Fort Worth temperatureof 56 degrees, Dallas 55,
skies are cloudy, and very lightrain is reported in both cities.
President and Mrs- Kennedy arrived inFort Worth from Houston late lest night
to an enthusiastic receptionfrom huge crowds
and spent the night in Suite850 at Hotel Texas, downtown.
The President scheduled two speechesin Fort Worth this morning,
the firstto the general public,
the other at a Chamberof Commerce breakfast.
The two day, five speech four
is political in thathe's mending fences here.
Police in Dallas have mounted
the biggest security operationin their history.
Although Texas newspapersare much preoccupied
with Democratic party feudingbehind the glamor of the occasion,
It has not detracted from theKennedys' popular success.
Robert McNeal, NBC News, with thepresidential party in Fort Worth.
Mr. President, weknow that you don't wear a hat.
But we couldn'tlet you leave Fort Worth
without providing you someprotection against the rain.
I'll put it onin the White House on Monday.
If you'll come up there, you'llhave a chance to see it there.
Carrico.
Yeah, I'll be right down.
Nuh uh.
Sunshiny!Good morning.
An Irish man, an Italian,and a Jew walk into a bar.
Oh, we've heardthis one before.
Oh, you're goingto love it.
Is it okay to send this to New York?Yeah, sure.
Hey, early lunchtoday, gang.
I want everybody downstairsto see the President.
Special Agent Hasty, FBI.
Where'd that come from?
Did you make this at home?
Morning, Chrissy.Good morning, sir.
At lunch...
Where'd that come from?
They're allover town.
Lunatics.
You love your president,don't you, Jimmy?
You're damn right I do.He's a good man.
Hosty's just like Kennedy.He's just not as handsome.
Everything by the book today.
Enjoy the paradeif you're not working a case.
Anything you get on thePresident's visit you don't like,
tell the secret service.It's their show.
Nice day for a motorcade.
What are youworking on there today?
Working on losing about five pounds.I think you need it.
Contact with the President,from the cars he rides in.
Everything and anything involvingthe security of the Chief Executive
has been checked, re-checked,and then checked again.
Most of us here at theradio, TV, and press area...
Turn it up.
A huge broadcasting truck right nearthe Love Field freight terminal.
We have an excellent viewof the landing area
and the dignitaries who will begreeting the President as he arrives.
The area selected to affordmaximum viewing for the public
and grants accessto the route of travel
the motorcade will useinto downtown Dallas.
We going to be okay here?
Oh, yeah.It's a good program.
The President'splane, now touching down.
Its wheels are down.
Ana' the Presidentand Mrs. Kennedy
have arrivedat Dallas, Love Field.
I tried to trade shiftswith Jane,
but she said no, and she'sa Republican. Really?
Hurry up, Mr. Z.
All right, come on,come on come on, here we go.
I want to get up here, all right?Up there?
Want to see Johnand Jackie today.
They're so beautifultogether.
Yes, they are.
Don't you two rollyour eyes at me.
How'd she knowI was rolling my eyes?
Saddle up guys!It's Kennedy weather!
Here is whereyou wind the motor.
18 frames a second. You turn theaperture ring here to let in more light.
I don't know whatany of that means.
...of thered lighted motorcycles.
Now they ere waving, and herecomes Jackie, waving hi.
Mrs. Kennedy, radiantin that pink outfit.
The President's car is nowturning onto Elm Street.
Now it will only be a matter of minutesbefore they arrive at the Trade Mart.
Oh! Oh! Oh, there he is!
Oh right, there he is!
There he is! Whoa, whoa, whoa.Hold on. All right, all right.
Oh, my God!
They killed him!Oh, my God!
Oh, my God!
Oh, my God,they killed him!
They killed him!Oh, my God!
I don't know.
I used to thinkabout getting married.
601! Code 3, stand by.
We have a Code 3 coming in,but what's a 601 again?
Oh, VIP transport.
President's in to win.
