing

[@MacMc691]

As terrible as this was, it was a learning lesson for America, never have your president, or anyone of importance cruising around in a convertible, especially in an area as crowded as it was in Dallas that day. I was born a few years after this happened, but it's always interesting to see or see again, clips from all those years ago, good footage.

[@danitapowell2291]

This is fascinating. I’ve never seen this coverage before.

[@MisterBourgolini]

RIP Jay Watson June 12, 1925- April 19, 2001

[@BarbaraFischbach]

Yes Jay was an outstanding reporter

[@deanpfelton]

I was a television news reporter for 30 years - this is the most compelling, most composed live news reporting- on the biggest story of the 20th century - that I’ve ever been privileged to see. Thank God someone thought to record the live coverage.

[@MisterBourgolini]

@@deanpfelton The irony was that Jay Watson wasn't a journalist, but a TV producer. So this special report by Jay made him famous in Dallas.

[@BarbaraFischbach]

Well done Jay. This is the kind of reporting that I miss.

[@aaronboren5851]

Thank goodness that tape was saved

[@mkii1964]

So thankful that this history was captured on video tape.

[@MikeyBAmazing]

"They are shaken up, lets get them coffee." 1960's logic on camera bùt real logic would be "Get me a STRONG drink."

[@elainequick9646]

I was 10 years old and at school in New Hampshire that day. Teachers were all congregating in the halls and we all knew something was off. Then my teacher came into the classroom crying and said the president had been shot. We were all sent home. That whole week we watched TV which covered news on the president's assassination, Lee Harvey Oswald's shooting and then onto JFK's funeral. Unforgettable.

[@teleguy5699]

Almost the exact same story for me although I was 6 years old.

[@mikeyincalif]

I was sitting in my 3rd grade class at 9 years. I too remember my teacher being called into hallway, then returning crying. These early years of 1960 were tremendously hard not only on adults, but definitely hard and painfully disturbing to young children. In 1960, children were subjected to weekly take cover drills which I still have anxious feelings now whenever I hear the old type Air Raid Sirens. We had red alert and yellow alert sirens blaring away twice or sometimes 3 times a week. Yellow alert sirens meant that all children would walk home to be with relatives. Red Alert 😢 All children in schools were told to immediately Run, not walk, but run home. We were all told that we would only have 10 minutes to get home. What these authorities were actually telling us was that we had approximately 10 minutes before we’d be killed by Russian nuclear bombs . This entire story people tells you that the children of U.S. have been constantly subjected to LIFE LONG PTSD ! President Kennedys Assassination was just a few years after the Cuban crisis. No More Wars for United States….. other countries need to start taking care of themselves. No way on earth would I allow any of my children to be shipped away to die. I would surely give up my citizenship first.

[@hubertmatos5920]

These news people are so real, too bad we dont have that type of reporting now days..

[@ronniebishop2496]

The grassy knoll is where the shots come from. All the people trying to explain this away should be ashamed of themselves. Just liars

[@jackpalance9509]

So many documented witnesses to that fact, many died untimely deaths.. Lone nut, dead in 48 hours, case closed, nothing to see here folks! 🐑

[@nxrp]

His left hand with the report was shaking 😮, he was really nervous

[@danaj50]

I lived in Massachusetts I was about the same age as John John and at home with my mom we were watching the edge of night I think having lunch in our den and it interrupted they said The President had been shot but that’s all I remember but I knew it was bad when my dad came home from work. Him and my mom were very somber and in disbelief I think they still couldn’t believe what had happened . Then I remember Monday morning watching the funeral on tv I remember seeing John John salute his dad’s casket and even though I was young I was sad seeing him salute his dad. I couldn’t believe how Jackie kept it together she kept all America together it was then I knew there was good and bad in the world at 3-4 years old. Yes I did understand what was going on

[@_PrimetimePranks]

10:01 "shots came directly behind where we were standing" ... AKA the grassy knoll.

[@JimHiel-xl9rc]

I was 3 years old . I still remember both my parents crying

[@catgray1]

My mother was in a Woolworth, in Rhode Island (and was pregnant with me), when the store made an announcement over the loud speaker that President Kennedy had been killed. She said everyone in the store, including herself, started crying. She said she suddenly became really scared too. 😢

[@tobi3799]

It's so weird how the reporter looks and sounds like Kelsey Grammar. Almost like they could be father and son.

[@RuthRader]

That’s exactly what I thought!

[@ultramet]

This witness is clearly shaken but seems as credible as can be. He is telling us what the Parkland doctors saw-the wounds in the front were entrance wounds and the shots came from the front in the grassy knoll area 13:12 . It was a conspiracy. Who was that shooter and who sent that person? That’s the question for the ages.

[@roberthussey595]

If we were to believe the “death bed” confession of E. Howard Hunt, he said that it was a “Frenchman” who fired the shot… The person who headed the “executive action” program (assassination) for the U.S. was a man named William King Harvey.. These two guys were involved in assassination plots against Fidel Castro…if you want to find the person who made the call to higher the killers, I would look at William K. Harvey EDIT::: All evidence now points to it being a person like Lucien Sarti as being the assassin who was behind the fence on the grassy knoll.

[@everettalexander5990]

I agree

[@sanfrancisco89]

Nah.

[@peterfraser9070]

Why??

[@OnlyAbstract]

Allen Dulles

[@TeSoad90]

The news reporter was such a class act what a stud of a man.

[@antoniohg]

Apparently the young man's testimony is consistent with the shot being fired from the front of Kennedy's limousine!

[@davida.4933]

He said just the opposite!

