Imagine sitting down being interested in a new jacket then finding out the president has been shot within a few seconds.....crazy times.

@panda-wk8mv

2 жыл бұрын

you can see the presenters looking at the people behind the cameras running round in a panic! it's so weird

@andrekyle5954

2 жыл бұрын

i know Im asking randomly but does any of you know a tool to log back into an instagram account..? I was dumb lost my password. I would appreciate any help you can give me!

@conradjohnathan7236

2 жыл бұрын

@Andre Kyle Instablaster :)

@ShawnLamont1997

2 жыл бұрын

Now that I think about it .. that’s gotta be one of the most craziest thing ever

@thefreestate762

2 жыл бұрын

Though, this was graphic and shocking at the time. Imagine going to school one day, and learning before first period that America is under terrorist attack. That’s exactly what happened to me and millions of other 14-year-old kids on Tuesday, September 11th 2001.

My guy saying he’s out of breath proceeds to smoke a cigarette

@affemitwaffe9057

3 жыл бұрын

gotta catch your breath alright eh?

@plateshutoverlock

3 жыл бұрын

"Doctors agree that Winston is the best cigarette for a long, healthy life!"

@PIANOPHUNGUY

3 жыл бұрын

They smoked all the time on t.v. back then. Filthy habit.

@craigezell4261

3 жыл бұрын

Ok,so what?That's his lungs,worry about your own.

@Brandon-vl6fb

3 жыл бұрын

It was the 60s

The reporter had a sense of history by assuring the broadcast was taped.

@MooseMeus

Жыл бұрын

people back then actually studied it

@altfactor

Жыл бұрын

He also probably wanted the coverage recorded so that tapes of any interviews could be fed to ABC for network telecast.

@kevincorcoran6493

Жыл бұрын

@Jesse Pinkman just a part of life back then. Even into the 1970s. Smokers will increase their usage under stress too. You could see a lot of people smoking and this video.

@markmiller3308

Жыл бұрын

Very important he did that for history’s sake.

My grandma was in her eighth grade english class when this happened, and about an hour later, the principal announced on the P.A. system, and she says she’ll never forget what he said, “President Kennedy has been shot. All classes are to be suspended and students are directed to head home for the day. Thank you.” She tells this story every year on November 22nd.

@mikeygoodboi

3 жыл бұрын

:>(

@betaman7988

2 жыл бұрын

My grandad, here in Britain, says he vividly recalls helping his friend paint his kitchen that day. As they were working, they had the radio on in the living room. Hearing that the music had stopped, my grandad and his friend went to the radio and, of course, they found out what had happened.

@hebneh

2 жыл бұрын

I was in 4th grade and we were having our break, and the teacher was out of the room. Mrs. DeHolzer, the elementary level principal, announced via classroom loudspeakers, "Boys and girls, I'm very sorry to tell you that President Kennedy has passed away." That was a confusing way to put it because to me at the age of 9, "passed away" was only what old people did. Kennedy's youth had been publicized constantly since he'd been elected in 1960 so I couldn't understand how he could've died of old age.

@Hank760

2 жыл бұрын

My mother was in high school in Florida and tells the same story

@theboxoftexas

2 жыл бұрын

My grandma was born the year Kennedy was shot which was 1963

"get the film developed as soon as possible" --- wow. Today's technology is just INSTANT everything.

@KamsPoliticalPredictions

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, agreed. We have came very far from technology from the 1960s.

@joesmoe71

2 жыл бұрын

I've heard it took the studio cameras of the time about an hour to warm up and be ready enough for use once turned on, that's why when you watch a lot of these videos about the assassination the first thing shown upon breaking the news is just a network logo with a voice over. From then on afterwards most studios had the policy of keeping at least one camera on and ready to go at all times.

@CoopyKat

2 жыл бұрын

@@joesmoe71 Yes that technology seems so primitive to us now, but at the time it was very modern I'm sure!

@CoopyKat

2 жыл бұрын

@@joesmoe71 Home television sets used to take at least a minute to warm up before a picture or sound would show up!

@bobbyfrancis8957

2 жыл бұрын

I was 5 in 1960, watching the presidential debates and I wanted Nixon to win. I think the election results were the same, in 1960 and 1964, when the voting totals were changing they were writing them on pieces of paper and show them to the viewers; Hubert Humphrey and Barry Goldwater tried both times and couldn't get enough votes.

"Cut down, by an assassin's bullet" 'Cut down' is just hard core journalism.

@ceilingunlimited2430

2 жыл бұрын

I was very surprised by that choice of words.