Anything weshould know, dispatch?
We got something.I'm busy.
It's the President.He's coming in.
What's going on?
I'm not sure,but I need you.
He's probablygot the flu.
There's been ashooting with the President.
Jackie, how is he?How is he!
Stretchers!
Leave me alone.
We have to letthe doctors do their job.
Oh, God.Oh, my God!
Let's go! Let's go!
We need to get him out!
We got to get himinside, Jackie!
Let's go!
Stretchers! We needsome stretchers!
Now! Come on.Go, go, go!
Dammit! Come on!
Get those gurneys here!
Move! Let's go!
This way!
Jackie. We go to gethim inside, Jackie!
Let's go.
Come on!Let's get a gurney out here!
Go right!
To the right! To the right!Go! Go! Go!
Were you usingthat camera?
I have to goto my office.
Dallas Morning News.I'm a reporter.
What did--What did you just see?
His head justflew to pieces.
Outside line! It's the DallasWhite House number.
Riverside 1-3-4-2-1.
This is digest! I needto keep this line open.
Repeat,keep this line open.
This is duplex.
Look at your clock.It's 12:40 here.
1:40 Eastern,clocked.
We are at Parkland MemorialHospital. Dallas, Texas.
The man has been hit.
Repeat! The manhas been hit.
Quickly! Quickly! Quickly!Quickly! In here?
Right in here.
Wait! Wait! Wait!Be sure of the room!
Okay, clear!Clear.
The only place we knowwe're safe is Washington.
We got to get on that plane.We got to get in the air.
What if President Kennedyneeds the airplane?
President Kennedy willnot need the airplane.
Watch the arm. Down to the right!Down to the right!
Down to the right.Watch his arm.
Doctor!
Doctor! Doctor!
Come on!
Doctor!Who's the attending?
Doctor Perry.He's on his way.
Hey!We need help here!
Right now,it is just you.
Do something!
Doctor!It is the President.
I know who it is. I need akick bucket here! Yes, Doctor.
They need you in trauma one!
Five minutes.It can't wait.
Doctor Clark stat! Doctor Port stat!Doctor Shire stat!
Fire drill?
I got this.
All we know is thatat roughly 12:45 or so
the shots were fired.I think it would have been.
They're sayinghe's alive.
You saw.
I need pressure right here!
I need a light.Pressure right here!
Listen...
No breath sounds!
No pulse.
We have a heart beat.We have a heart beat!
I need his clothes off now!Get his clothes off!
Let's get this off. Let'sget this off here, please.
Let's get that sleeve off.
What's his blood type!
No, and it's dropping!Dropping! Dropping!
Hold that arm up.There we go.
Wait! We needto leave those on.
Take these please.
We need thePresident's blood type.
Stay here.
I need more blood!
Get some tracheal tubesin here.
Blood type is O,RH positive!
O, RH positiveon the blood type.
I want everyoneout of this room!
I want all Secret Serviceout of this room!
If you don't need to be here,get out of this room! Now!
FBI, Secret Serviceout of the room!
We needsome room to work.
You're going. Out, out, out.Jesus.
How's the blood pressure?
I'm here!
What is that? A trach?
That's a wound.
Get that tubeout of his mouth!
We need to increase air volume into hislungs since we have a hole already. Knife.
Hold pressure.Got it.
Wait, what's that?
Lumbar support? Why the back brace?What's wrong with him?
I don't care what it is.Get it off!
Cut it offplease, nurse.
Okay, bilateral,I need chest tubes now!
Get some letsin here please.
Bob, I need youright here!
Out, please. Out.Thank you.
Okay?
Stand back. Weneed room to work.
Got that down there?
You better geta priest in here.
That's him.
Mr. Zapruder,I'm Forrest Sorrels,
special agent in chargeof the Dallas district
of the United StatesSecret Service.
Sir, did you tell Harry you tookfilm of the motorcade today?
Yes. So you did, sir. Youdid film the motorcade.
