90001_7556_pt17
Subjects
1963
B&W
John F. Kennedy's accused assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, is shot in Dallas. Two men hold each of his arms through a crowd of photographers. In the midst of the crowd, he is shot and falls to the ground. Slow motion images of Jack Ruby approaching, shooting, and killing Oswald. Oswald is carried on a gurney into a hospital. The second part of this newsreel shows John F. Kennedy's casket being carried to the Capital in D.C. with the procession. Close-ups of the casket and Jackie Kennedy getting out of a car. Jackie and the children join the procession.