@generalyellor8188

2 жыл бұрын

No, it's more melodrama.

@loungejay8555

2 жыл бұрын

It was the vernacular of the south in those days.

@johncronin9540

2 жыл бұрын

It also is a vague choice of words, because in all the pandemonium that occurred, reporters were trying for about an hour and a half to find out whether the president and governor were alive or dead. They’re trying to be first, but also trying to be accurate, and they were getting conflicting reports as to the condition of the two men. As it turned out, Governor Connelly survived, but President Kennedy did not. So using the phrase “cut down” isn’t really definitive as to whether or not the victims survived or not. They did accurately report who the two victims were.

@damianwhite504

Жыл бұрын

We dont know where he was shot but apparently he took a shot to the head

It's absolutely priceless to be able to see this footage. Thank you.

Comments on this video: 5% about the assassination, 95% about the anchors smoking in the studio.

@urbaniteurbanizer1612

4 жыл бұрын

It's bad enough they smoke on live TV. But to smoke while interviewing people? That's bad manners!

@JayDeeIsMyName

4 жыл бұрын

Also a few % about the zippers.

@thelugoffgamecock792

3 жыл бұрын

@@urbaniteurbanizer1612 wish he'd blown it in their faces just to help "woke " you up!

@Russ_Hoops

3 жыл бұрын

@@urbaniteurbanizer1612 back then people smoked all the time and everywhere. In fact, think about the places you can't smoke today. Back in the 60s people smoked in those places.

@plateshutoverlock

3 жыл бұрын

The SAGE national defense network had cigarette lighters built into the computer consoles. That shows how different attitudes about smoking were back then.

I think Jay Watson did a terrific job of clearly presenting the news as it came in, with as much detail as possible, coordinating events in the news studio and finally conducting interviews with eye witnesses.

@aaronz7056

2 жыл бұрын

Sadly he passed away early in 2001.

@mkii1964

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely!

@noeldaly1272

Жыл бұрын

@@aaronz7056 lung cancer?

@1950Grendel

Жыл бұрын

TV was just coming into its own in 1963 and I can't imagine the news departments were prepared for anything like this. They now had to provide visual and audio with early cameras and sound recording. These replays fascinate me, and I was 13 years old then and remember most of it.

@holtridge7337

10 ай бұрын

Oh yeah. He did a really good job that day.

I wasn’t born yet but being able to watch this allowed me to feel exactly how it felt for everyone to hear it for the first time and exactly how it was and felt back then…

The Bobby he’s talking to is my dad

@crystal.holmes

4 жыл бұрын

This is a small world indeed.

@MichaelGrey11

4 жыл бұрын

That’s amazing sir

@fintan3563

4 жыл бұрын

Is he the cameraman 🎥?

@jumpngeorge

4 жыл бұрын

He was the director in the booth

@coolcar3388

4 жыл бұрын

Cool

This is far more engaging and informational than the clips of network news coverage I’ve seen . WFAA was really on the ball and could collectively think on its feet . I’m very impressed.

@Change_II

7 ай бұрын

Informative

Did they end up explaining where all the hidden zippers in the jacket were?

@devinpeirce7152

4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@julianG1212

3 жыл бұрын

What show was that

@threeminuteshate

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, I was like “Why do they have them in the sleeve?!?!”

@dianekimball6812

3 жыл бұрын

@@threeminuteshate probably to hide money or credit cards in. Or your gloves. Today people would probably put their phones in them.

@littleangel4780

3 жыл бұрын

😂😄

8:45 Ed Hogan reporting from outside the hospital is my great grandfather

Betsy over here flexin her jacket and gets interrupted

@johnxu2001

3 жыл бұрын

It's a nice jacket though

@notahamster333

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnxu2001 too many zippers though

@woodykelleher9253

2 жыл бұрын

"I'll just stand here in the dark."

@GregorySmith-xq8yt

5 күн бұрын

Real women 😊

I'd like to see the unedited video tapes of this station during this same time. It looks like the scenes were cut off and then new ones were started in this montage. This is a glimpse back into every day work life in a newsroom circa 1963. It's very intriguing.

@ezHiker35

2 жыл бұрын

Yes seems like there's a lot more footage... would love to see it. The CBS Cronkite coverage get's most of the attention but this is a lot more gripping and raw. Puts you right then and there on that day.

@davidgibson7615

2 жыл бұрын

@DW_X go to David Von Pein's KZread channel on WFAA/JFK Assassination coverage

@stewartj3407

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, we will never get to see it because wfaa was in on the conspiracy. They were brought in by the Dallas police to assist in the cover up and misinformation. You guys need do do some research.