I said yes.
And where were youstanding at the time?
I was on the concrete blockover there.
This first one, right here. Yes.
Now were you filming beforethe President was shot?
Sir, where you filming beforethe President was shot? Yeah.
So you were standing on topof this, sir. Is that right?
You couldn't have beenmore than 30 yards away.
Sir, would you allow me to takethat film into my possession?
Right now, there are people outthere who are ready to start a war.
The film is that camera isthe only way we have to know
what happened out here today.You understand that?
It's a matterof national security.
I need to think.
Sir, I'm no longer asking.
The Dallas Newscan develop it.
Let's go.
Clear the way.Nurse.
Can we getsome tape here?
Admiral George Burkley, thePresident's personal physician.
The President has Addison's Disease.He'll need these.
I have himon the leg.
Injection is fine.
What's the storyon the priest?
He's on the way.
This is it.
No can do.
What do you mean?
That's eight mil. We process 35 stills.That's it.
You got to be kidding me.Harry? I didn't know.
Try WFA next door.
There's a Kodak lab outby Love Field.
A lot more gauze.
Yeah, here.
Let me listen.
I don't hear anything.
You feel anything down there?Nothing, resume.
Still have no pulse.
Mrs. Kennedy.Mrs. Kennedy.
Uh, basin?
That's a piece of his skull,and some brain matter.
Let me listen,let me listen.
No pulse here.
Come on.
Jim...
Jim, you got nothingto work with.
Jim.
It's time to stop.
I'm calling it.It's one p.m.
Jackie...
Jackie...it's timeto say good-bye.
Someone please tell mewhat's next.
We, uh...
We need a coffin.
Excuse me.
Parkland just called.
He's dead.
Mr. President.
He's gone.
We need to getin the air.
Hey, we belongto Johnson now.
The whole federalgovernment belongs to him.
When Johnson goes, everyonehas to go with him.
Who stays with Jackie? Jackieisn't chief executive.
Nor is she relatedto one...anymore.
I'm not goinganywhere without her.
Let us recall for younow what has transpired.
KRLD is reporting that theyhave been told by somebody
in the hospitalthat the President is dead.
Well, that is a repeatof something
that you heard reported to you directlya moment ago from KRLD in Dallas.
Ana' that is the rumorthat has reached them
at the hotelthat the President is dead.
I need to gocall my wife.
Look, if you want tostay, you can stay.
If you want to go homeand be with your family...
Go be with your family.
We do not knowwhat his condition is,
but the report isthat the President is dead.
This is not confirmed.This is something... Okay.
This is something that the-- Wordjust came to us a minute ago.
The word we have is thatPresident Kennedy is dead.
He was shot by an assassin at the intersectionof Elm and Houston Streets just as.
Eternal rest grantunto him, O Lord,
and let perpetual lightshine upon him.
May he restin peace. Amen.
Amen.
Thank you, Father.
Thank you for taking careof the President.
Please pray for him.
I will.God bless you.
God bless you.
Father.God bless...
Thank you.
Let's do this. Why don't weput our lists together?
We'll split them upand work down.
I-I got to call you back.
They just picked up somebody in Oak Cliff.They think he's the shooter.
Shot and killed thesame time as the President
We now have the nameof that suspect
who has been picked upby Dallas, Texas police
in connection with the slayingof a Dallas policeman.
The story says the DallasPolice Department has arrested
a 24 year old man identifiedas Lee H. Oswald
in connection with the slayingof a Dallas policeman
shortly after PresidentKennedy was assassinated.
Oswald is alsobeing interrogated
to see if he had any connectionwith the slaying of the President.
Did you hear that?
I did hear that.
Oswald was pulled screamingand yelling,
from the Texas Theater in theOak Cliff section of Dallas.
This story does not say that Oswaldis the man wanted in connection
with the slayingof the President.
It says that he iswanted in connection.
Is he talkingabout your brother?
Bob? Isthat your brother?
