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

Watch the first hour of WFAA's coverage after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas on November 22, 1963.

[@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

[@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.

[@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!

[@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

[@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

[@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. 🙄

[@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.

[@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.

[@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 😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@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.

[@joshuawaltz9484]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@watersfan]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@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?

[@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.

[@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.

[@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?

[@suzyf5733]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@Harold_Bishop]

Mister and misses Nunneley.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@angelacharin636]

I noticed they all said that the shots came from the area of the grassy knoll and the area of the high up underpass area directly behind the knoll.

[@sr-ty7gb]

Felicia Morris is a name you should google. She and Al Shelton have actual footage from the grassy knoll. These are from different angles and clearly show 2 men with rifles in the parking lot. They both "committed suicide "

[@Rusty_Gold85]

@@sr-ty7gb give us the links as It didnt come up with anything

[@johnfury6481]

That’s the direction in which so many others ran towards immediately after the fatal shot.

[@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

[@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

[@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. 😢

[@voiceofjeff]

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

[@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.

[@floobious80866]

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

[@susanedrington4878]

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

[@dereksendrak]

Thank u for posting this

[@disneyforthewin]

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

[@karlos543]

This is a piece of history.

[@musicalmelodies3595]

15:50 when he says reports say that JFK is alive, he says it with so much emphasis and hope 😢😢😢😢

[@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... 🥀

[@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.

[@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.

[@genedilorenzo713]

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

[@alfx5432]

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

[@keithad6485]

For video recording of this age, the quality is surprisingly good. Or is is film stock?

[@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

[@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).

[@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.

[@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.

[@MikeyBAmazing]

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

[@danitapowell2291]

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

[@mpgnz73]

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

[@beani24329]

The husband and wife were on that National Geographic special that just aired.

[@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?

[@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.

[@MrMark1325]

First hand witness stating where the shots came from.

[@JimHiel-xl9rc]

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

[@theTruthLifeNWay]

Low down dirty Inside Job

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

Big time friend

[@tomrockwood851]

The guy was there and clearly heard the shot from behind the grassy knoll. There has to be video or photos of that area.

[@sr-ty7gb]

There was. Al Smith had footage showing 2 gunmen with rifles. He committed "suicide ". There is footage if you dig deep enough.

[@alwayslernin4400]

​@@sr-ty7gbthat must be a thing in Texas, committing suicide with a rifle.

[@richardn6768]

@@sr-ty7gbIf there were, in reality, footage that "everyone knows about", everyone would know about it. Only fringe people "know" it.

[@BazookaTooth707]

​@@richardn6768Have you seen this alleged footage from Al Smith?

[@mkii1964]

So thankful that this history was captured on video tape.

[@shellbacksclub]

So crazy that news reporters used to puff from cigs during a telecast!

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

U can do that back then

[@ronniebishop2496]

The first shots came from behind me by the grassy hill or picket fence,! Lady’s and gentlemen I rest this case. Not from the tsbd but where?!where? Where? 😊

[@hubertmatos5920]

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

[@gordonbradley3241]

Impressively competent and restrained news reaction !

[@water2wine1]

Everyone was so discombobulated. Understandable

[@sadielampduo3762]

This is incredible

[@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.

[@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.

[@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!

[@frankeramooframranproductions]

Both newscasters heard what they was firecrackers, my question is how could they hear the “firecrackers” from the sixth floor of a depository?

[@libertyann439]

Good point

[@wiltchamberlainisthegoat13]

Yes, that’s an excellent point. I’ve never heard anyone else bring that up. Probably someone has before, but I never heard anyone else say that. GREAT QUESTION. All these witnesses saying they initially thought it was firecrackers. You’re right. I highly doubt they would have heard firecrackers going off that far away. That implies that at least one shooter was much closer.

[@Caeruleo]

"Both newscasters heard what they was firecrackers, my question is how could they hear the “firecrackers” from the sixth floor of a depository?" The sixth floor is only 72 feet above the ground. Firecrackers can easily be heard from much farther away that 72 feet.

[@Caeruleo]

@@wiltchamberlainisthegoat13 "All these witnesses saying they initially thought it was firecrackers. You’re right. I highly doubt they would have heard firecrackers going off that far away. That implies that at least one shooter was much closer." I'm honestly not following your reasoning. The sixth floor of the TSBD is only 72 feet above the ground. Firecrackers can easily be heard from much farther away than 72 feet. So can gunshots.

[@meldtoys5154]

Who were the two men blocking the steps up to the grassy knoll in the Polaroid and on the home movie.

[@sr-ty7gb]

They were part of the huge government cover up. Thousands of people involved in this. All in collusion. Even governor Connollys wife was part of it. The little boy in the studio interview waa part of it too...thats why he didnt say anything.