@mkii1964

Жыл бұрын

@@davidgibson7615 Agree, great channel!

@melvinarringtonj

9 ай бұрын

@@Dez_The_Foxthere’s actually a version of this that’s like 4 hours long for jfk and bobby

Reporters smoking on air...something you'll never see today.

@ncwayneeric

2 жыл бұрын

We had a smoking room right next to our Intensive Care Unit back in the 1990s. Many docs smoked while doing dictation in a hospital staff room. And here in North Carolina there were department stores that allowed smoking in the late 1990s, early 2000s. Not so long ago really.

@aliceorr6426

Жыл бұрын

Andy Griffith used to smoke on his TV show. All actors that smoked , smoked on TV..I remember Sammy Davis Jr smoked on All In The Family

Powerful and raw. It is interesting that even in 1963, during a time of crisis, tv station news departments knew how to vamp. I really thought that was a fairly recent development, say during the last twenty or thirty years, when a news station will get hold of something incomplete, and talk up the same points endlessly until more information becomes available.

@hebneh

2 жыл бұрын

Recent? Nope. People had already been doing it on the radio, starting in the 1920s, before TV even existed. And of course it had been a skill for live performers for as long as stage presentations or musical performances had been going on in human culture.

I love that he’s smoking the entire time. Simpler times

@joerivandeweyer3056

2 жыл бұрын

After the news broadcast, a commercial probably aired saying "9/10 doctors prefer smoking Lucky Strikes, with the new revolutionary filter addition. Smoke healthy, smoke filter Lucky Strike" *happy jingle

People don't understand how truly earth-shattering this moment was... my Mother was in high school when she heard this, everyone was absolutely shocked. Stores closed for the day, people were glued to their radios and TVs for hours, it was all very somber. The funeral was also very sad and for days afterward everyone felt like it was all just a terrible nightmare. Sixty years ago, America was a much more close knit and uniformly educated and informed country back then, and people reacted to this with great dignity and poise. My ex-boyfriend's late grandfather told me that for years, he couldn't pass through that part of Dallas, because he had been there in 1963, and saw the entire thing unfold in gruesome detail.

@FLINTMICHIGANMEGABOWL

Жыл бұрын

Yeah back when everyone believed everything the government told you was 100% unquestionably true. 😂😂 that’s why people were “more uniformly educated”. Not educated enough to realize the warren report was a fairy tail m, since Walter Cronkite said it was the truth EVERYONE believed it 😂😂😂😂😂 broadcast journalism at its infancy here.

@johnbaugh2437

Жыл бұрын

That’s not true. Dallas was very conservative then and many people had anti Kennedy signs. A 4th grade class in Dallas cheered when they heard the news. An older friend of mine went to Stephen F Austin University when it was announced. The students in the lunchroom stood up and cheered. Kennedy was hated by a lot of people. It seems unbelievable now, since Kennedy wasn’t a liberal by today’s standards. The same would happen now when Trump or Biden dies. I mean both are really old, so it’s bound to happen. People are the same then as now.

@thrummer1953

Жыл бұрын

I was in 5th Grade when this happened, and remember the events very well. I concur with your remarks.

@bufnyfan1

Жыл бұрын

The NFL didn't cancel the following Sunday's games. Many of the Dallas Cowboys who were playing on the road that weekend in Cleveland said they were verbally abused at the hotel (bellhops wouldn't carry their suitcases etc). They were booed and heckled at Cleveland Stadium.

@richdeering9580

11 ай бұрын

I was 8 years old… all TV programs were suspended out of respect for JFK in my country🇬🇧… early evening children’s programs were abruptly interrupted with this evil news. I remember asking my grandad lots of questions? It was definitely a: “whoops, wrong planet” moment for my young mind. I still find it incomprehensible how anyone could do such a thing.

The early days of live news coverage. It is raw, but overall they did a great job considering. Fascinating video. And yes, cigarettes were much more a normal vice.

@stormwulf117

2 жыл бұрын

And knowing how rattled everyone was, they all needed a cig to calm down.

I miss parts of the 60's I never knew. The decorum. "Excuse me..I apologize if I'm out of breath..."

@carlosthiago2604

2 жыл бұрын

Eu também tenho esse estranho sentimento de saudade, embora tenha nascido no final dos anos 1980. Isso me dá medo.

The girl be like: 💗🌈🎀🤗 this jacket is amazing News reporter: our president died. Person watching: 👁️👄👁️

@jamesrivera4947

2 жыл бұрын

👁 👁 👃 👄

7:07 rare footage of the motorcade enroute to parkland hospital.