[@waynetompkins3006]

​@@davida.4933You've replied enough CIA man.

[@TheMonkeyNeuron]

5:18 Interesting how specific the witness is about where he heard the gunshots, and the fact that it doesn’t match the official description. 10:17 He specifies the same location. He seems very certain about it to me.

[@davidcurran-z8g]

He later said that he realized that the shots were more from behind and above the limo. It would be natural to think the shot came from the side since JFK’s head exploded in the temple area. Interesting that WATSON was very clear that there were only 3 shots.

[@saintjabroni]

@@davidcurran-z8gNo one knows what to really believe.

[@jameswood231]

He was a very accurate eyewitness to the assassination of President JFK. A real American Patriot.

[@gordonbradley3241]

Impressively competent and restrained news reaction !

[@water2wine1]

Everyone was so discombobulated. Understandable

[@ronthompson95]

Does does this news reporter look a little bit like Fraser Crane to you?

[@kellidudley7272]

Yes!! I kept thinking the same thing!!

[@brucep9729]

I'm listening

[@aaronhill443]

Technology has come a long way. If cell phones existed back then, everything would have been known instantly, and everybody would of had the assassination recorded. Up until the last 10 years or so, I did not have a clue that the Zapruder film did not come out till years after the incident. We have definitely come a long way.

[@Rusty_Gold85]

i saw a doco from a Eastman Kodak man who was called from home to go in and make copies of frames of the Zapruder 8mm original in the next day or so after. He was there in Kodak until early morning . But it looks like LIFE magazine bought rights for the film and was copyrighted since

[@TrixieLittlehobbit]

I don't feel that ALL advances in technology are positive.

[@MrFullService]

And all of that technological advancement has been quite bitter-sweet.

[@holylandfan3275]

But, don’t you think it’s a ‘little odd’ that only ONE video is ever shown? Not only did my dad practically live with a movie camera in his hand my whole life (and I was 5 when this happened and remember watching the funeral on tv), but even the newsman said they (and crew) were there, and yet NO news crew had footage?!! They even show a ‘hand drawn’ map of the area. Hmm. 🤔 It’s the same with that ‘day in 2001’. For a city (New York) where every visitor has a camera or video camera in hand, you only see ONE video of the first plane, and one of the second hitting. 🙄

[@chinablue2425]

Assassination of President Lincoln was controversial as well. Audience member gave conflicting eyewitness (earwitness accounts). Some said the assassin jumped and ran; some said he fell, several gave accounts of different things said by the assassin. The young man that wrestled the gun from the assassin (in the theater box with Lincoln), later went mad; stabbed and killed his wife-and suffered so much mental anguish that he was forever institutionalized. It’s more than the human mind can comprehend or recover from, severe PTSD. The Lincoln and Kennedy assassinations will forevermore be debated, and argued. I believe Clint Hill was about the same condition as the young man at Lincoln’s side-Major Rathbone (if I remember his name correctly).

[@patsykoch6478]

and now trumps divine oone

[@whimsythecrypto-hippy-wolf1900]

Did u know Lincoln was opposing the fed res with plans to limit their reach? Coincidence?

[@floobious80866]

Incredible times...hope these people were Still ok for their futures

[@susanedrington4878]

I saw the man being interviewed. He is 80 now.

[@stevenpyron3406]

Very interesting that initial reports were that the shots came from the grassy knoll and that they came from an automatic weapon (meaning the shots were too close together to be from a bolt action rifle). These observations are known by it's cool hearing it first hand.

[@MCO18]

2:03 That heavy sigh when he mentions the head wound

[@BazookaTooth707]

His hands are shaking dramatically. Tragic day

[@MrMark1325]

First hand witness stating where the shots came from.

[@MarieNoswap]

Why were the secret service agents called away from Kennedy's car minutes before he was assassinated?

[@sadielampduo3762]

This is incredible

[@476233]

I was born in 1990, so growing up in the 90s and 2000s I was familiar with the assassination and how it impacted history from school and also my grandparents. I’ve also watched a number of history channel specials and documentaries, but seeing it like this in real life is really powerful. For those of you in this generation, is there anything you’d like to share to help me understand how it impacted you or society in general? Thank you for sharing.

[@softsouthernknight]

I was 3 years old and in Houston with our maid when this all went down. She told me "Mr. Dana, they killed that man". She knew what was up.

[@jacquelinejanz5792]

This makes me sick. The emotions of that whole week were overwhelming.

[@j4b4j4b5]

"Mr. and Mrs. Nunley..." Poor Jay Watson was corrected THREE times. The eyewitnesses were just as much in shock. But I wonder who the REAL Nunley's were.

[@KevinBalch-dt8ot]

One reporter covering the transfer of Oswald to the county jail when shot by Jack Ruby kept referring to Lee Harold Oswald.

[@mga2899]

Was at Dealey Plaza 4 weeks after the shooting. Just a kid, but i looked up at the Book Depository. It was numbing.

[@urmailman]

Dark forces were born in the US that day

[@Powertuber1000]

Why does every commenter overlook him, saying the shots came from behind on the hill? The shooter was behind the fence at the top of the grassy knoll.

[@whimsythecrypto-hippy-wolf1900]

That’s what I was searching the comments for. I caught that right away too

[@AMC2283]

because this is the same afternoon and the official garbage story hadn't been written yet, he just wanted to know what the guy saw

[@Powertuber1000]

@@AMC2283 I'm referring to the YT commenters on this video.

[@carlbreazeale4006]

The shooter behind the fence on the grassy knoll was james files... Hey, but don't take my word for it, check it out for yourself... Google James Files