I have to go home.
...has been apprehended.
Police are apparentlyquestioning both of them now.
J- Edgar Hoover has ordered the full FBI--What are you saying?
Oh, Christ.
Jim.Just a minute. Wait.
What? What are youlooking for?
Lee Harvey Oswald.
What is this ?Why do you have this?
Why the helldo you--
This has gotto be the guy.
Why the helldo we have this?
This guy worksin the Depository.
Yeah, a hundred feet from where thePresident was shot. For how long?
I don't know. A month?What do you mean, a month?
How do you know this?'Cause I'm tracking him.
Tracking him? Jesus!For how long?
18 months.
Found it!Come here.
Hosty's been trackinghim 18 months.
What the hell for?
You know, I couldn'teven tell you.
He's just a sorryson of a bitch.
He's one of these guyswho says he's a Marxist,
then he's arevolutionary.
Revolutionary? For who?
Nobody. Nobody wantsthis guy.
He defected to the Soviets acouple years back. Now he's here?
They didn't want him.Tried to off himself there
They said he could stayas long as he didn't die.
And I guess he got boredwith that, came back.
Fain did the follow upinterviews on it.
Yeah, a couple of them. Figured there wasnothing there so he closed the file.
It was right beforehe retired.
Wife's Russian,so I checked up on her.
Oswald was knocking her around some. That'swhy I put him back on the active list.
You actuallyinterview him?
No, he was never around.
When was the last timeyou tried?
Two weeks ago.
Two weeks ago?
Yeah.I saw the wife.
Saw the wife.Well, today...
her husbandkilled the President.
Which one is Sorrels?I am.
This is Secret Service business.Let me see it.
F 1.8 zoom lens set for full close up.So, can you do it?
8 mil is tricky. There's always a riskwith new technology. A risk of what?
8 mil is really16 mil split in two.
Each frame is reallyfour frames together.
Two running one way,two running the other.
It means twice the risk ofoverexposure or destruction.
And there's always a percentage of the filmpartially or fully destroyed in the process.
Have you done much ofthis type of thing?
Three, maybefour times.
And how'd that go?
Look we can still send itto Rochester if you want.
We need to knowwho's behind this.
We don't havethat kind of time.
Listen, I'm temporarilytransferring possession to you.
Nobody looks at ituntil we do,
and nobody talksabout what's on there.
Mr. Zapruder. Is thatokay with you? Yes.
Okay.
You okay?I'm upset.
We're all upset.
Latest news from Dallas.Vice-President Johnson
is being rushed to thesecurity of Air Force One
for an emergency returnto Washington.
Nobody knows at this hour if theshooting is part of a wider plot
or the actof one assassinator.
in Washington, nuclear missilesilos are being prepared.
Polaris submarineremain deployed,
and the United States Air Forcearound the globe is on high alert.
I have to go.We may have the shooter.
Do not screw me, Harry!
I don't want, what's on thatfilm all over the papers.
Film stays with Zapruder.
No matter what anybody says,
no matter what's on it,film doesn't leave you.
Volunteer returning to Angel!We're leaving now!
Let's go!
Everyone ready?
You all knowwhat's on here, right?
Ana' you're sureyou're ready?
I'm ready.
That's my granddaughter.I'm sorry. I forgot.
My grandson.
It's your life,Mr. Zapruder.
Looks like a good life.
Oh, God.
My God.
You have everything.
You have the wholegod damn thing.
Oh, my God.
We're going to needsome copies of that.
I don't havethe right machinery.
You're going to haveto go somewhere else.
Mr. Zapruder.
I wish you luck, sir.
Do not stop!Go, go, go!
All clear!This way, sir.
Go!
Go, go!
Who are the y?
Dallas policeand the FBI.
You sure attracta crowd.
He can ride with me.
He came with us.He's leaving with us.
Easy.
Yeah, he saidto meet him here.
Gentlemen,thank you very much.
We need three copies.
