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
a gentleman just walked in our studio that i am meeting for the first time as well as you. this is wfia in texas. your name, sir? mr. abraham zapruder. would you tell us your story, please, sir? i got out about a half hour earlier to get a good spot to shoot some pictures. my 5-year-old boy and myself were by ourselves on the grass there on palmer street. i waved and joe waved. and then that s all right, sir. as he was waving back, he was the shot rang out and he slumped down in his seat. all of a sudden it popped and governor connally grabbed his stomach and kind of laid over to the side.
the studio i m meeting for the first time, as well as you, this is wfaa tv in dallas, texas. may i have your name, sir. my name is abraham zapruda. zapruda? yes, sir. tell us your story, sir? i get out to shoot some pictures. 5-year-old boy and myself were by ourselves on the grass there by palmer street and joe waved and i waved and and and the man it s all right, sir. go ahead. he was waving back. he was waving back and then the shot rang out and he slumped down in his seat. all of a sudden, this next one popped and governor connally grabbed his stomach and went to the side and another one and it was all so fast, and president kennedy grabbed rea reached up and grabbed his ear
our studio that i am meeting for the first time as well as you. this is wfia in texas. your name, sir? mr. abraham zapruder. would you tell us your story, please, sir? i got out about a half hour earlier to get a good spot to shoot some pictures. my 5-year-old boy and myself were by ourselves on the grass there on palmer street. i waved and joe waved. and then that s all right, sir. as he was waving back, he was the shot rang out and he slumped down in his seat. all of a sudden it popped and governor connally grabbed his stomach and kind of laid over to the side. another one it was also quick and president kennedy reached up and looked like grabbed his air and blood started gushing out. i didn t see any person fire a weapon. you only heard it.