@doctordootch

4 жыл бұрын

"There goes the President on up the hill", but, where? The left? The right? Hard to see the car

@andrewcharley1893

4 жыл бұрын

Tommy Jakob very true man, very true. But he’s there somewhere, keep looking😉.

I had never seen these clips before. Fascinating work by this station and the anchor in particular. Being able to think straight under pressure is a real skill. I worked in the newspaper business for many years, and I can tell you the adrenalin rush of a high-pressure situation enhances your ability to focus like you wouldn't believe.

@AGirlHasNoName1.168

Жыл бұрын

...he sure was huffing that cigarette. People don't realize it was common to see people smoking on TV back in the day. Seems so strange now, looking back at it.

One minute you are listening to relaxing piano music while looking at boots and jackets…the next minute is like Armageddon

That shows how quickly focuses can change. Here’s a local Dallas TV show 58 years ago on the Friday before Thanksgiving, where they are talking about jackets and zippers and “Mad money.” It could have just been a long lost TV show. But, less than a minute later (0:55) that show is broken into by a news report that will absolutely jolt the City of Dallas, The state of Texas, the USA, and the world. In some ways reverberations from that day in Dallas are still with us in January 2022. Thank you for posting this. Wow! I have watched it several times before but I haven’t posted anything until now. This is what makes KZread so fantastic that we can have a record of that very tragic but historical moment.

I don't think today's generation can appreciate how shattering the assassination was to those of us who lived through those times. The loss of innocence was palpably real.

@jabronisauce6833

Жыл бұрын

No we just can't believe you's bought the magic bullet idea and actually thought you's had a democracy going forward, now they're repeating the cycle bar the unnecessary murdering of a president that they did not permit.

@dolnick7

Жыл бұрын

@@jabronisauce6833 Anyone clinging to the idea of a magic bullet in 2022 is being dumb on purpose, based as it was on wrong information from the get-go. Anyone can make a mistake, but when easily disproved ideas are continued to be endorsed, then it's hard to condone or even understand such a blinkered mindset.

I was in the 11th grade in San Antonio, TX and was walking into the lunchroom when I had heard an initial report that said there were reports the president had been shot. I went on in and asked if anyone else had heard anything and everyone was acting as if I had made it up. I left without eating lunch in search of a radio where I could hear more. I found one in the counselor's office where teachers and students were gathering to hear the latest news. When it was time to go to our next class, they turned on the intercom radio and played it until they announced he had died. We were not excused from school, and, in fact, our school had a football game scheduled that night, which they felt had to go on. We were already set for playoffs, and had to finish the game that night in order to not throw off the schedule for the playoffs. Somehow the band directors managed to have an excellent tribute to Kennedy at the game that night. Everyone was in some degree of shock at the game.

@martypate9123

10 ай бұрын

Texas hasn't change much. Sad day for America and horrible day for Texas lawenforcement.

@peacefrog0521

7 ай бұрын

Curious if you or anyone else you knew would have seen JFK in San Antonio the day before?

Nobody beats Cronkite's reporting on it

My mom described it as the Saddest day in the History of our country.

@Bledipr

2 жыл бұрын

I thought that was 9/11

@jb-vb8un

Жыл бұрын

bad for Americans anytime a DEMOCRAT is in offce

@lipby

Жыл бұрын

@@Bledipr And Pearl Harbor, Lincoln's assassination, the election of Trump.

@robertortiz-wilson1588

9 ай бұрын

@@lipbyget help.

@barricademadness

7 ай бұрын

​@@lipbyorange man baaaaad And evil and orange and bad and evil and btw hes evil and orange and racist and orange!!! Ps: bad man orange.

in 1983 this dallas station reran their total weekend coverage of the assassination. it was mesmerizing. they announced a policeman had been shot in oak cliff but they didn't think it was related. of course, it was totally related. it was oswald killing the cop who stopped him to question him.

I was in 7th grade social studies. The principal announced it on the loud speaker. Our teacher sat at his desk and cried. School was dismissed. And all we did was watch tv coverage all weekend and the Monday funeral.

He came on the air at about 12:45 PM CST, just a few minutes after the motorcade arrived at Parkland Hospital. JFK wasn’t officially declared dead until 1:00 PM CST

@fredvima9916

3 жыл бұрын

officially is the keyword here

@nomibe2911

3 жыл бұрын

Um...they knew he was dead on the spot.

@mikeygoodboi

3 жыл бұрын

He was not involved. Calm down.