[@rocknroller77]

My pops was 16 and mom was 11. Pops especially remembers. I guess obviously at 16, youd remember.

[@jakethecarsandreactorvideo9409]

Who knows where the 2 little boys are now

[@opticscolossalandepicvideo4879]

They are both alive. Little James Clayton can now go poo poo all by his little self. They both are 63 and 61 years old.

[@Jablome333]

They died in Nam.

[@LBart218]

I was trying to respond with a description of a video where you can see what they look like in recent years but these goofs keep deleting my comment on it. I did not even include a link so I don't know what the big issue is.

[@MCO18]

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

[@BazookaTooth707]

His hands are shaking dramatically. Tragic day

[@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

[@nancyross5257]

I was 13 then. Wow, standard typewriters and rotary dial phones.

[@username-zj9id]

The most shocking about this in 2024 is seeing a news reporter smoke on air during a live broadcast lol

[@user-is7cu5mi6o]

There are interviews done with Jay Watson online after the experience of that day, even many years later?

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

I guess everyone in the video has pass on except kids i hope. This must have been massive PTSD IN LIFE FOREVER IN LIFE 😢😢😢😢

[@LeahNewmanWrites]

Mrs. Newman has been on numerous specials about the 60th anniversary.

[@ronthompson95]

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

[@kellidudley7272]

Yes!! I kept thinking the same thing!!

[@midlifemotox]

Fascinating. I wish I had a "way back" machine.

[@mclaine33]

Same. This is as close as will ever get.

[@midlifemotox]

Yes it is. @@mclaine33

[@jeanpalumbo3411]

JFK murdered, 60 years ago and it still feels like yesterday😢

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

​@@jeanpalumbo3411😢😢😢😢yes it does I was born 4half years later still affect me 60years later

[@TheTarget1980]

whats the name of the two journalists guiding through the events?

[@user-zy3zd3sx2d]

This interview is very disturbing. I realize the shooting was fresh and the president not yet declared deceased however it's clear the young family was still in shock and traumatized. To discuss this in front of the children and the wife so shook up she could no longer compose herself and left, the news room should have known better. How ironic the guy said he hoped that whomever shot the president lives and is not killed, lives to regret what he did. How prophetic.

[@scripturalvision8735]

No, they aren't traumatized. They are certainly shaken up, but people that are reared on the Bible and with morals and to be strong, aren't weak pansy snowflakes like 99% of the wicked and evil generation of our day. That includes you. This diabolical and evil generation need to repent in sack cloth and ashes and get into the Word of God (the King James Bible) and thus stop living wicked, selfish, effeminate lives.

[@scripturalvision8735]

No, they aren't traumatized. They are certainly shaken up, but people that are reared on the Bible and with morals and to be strong, aren't weak pansy snowflakes like 99% of the wicked and evil generation of our day. That includes you. This diabolical and perverse and evil generation needs to repent of their wickedness and pride and humble themselves in sack cloth and ashes and get into the Word of God (the King James Bible) and thus stop living wicked, selfish, effeminate lives. period. Quadruple period and punctuations.

[@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.

[@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. 🙄

[@neoknight3320]

What is the show, with the fashion talk before the breaking news, was?

[@tony--james]

"The Julie Bennell Show" "On November 22, 1963, lifestyle and fashion talk program The Julie Bennell Show occupied the noon hour of WFAA-TV's broadcast schedule."

[@neoknight3320]

Thank you so much!!! @@tony--james

[@coolfinetime]

60 years ago but it is still lively...and terrified

[@travismaxwell9115]

Smoking a cigarette on live t.v how cool was that, boy how times have changed.

[@rawbacon]

Even though they got at least half of the details wrong I still love watching Jay Watson's live frazzled enthusiasm.

[@traceye9920]

They didn’t get original details wrong…..once LBJ in charge is day Fred’s press over. Just watch when Dan rather comes on scene on klrb. Also, the story starts to go towards their lie of Oswald and 6th floor. The Newmans in the video weren’t even called as witnesses to warren commission.

[@ChurchCommittee]

How can people describing what they saw with their own two eyes less than an hour ago get "half of the details wrong"?

[@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! 🐑

[@Barbato13]

keep giving us more tapes please, the more correct information the more truth. Come together and solve this "mystery"

[@LarsCarlsen-or6ky]

no mystery osawal was a sharpshooer and a pal of castro

[@Barbato13]

@LarsCarlsen-or6ky you think that's the full story wrap it up, eh? 👀 then we have different thoughts

[@LarsCarlsen-or6ky]

@@Barbato13 cui. bono

[@single55]

​@@LarsCarlsen-or6kyOswald wasn't behind the witness and his son .

[@LarsCarlsen-or6ky]

Lee was a marine sharpshooter and was close to Fidel. do the math or believe fairy tales@@single55