One for the Secret Service. Onefor the FBI, and one for me.
Let me through.
Excuse me.
Hold it.Excuse me.
What are you doing?Who are you?
I'm the medical examiner.
This is a homicide case.
The deceased can't leave untilthere's been an autopsy.
This casket cannot leavethe premises.
I'm the special agent in charge of theWhite House detail for the Secret Service.
That is the Presidentof the United States
and we are taking himback to Washington.
That's not the way wedo things around here.
It's a Federal crime.
No, it is not. There'sno Federal statue.
It's a murder,it's local,
and it's underlocal jurisdiction.
Earl, be very careful here.
That is my body.
The Presidentis coming with us.
You can't take him. Wehave laws here in Texas.
The lawcan be waived.
Not by me.I can't do it.
Earl, let him go.
Do you have any idea...
any idea how difficult thishas been for Mrs. Kennedy?
I deal with widowseveryday!
The remainswill stay here.
I don't think so.The remains--
What did you call it,your body?
The hell with you, andthe hell with your law.
Move it out!
The Dallas police is here to executethe laws of the state of Texas!
Screw the lidon that coffin now!
Let it go.
You cannot take it.
It's against the lawto remove
a corpse from the Stateof Texas without permission!
Enough!You cannot fake it
We're leaving.Move!
It's okay, Earl.You did right.
What a shitty placeto die.
You're not driving.
What are you talking about?Don't.
Please, allow me.
It's okay.
Ma'am.
Bob Dugger, ma'am.
God bless you.
They're five minutes out.
Where we puttingthe coffin?
I don't know.I never thought about it.
We're not flying it belowlike a piece of luggage.
We're riding itright here.
Let's get these two rowsof seats off the plane.
Look for a tool box. Get sometools up here, and bodies!
Six bolts.I need a screwdriver.
We go! four minutes.
Six bolts tie itto the fuselage.
You got it?You got them?
One, two, three.
Go, go, go.Let's go.
Watch it.Watch the back.
Come on.
Come on you guys.
Let's just get the hellout of here.
All right, come on.Here we go.
Keep the back end up.Keep the back end up!
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
Watch that corner. You'renot going to make it.
Let's go.
Come on.
Push it.
All right, come on.
Easy.Put it down.
Slow...
Dear God.This work okay, Dave?
This is just fine, Lem.
This is the first timethe Secret Services
has lost a presidentunder its watch.
I think it may bemonths from now.
Hello, excuse me.I'm sorry.
I'm Robert Oswald.
The man who shot thePresident, I'm his brother.
Jackie.
I will faithfully execute...
The office of Presidentof the United States...
I will, to thebest of my ability...
- Preserve. . .-Preserve...
- Protect...-Protect...
-and defend...-and defend...
the Constitutionof the United States.
- So help me God.-So help me God.
So, you finally botheredto find me.
I'll probably starve now.
Momma's goingto need money.
Mother.
I am responsiblefor two presidents.
I'm sorry?
Kennedy and nowPresident Johnson.
I'm not evena Democrat.
Come on.Let's go.
This room is bugged.Be careful.
I don't care.
If you knowanything about this,
I want to knowwhat you know right now.
And no damn stories.
Well, I always knew Lee was somesort of secret agent. Didn't you?
What are you talking about?
They recruited himwhen he was in the Marines.
Who's they?And what possibly for?
We did.The U.S. government did.
He was sent on dangerous missions.The first was to Russia.
Okay, okay,let me get this straight.
Lee, our Lee...
is a super secretgovernment spy?
Mm-hmm.
Come back from Russiawith a 21 year old wife.
She doesn't speak English.He can't hold a job.
They have two kidsand not a pot to piss in.
That's impressive.
That is a dangerous fellow,Lee. And then what?
You know.
You're insane.
Don't you speakto your mother like that.
Lee Harvey Oswaldhas done more for his country
than any otherliving human being.
I will neverbe ordinary again!
I was thinking whenI was waiting for you
about that bookI'm going to write.