@altfactor

2 жыл бұрын

I always thought WFAA's first bulletin was around 12:38 or 12:40 P.M. CST.

WFAA is about three blocks south of Dealey Plaza. Eerie thing is that at about the same time this video starts, Lee Harvey Oswald was probably riding in the taxi right past the station on his way to Oak Cliff.

I was 11 years old and in the 6th grade on 9/11/01. I'll never forget that day. I clearly remember the teacher playing the live news footage and witnessed the whole thing. It was shocking.

@ShAySlIm130

Жыл бұрын

I was 11 too. I remember the teacher of the class next to mine showing the live news to her class. It was crazy.

@patrickc3419

11 ай бұрын

You make me feel old. I was 20 and in college.

@miked5266

9 ай бұрын

There are links to both incidents vicpiper3971

I love how he’s just ripping heaters on live national television

@georgeswca

3 жыл бұрын

Ripping heaters...LOL

@KozyKool2287

2 жыл бұрын

60's & 70's TV was pretty wild. It's amazing what was acceptable at that time.

@rickp3753

2 жыл бұрын

@@KozyKool2287 I was alive then. Everybody drank and smoked. But stay away from that whacky tobacky.

@ceilingunlimited2430

2 жыл бұрын

I went to high school in the early 80's. My friend who smoked always called them bakers.

December 7, 1941, November 22, 1963, and September 11, 2001. The three dates that will live in infamy.

@bugworld6569

Жыл бұрын

Don’t forget April 4, 1968!

This clip is in excellent condition. It must have been well-preserved or digitally remastered 🙂

Real journalism. Not what we have today.

Wow! Some of this film footage I never saw before. The live scenes at the News room and on the street is truly amazing

Was sent here by my tv history course. This is wild.

Gentlemen you wrote true history! Respect...

That interviewer with the cigarettes....greatest newscaster ever!

@kennethalger1268

9 ай бұрын

Which would explain why he was out of breath

My mom was a sophomore in High School when this happened and she remembers the principal announcing over the pa that Kennedy was shot and then later he announced that Kennedy was dead and they sent everyone home.

Everyone just causally smoked back then. Blowing smoke into the face of the guy you were interviewing.

November 22 1963. I was 18 years old. A day that is still fresh in my memories.

@georgelustrea2912

2 жыл бұрын

I was 23 years old then, and yes, just like you, a day that is still fresh in my memories...

@Kayte-tv2cw

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. I was 12 at the time, and was absolutely devastated. I still think about it at least once every day.

@uVueD2b

6 ай бұрын

My father turned 32 that day as he lived in Ft. Worth. It sucks having your birthday becoming synonymous with a tragedy like 11/22 or 9/11.

9:09 “I’m Mrs.Quincy Adams.” Oh, the irony.The 6th president of the USA.

My mom was a sophmore in high school. She was in art class when a nun (she went to catholic school) came in, whispered to her teacher then left quickly. Her teacher told the class to gather their things and wait for an announcement. A few moments later, the principal came on pth P.A. and said Kennedy had been shot and they were dismissing school for the day. My mom and my aunt came home together and found my grandparents crying--grandma was doing Hail Marys--by the TV. Both of my grandparents loved Kennedy because he had a young family like they did (my uncles were 10 and 6 at the time) and he was catholic. When Cronkite came on and announced that Kennedy was dead, my grandma let out this wail that, according to my mom, she never heard again, even when my grandfather died 9 years later.

I was 12 at the time. I was in our school hall and watching a play when it was announced that the president was shot.

This is so bizarre that all of this was recorded on videotape in 1963..............

@HadrianDorian

3 жыл бұрын

Why is that bizarre?

@CoopyKat

Жыл бұрын

@@HadrianDorian Because they were showing a live broadcast, maybe they were taping it for a later re-broadcast.

@averydaymond1560

28 күн бұрын

@@CoopyKat My grandpa had friends in news and he said back then many stations taped their broadcast and would keep tapes for up to 2 weeks. Then often use the same tapes to tape over during broadcasts over previous broadcasts. I can only assume and I think safely assume in this scenario they decided to keep the tapes as is for historical purposes. After all it would be the most important broadcast in WFAA history.

It’s a really sad news announcement and kind of odd to see a news anchor smoking a cigarette

I looove the way things were shot back then. The anchor telling the guys what to do. Everything. Just seems so natural

Burt said that Connaly and Kennedy were still alive before he left the hospital...so I wonder if that was what he was told or if he in fact did see JFK still alive but barely

@dallaskenn

4 жыл бұрын

The President was killed on impact.

