speaker: elements of the central intelligence agency killed j john kennededy. speaker: the story has been suppressed. witnesses have been killed. we have a right to know who killed our president and d why he dieied. [music playing] speaker: in dallas, preparations were already underway for extraordinary police protection when the president should arrive. interviewer: do you anticipate any trouble on the president s arrival? jesse curry: because of what has happened here previously, we would be foolish, i think, not to anticipate some trouble. i don t really, i don t anticipate any violence. speaker:r: here comemes air foe numbmber one, ththe presidenes plane now totouching dowown. here s s mrs. kennnnedy, anand the crowowd yells. and the president of the united states, and i can see his sun tan all the way from here. dan rather: looking at how things actually went, it wasn t just a trip to dallas. it was a political trip, preparing for the 1964 elections. speaker: shaking ha
jay watson: a gentleman just walked into our studio that i am meeting for the first time as well as you. this is wfaa-tv in dallas, texas. may i have your name, please, sir? abraham zapruder: my name is abraham zapruder. jay watson: mr. zapruder? abraham zapruder: zapruder, yes, sir. jay watson: zapruder. and would you tell us your story, please, sir? abraham zapruder: i got out about a half hour earlier, getting to a good spot to shoot some pictures. charles brehm: five-year-old boy and myself were by ourselves on the grass there on palmer street, and i asked joe to wave to him, and joe waved, and i waved and the the man interviewer: that s all right, sir. - he waved because he was waving back and he was he was the shot rang out and he slumped down in the seat. gayle newman: and then all of a sudden this next one popped and governor connally grabbed his stomach and kind of laid over to the side, and then another one. it was just all so fast. and president kenn
emergency bay at parkland hospital. four agents reach in and grab johnson and pull him out and start to run him down one corridor. looking for a safe place. mr. johnson, his whereabouts are being kept secret for security reasons. if anyone knows where mr. johnson is, it is not us at this moment. it was a signal moment in our cultural history. suddenly it occurred to us the right thing to do is turn on the television. reports continue to come in but in a confused and fragmentary fashion. president kennedy has been given a blood transfusion at parkland hospital here in dallas in an effort to save his life. it was odd because there were no commercials. it was just a continuous experience. two priests have entered the emergency room at parkland hospital where he rests after the assassination attempt which now was about a half hour ago.
our studio that i am meeting for the first time, as well as you. this is wfaa tv in dallas, texas. my name is abraham zapruder. zapruder? yes, sir. will you tell us your story. i got up about a half hour earlier, in order to shoot some pictures. five-year-old boy and myself were by ourselves on the grass on palmer street. and i asked joe to wave to him. and joe waved and i waved that is all right, sir. as he was waving back he was the shot rang out and he slumped down in his seat. and then this next one popped and governor connelly grabbed his stomach and kind of laid over to the side. and then another one. it was just all so fast and president kennedy reached up and grabbed looked like grabbed his ear and blood just started gushing out. did you see the person who fired it? no, i didn t see the person who fired the weapon. you only heard it? i only heard it and i looked up and saw this man running up this hill. if it s a conspiracy not only the president
no, i didn t see any person fire the weapon. you only heard it? i only heard it and i looked up and saw this man running up this hill. if it s a conspiracy not only the president was hit, the governor was hit. who knows if the next shot would have been for lyndon johnson. johnson s car pulls into the emergency bay at parkland hospital. four agents reach in and grab johnson and pull him out and start to run him down one corridor looking for a safe place. mr. johnson, his whereabouts are being kept secret for security reasons. if anyone knows where mr. johnson is, it is not us at this moment. there was a signal moment in our cultural history. suddenly it occurred to us the right thing to do is turn on the television. reports continue to come in but in a confused and fragmentary fashion. president kennedy has been given a blood transfusion at parkland hospital here in dallas