What book?
It will have to bevery deeply researched.
A publisher, with money,will have to come
with a paid writerto do the work.
Mother...
I just want to make sure you understandwhat is happening here today.
Your son, my brother...
has apparently killed the mostimportant person in the world.
And if that is true,
he is going to diefor what he has done.
It's my story, too.
There he is.There's Oswald.
Oswald say, "I didnot shoot anybody. "
Hold on.
Hold on.I remember this guy.
Hey, Adam?What?
He was here.Who was here?
Oswald was here,in the office.
He left somethingfor Hasty.
Oh, Christ.
Jesus.
Mrs. Oswald! Mrs. Oswald!Mrs. Oswald! Did he do it?
Mrs. Oswald.
Your mother's a piece ofwork, I'll give her that.
I don't know what we're going to do.I've got two kids.
Well, we're all fathers.You, me...
the police officer yourbrother shot point blank.
The President.
Well, they were.
If I were you,
I'd considerchanging my name.
I'd pray I neverneeded the help
of the DallasPolice Department
or the Federalgovernment again.
I'd pack your thingsand your wife
and those two childrenof yours,
and I'd move as farfrom here as I could.
I'd never come back,even to die.
But... that'sjust me.
Oswald has been charged
with the murderof a police officer.
Where the hellhave you been?
I was outdoing my job.
Doing your job, huh?What's this?
Shit, I get three ofthese things every week.
This one'sfrom Oswald.
Oswald left thisfor you ten days ago.
"You've been talking to my wifeMarina and I don't like you.
"You need to stoptalking to Marina
"or there will bea price to pay."
I've got 100of these things.
It says that he's goingto blow up the office.
Three times a weekI get shit like this.
But this was written by theassassin of the President!
And it was deliveredto this office
in personten days go, Jim,
which means we had theassassin of the President
in our office threatening a Federalofficer, which is a crime Not ten days ago.
We did not have the assassin of the President.for which he could be arrested.
We had anothergoddamn delusional nobody!
Yeah, wellhe's a somebody now!
Never said one word aboutkilling the President!
No, Only you!
Well, if I worried about every sonof a bitch who wants to shoot me,
I'm in the wrong goddamn business!Listen.
The world is not goingto care about you.
They're going to saythat we had him.
We had him, and wecould have stopped him!
Jesus Christ.
This might be, probably is,now that I think about it
the biggest fuck-up in the historyof American law enforcement.
Fuck!
You, follow me.
All right,give me your hands.
Need some helpwith that?
No, I got it. I need somehelp from you to shut up.
Sit down, Lee!
How are you?
I don't think you've ever askedme that question in my life.
I'm really confused.
Maybe you can tellme what-what--
What is going on?
I don't know.
They have your pistol, they haveyour rifle, and they've charged you
and you're telling meyou don't know.
God damn it, justtell me what you did.
Don't believe allthis so-called evidence.
What's Marina goingto do with the kids now?
I don't know.Well, we have friends.
Junie needs new shoes.
Oh, she needs new shoes.
How abouta goddamn father?
How about a killerfor a father?
How about the killer of thePresident for a father?
You're worried about shoes.
Do you have any ideawhat you've done?
You've ruined that kid's life.Both those kids' lives!
So forget the goddamnstupid shoes!
Can you hear me ? Put thephone to your ear, all right?
Look at me.
I'm sorry.
Well, I'm goingto get you a lawyer.
Stay out of it.
Stay out of it?
My children, my wife,
my children's children,all of us, for all of eternity.
You did thisto all of us.
I don't know whoyou think you are,
but I am your brother.
And I'll find you an attorneyand be back in a day or two.
Don't be running backand forth all the time
and getting yourself introuble with your boss.
Time to go.
What did he say?
I don't know. I haveno idea who that was.
Thank you, sir.
It's been ringingall night.
Everybody wantsthat film.
Hello?
I'd like to speakto Mr. Zapruder, please.