@foryourlugsonly

4 жыл бұрын

You just need to see his injuries to know he was dead about 0.3 seconds after the second shot made contact with his skull. Lights out, all out.

@crystal.holmes

4 жыл бұрын

He may mean not pronounced dead.

@patsfan8057

3 жыл бұрын

Believe it or not, he had a pulse and agonal respiratory function until about 12:50. Watch the interviews with the Parkland doctors.

@mikeygoodboi

3 жыл бұрын

:>D Oh man, another one. :>(

It remains the most gripping moment in American history since Lincoln-Booth, perhaps more so.

Wow, imagine witnessing this like they did, what a wild intense event to be apart of

10 yrs old in 1963 i remember this so vidvily

2:54 "Bobby why don't you take your shot over there..." Prophetic.

This is the best news report I ever seen

People were so much better spoken back then…

Just amazing to have copies of this

A time when it was not unusual for the news to be delivered by a guy smoking a cigarette.

Thats how it was in the 60's, I remember being at home with my dad smoking, my mom cooking with a cigarette in her mouth, my aunts uncles would come over also smoking. I was only about 8 too young to smoke, but I had a small box of chewing gum shaped like cigarettes, my brother also had his box of chewing gum cigarettes. To us it was just normal everyday life in texas. Those were the days. Watching the reporters on TV smoking would only give us a craving to reach for our own cigarettes. Today we might comment on it but back then it was no big deal.

Back then the local stations weren't set up for breaking news situations as you can see they went live and we're getting set up at the same time...total chaos with the news anchor inhaling a lucky strike simultaneously...it paints a picture of how the emotions were back then...the actual footage of the shooting would not be seen till years later from a local residents home movie projector...Today every second of the Presidents movements are on camera so if this happen today you would get 8 different angles broadcast within minutes not to mention camera phones

@thrummer1953

Жыл бұрын

It's True. The Net would have it before the Network Anchors even opened their Mouths.

In 1963 it took WFAA, a local Dallas news station, 10-15 minutes to break the news of the assassination that happened in Dallas. Nowadays it would break worldwide close to immediately, in 4K. It's amazing how much technology has progressed.

@frederickrapp5396

2 жыл бұрын

Amazing that there were no live cameras on 11/22/63.

@debranchelowtone

2 жыл бұрын

@@frederickrapp5396 A live tv camera of 1963 would take : a camera, a bus, sending equipment, antennas, crew. This was not that simple.

It’s amazing see him smoking on the air. I really appreciate the honesty and genuineness displayed here.

Priceless footage. Thought I'd seen everything that existed and am pleased to be wrong. This captured the precise time when our country began to lose its way.

There is an absolute rawness in this broadcast that you never see today.

Jerry became Mr. Peppermint, tv show for kids located in Hillside Village at Abrams Rd. and Mockingbird.

This is like a time machine amazing

Cut and restarting tape at 1:49 - was the mastertape broken at that timestamp or anything? Other, older transfers of this broadcast (elsewhere online here, look for WFAA JFK) have this segment in full.

They cut out where he describes where he was and where he heard the gunshots come from

@mikeygoodboi

3 жыл бұрын

I'll bet he was standing....yeah, that's it. Standing.

It's a Permanent Scar that the City of Dallas will definitely Never be Erased.

@martypate9123

Жыл бұрын

Disaster for lawenforcement them 2 days in texas.

@lisasdfwhightechworld9946

5 ай бұрын

It already has been. The population numbers of the metro area have increased massively. Millions and millions of people have moved in.

I feel so bad for all the frantic people and Mr President Kennedy. I wasn’t born yet but this really makes me see how horrible of a day this was and how deeply it impacted our people. We love you Mr President Kennedy

Wow this had to be horrific.

@andrewbrendan1579

3 жыл бұрын

It really was. It was a huge event for many people and I think it could be truthfully said that for some people JFK's death was a paradigm shift, it changed how they saw the world.

@Kayte-tv2cw

2 жыл бұрын

It was horrific. I was 12 at the time, and the assassination of President Kennedy has haunted me my entire life. I still think about it at least once a day.

@lionsbetryin989

Жыл бұрын

@@Kayte-tv2cwit’s haunted your life? I hope it hasn’t stopped you from living. This happens 1000s of times a day the only difference was this time was a president.

Burt acts like he's talking about his vacation footage: "Yeah right here you see us driving to the scene, and here's some protesters but they ain't hurtin' anyone. Oh yeah, I got to meet the police chief, real nice fella."

@mikeygoodboi

3 жыл бұрын

They were professional news men not wine sipping women.

