The JFK Assassination Sounds & Video JFKAssassination-KBOXDallas.wma The famous "something has happened in the motorcade route" broadcast of KBOX Dallas, which recorded the assassination of President Kennedy just prior to, during and immediately follow the shooting. $ Purchase MutualAnnouncesJFKShot-m112263.ram The Mutual Radio Network broadcasts a bulletin that President Kennedy has been shot. $ Purchase JFKTVCoverage631122a.rm Part 1 of a 10 part RealVideo file: Live coverage of the assassination of President Kennedy, from 10 minutes into the story breaking (when NBC they realized they should tape it) until they at last allow affiliates a station identification 3 hours and 20 minutes later. $ Purchase JFKTVCoverage631122b.rm Part 2: Coverage of breaking details continue; reactions foreign and domestic; accounts of witnesses and attendant reporters continue. $ Purchase JFKTVCoverage631122c.rm Part 3: World reactions continue to pour in; details of assassination and increasing word on Lee Harvey Oswald continue; commentary from very emotionally moved anchors Frank McGee and Bill Ryan. $ Purchase JFKTVCoverage631122d.rm Part 4: The arrival of Air Force 1 at Andrews Air Force Base with the body of the slain President, the new President Lyndon Johnson and their advisors and aides; Johson makes a short speech then flies by helicopter to the White House. $ Purchase JFKTVCoverage631122e.rm Part 5: The Huntley/Brinkley Report provides a recap of the day's events, along with public reaction, footage taken of the incident and more details on Lee Harvey Oswald. $ Purchase JFKTVCoverage631122f.rm Part 6: The Huntley/Brinkley Report continues with a retrospective of the President's life and political career; more on Lee Harvey Oswald. $ Purchase JFKTVCoverage631122g.rm Part 7: McGee and Ryan return with more on Lee Harvey Oswald; Gabe Pressmen covers reactions in New York City; more restrospectives and world reaction. $ Purchase JFKTVCoverage631122h.rm Part 8: Edwin Newman's commentary on the event; more public reaction; latest developments. $ Purchase JFKTVCoverage631122i.rm Part 9: More developments; Robert McNeil (of Macneil/Lehrer Newshour fame) gives his first hand account of the events culminating in the assassination; more on Oswald. $ Purchase JFKTVCoverage631122j.rm Part 10: The NBC Network wraps its broadcast day with coverage of Secretary of State Dean Rusk's remarks; commentary; more reporting from Robert MacNeil; more on Oswald; concluding remarks from an emotionally moved Frank McGee. $ Purchase CronkiteJFKDead-cbstv1.ram Walter Cronkite first reports that President Kennedy has been shot. $ Purchase CronkiteJFKDead-cbstv2.ram Cronkite movingly reports that the President is dead. $ Purchase JFKAssassination01wcbs1.ram CBS Radio breaks into its broadcast to report that President Kennedy has been shot in Dallas. $ Purchase JFKAssassination02jfk100.ram CBS Radio continues its coverage with the latest UPI bulletins. $ Purchase JFKAssassination03wcbs2.ram CBS Radio continues its coverage, and breaks away to a judge in the studio who comments on the "moral crisis" in the country. $ Purchase JFKAssassination04wcbs3.ram CBS Radio coverage continues with comments from their in-studio judge,then breaks away for more bulletins. $ Purchase JFKAssassination04wcbs3.ram More CBS Radio coverage, attempting to get a clear picture out of the scattering of details coming into the studio. $ Purchase JFKAssassination06jfk300.ram CBS Radio coverage continues as word that the President has been killed is reported. $ Purchase DavidBrinkleyOnDCReactionToJFK Assassination1418ET631122.wav An attempt to report what little was known about the assassination in DC. $ Purchase JeanHillTelephonesAccount1421ET631122.wav An eyewitness of to the shooting states she saw shots fired from "the hill", now bettwer known as "the grassy knoll". $ Purchase EdwinNewman-JFKDeadOfBulletWounds.wav The first report by NBC radio that two priests say JFK had died of bullet wounds. 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