@SilencedButNotForgotten

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikeygoodboi true

I guess we'll never know the reason for having a zipper in the arm of a jacket. Had TV execs developed a more longterm vision for their programming decisions they probably wouldn't have cut away until the woman finished her thoughts on the matter.

@saskoilersfan

4 жыл бұрын

You'll never solve the Oz enigma because you think it's real and think media's don't lie... And yet it's media's troupes who killed Lincoln and Kennedy. Life magazine paid for the hit.. That's why media's hide Oz , with Os... They don't hide the magical trajectories...

@XKT035

3 жыл бұрын

Grassy knoll, babushka lady, the hidden zipper... Some conspiracies will never be solved

@saskoilersfan

3 жыл бұрын

@@XKT035 reel shooter, Dorothy kilgallen, illusion of truth, all conspiracies are solved on liars world. The Kennedy curse and Oz and magical trajectories... Ozcar performance of lies and illusions.. I can show you the first step in solving JFK via death certificates and business deals with RKO and Disney corps new stormtroopers.. The double Cross by Oss is brilliant ..

@andrewbrendan1579

3 жыл бұрын

I have to disagree. The news from Dallas was about such an enormous event that something such as a discussion of clothing was so trivial in comparison that there was no reason to wait for the fashion lady to finish speaking.

@soccermommyNPC

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe a cozy pocket for all the cigarettes everyone was chain smoking?

This is amazing footage. From what I recall you never saw any live feed unrehearsed from the inside of broadcast newsrooms. Jay Watson did a first rate job keeping order out of all the chaos going on.

They did not say the president was shot , right away. Shots fired at the president's motorcade , they said. Then went back to Bozo Circus. I told my mother. Had two questions. What is a president ? And what is a motorcade ?

I like how both of my grandfathers have funny stories relating to the news of JFKs death as they were both very young. Everyone was let out of school early. My paternal grandfather and his friends wanted to cross the border from El Paso and into Juarez to drink but were turned away because the US had apparently shut the country off that day. My maternal grandfather, who was younger, wanted to go home and watch some cartoons on tv but was annoyed that all broadcasts were about the assassination

@stevebrown8368

3 жыл бұрын

I remember well. I was 8 in the LA area

@mnirwin5112

2 жыл бұрын

I was about 8 at the time and remember sitting in my grandmother's living room (we are Canadians) with a room full of people watching the funeral and crying. I couldn't understand what was going on.

@Gail1Marie

2 жыл бұрын

I was in second grade, and remember it well. Normal TV programming was suspended until Monday the 25th, after the state funeral was held. There was no escaping the assassination coverage. Only four TV networks--CBS, NBC, ABC, and Public Television--existed; it was before cable TV or home video recording. We watched the TV until about 10:30 p.m. the night of the assassination, and then switched it off and went to bed. You felt a little disrespectful for thinking it, but at some point, you wanted to watch SOMETHING else.

@paulsonj72

Жыл бұрын

IIRC it was Mexico that shut the whole border down in case the assassin tried to cross the border

The men holding the “yankee go home” sign must have felt a little uncomfortable leaving…

@AaronGyes

2 жыл бұрын

Yankee Go! Home (is where the heart is)

@generalyellor8188

2 жыл бұрын

How sweetly naive of you. No, they were probably surprised, but happy about it. A lot of bigoted hate in the South (and South West) to this day.

@jabronisauce6833

Жыл бұрын

@@generalyellor8188 I doubt they where all happy, one thing to dislike someone politcally it's another to wish literal death especially when it's your president if its Foe then they'd hardly cheer it and if its friendly which it was then it was the literal death of democracy in the US.

3:25 why is he doing the funky chicken?

“The President’s been shot - I need a cigarette!”

If my mom was watching this she would change it saying i dont care they just interrupt my show!

@weebunny

3 жыл бұрын

Thing is though, there were only three channels. And they were all covering the assassination and its aftermath for days. Your mom would have been out of luck.

No crazy graphics or silly sound effects, just telling the people what they know at the time

My gosh. I have never seen this before. Anyone else?

gramps was in the 10th grade, he remembers it like yesterday... ladys in cafe started crying round lunchtime.....twas the assassination, the day the music died.

Back when the news were about news, not flashy CGI graphics and animations and non-stop "breaking news".

@mikeygoodboi

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly. No emotion. No looking for descriptive harming, damaging words. Just the news and WHAT THEY SAW AND HEARD not what they were told what to say, like the last 4 1/2 years.

11/22/63 was 4 weeks before my 9th birthday. I remember everything about that tragic day. Never forget.

Born a year later. I’m grateful I didn’t have to go through this.

This fascinating. The fashion segment; a man smoking while delivering the breaking news; the beautiful heavy drapes.

I was 5 years old when the president was shot. Just got back from kindergarten. Was watching WGN , Channal 9 , Chicago. Bozo Circis.

@venangoproductions

4 жыл бұрын

Wasn’t everyone taken out of school, or did kindergarten get out early?

@timothyroberts9980

4 жыл бұрын

I went to kindergarten in the morning. Half a day. Got home around noon. Maybe , the afternoon , kindergarten , class got sent home early.

@timothyroberts9980

4 жыл бұрын

@@susieaxym We must be close to the same age. I went to Marquette School. Miller section of Gary , IN. Wonder if they tore Father Marquette's statue downn , by now ? I was born 17 March 1958. 5 years old. Morning half of the day.

@timothyroberts9980

4 жыл бұрын

@@susieaxym We must be close to the same age. I went to Marquette School. Miller section of Gary , IN. Wonder if they tore Father Marquette's statue downn , by now ? I was born 17 March 1958. 5 years old. Morning half of the day.

@hayseed5467

3 жыл бұрын

I was watching cartoons on KWWL, Waterloo, Iowa just before LEAVING for afternoon kindergarten. My vivid memory was getting to school and all my contemporaries were merrily assassinating each other with their finger-pistols. Those were the days.

I wonder how many cigs were smoked that day ?

@ontarioguy2738

6 жыл бұрын

Those were the days when everyone smoked anywhere they wanted .If you look at golf tournament videos from the early 60s Arnold Palmer can be seen dragging on a cigarette just before he would make a putt !

@marksymbala1193

6 жыл бұрын

rob mush are u old enuff to smok?

@robminmonaca

6 жыл бұрын

Mark Symbala yea but many that have smoked in my family died of lung cancer and other issues from smoking. But I have never smoked. Just in this time of America everyone was smoking and it was the norm like drinking coffee today. Also they said smoking back then was good for you.

@ontarioguy2738

6 жыл бұрын

Nat King Cole said smoking made his voice sound better .He died from lung cancer age 45!

@marksymbala1193

6 жыл бұрын

rob mush ya Rob please don't smoke

This must be terrifying to watch back in 1963...

WFAA-TV, Channel 8, was at the time (and I believe still is) the ABC affiliate in Dallas/Fort Worth.

Amazing footage. Thanks for the upload. 2:30 Yes, caffeine is just what "shaken up" people need. Actually he meant well and did an outstanding job reporting.

Chief camera man and assistant news director , how many times have you heard that ?

I was only a few months old on that day, but thanks to my older siblings' memories and a couple books my parents had, I became fascinated by this event before age 10. That has continued to this day. Since JFK was President when I was born, my child's mind thought of him as "My President." I guess that has continued to this day as well.

@fredmoss4540

Жыл бұрын

I was a few months from turning 2yrs old. But I live here in Washington,DC. So not only National News coverage but local. I can remember things were out of normal for my routine daily routine. My baby sitter an older woman and her family lived in house directly across street from mine. So they were like family. They had family members living in house renting rooms. Her older sister was upper 70s when I was born. They had took care of my older sister 5+yrs older than me. Also baby sitter husband his sister with teenage daughter. Also baby sitter had grown nephew renting room. Back in them days only 1 TV in house. TV was still in its childhood it was still a luxury. I remember the broadcast but everybody had come into living room crowded around TV. The older sister never came into living room everybody stayed in their own rooms but used kitchen came and went. Everybody watching that day. Other people coming over. My normal nap time was didn't happen that day. It was not my normal routine. Sister would come there from school until our parent got home from work. I remember her getting there. When we got home coverage on our TV. Daddy and Mama watching.

@fredmoss4540

Жыл бұрын

I still live in my childhood home in my 60s now. Parents and all the people at that time passed away. Not sure what happened to baby sitter niece. She would be in upper 70s now. Saw her in 1982.

I love that everyone smoked on tv then. As a smoker, it makes me wish I was alive in those days, or that those days were back.

@stephenwright8824

2 жыл бұрын

I'm a smoker too. And I've heard this current era called "the time of nicotine Apartheid." No better words for it exist. Let me keep my Internet but tale me back to at least '71 so I can smoke in a college classroom or some place nobody born after 1979 would ever approve of. (I'm a Gen-Xer born into a family of smokers; my grandfather died in 1985 at age 71 from smoking-related heart failure.)

Jay Watson did a great job keeping his composure under the worst of circumstances.