This isAbraham Zapruder.
My name is Dick Stolley. I'mthe editor of Life magazine.
I'd like to talk to youtonight about your film.
You know what? Not tonight.No. I'm very tired.
I'm upset. It's beenan upsetting day.
I'm sure youcan understand.
I understand completely,but I need to come see you
as soon as possible.
Yeah, tomorrowmorning, okay.
Okay, tomorrow morning then.Thank you.
Sure. Thank you.
Let's go home, Abe. It's enough.It's enough.
MY eyes.
We're about to windthis up for tonight,
because all that could happenon one day has.
For some final reflection onone of the more horrible days
in American history, you find thereis a great deal that could be said
about the politicaland other changes
that we can lookforward to now,
but I think it would bebad taste to go into it now.
And I won't.
It has all been shocking.
By the Washington clock, at a littleafter one o'clock this afternoon,
President Kennedy was alive as any humanbeing ever gets, young, strong, vigorous,
looking forward to, no doubt, five moreyears, he hoped of leadership in this country
and of the western world.
There is no more news here tonight,and really no more to say,
except that was has happened today has beenjust too much, too ugly, and too fast.
Good morning,lam Dr. Perry.
What seemsto be bothering you?
How's our patient doing?Fine.
And our resident?
Okay, good.
Turn off the lights please.
Jesus Christ.
We blew it.
Shut up!
Did you see that?Did you see that?
We blew it!
That wasn't a damnEaster parade,
that's the Presidentof the United States!
Do you understand me!
You think we need your goddamnopinion about anything! No, sir.
I've been doing this job for 30 years!I have never lost my man!
This was notsupposed to happen!
Yesterday, I lost my man.
Thank you, gentlemen, if you wouldwait outside for a moment please.
Thank you.
This is no timeto point fingers.
This is a time of...
Dick Stolley.Life magazine.
We spoke last night. Yeah,I know who you are.
My father brought my familyover here 40 years ago
to escape certain death.
We worked hard,
built a good,honest life.
An American life.
Sir, we'd like to talk toyou about making a deal.
But I guess allof that is over.
Nothing is ever goingto be the same.
I wish I never tookthis film, Mr. Stolley.
But now I'm going tohave to live with it.
Don't make a deal withouttalking to us first, sir.
I admire you, you know.
I've been to war.
Know what it's liketo use a camera.
You kept shooting.
No, no. It wasn'ta war, Mr. Stolley.
I filmed a murder.
Mr. Zapruder, we're going to slipan offer underneath the door.
God, if I openthis door,
it is going to beimpossible for both of us.
Don't make me negotiatewith those people.
Don't make me goout there.
Life magazine is justas anxious as you are
to give your picturesa respectable display.
Mr. Zapruder, CBS.
Well, that is why you are standingin this room, Mr. Stolley,
because I trust that.I trust your magazine.
And I wantto say very clearly
I know what this is,
and what it's done.
What it is going to do.
So if you want a chance to dothe right thing with this film
then you're going tohave to pay for it.
You have to payto keep it safe
and to protect meand my family.
I think I understand.
And one other thing.
When the President is--when he's
The kill shot?Yeah.
You will publishthose frames?
Because I thinkyou would agree,
some things the worlddoes not need to see.
Would you not?
Normally yes,but in this case
missing frames could leadto false speculation.
That is none of my business.
I don't--I don't careabout all of that.
I'm talking aboutthe man's dignity.
We havea responsibility.
A dignified man,you understand.
It's a very undignified endfor a very dignified man!
You have somethingto write on?
There is the prisoner.
There is Lee Harvey Oswald.
What?He has been shot!
He's been shot.
Lee Oswald has been shot!
There's a manwith a gun.
Oswald has been shot!Right now.
Jesus Christ,right on live TV.
God damn!
Absolute panic hereat headquarters.
Oswald has been shot.
There is no question.Os weld has been shot.
Detectives havetheir guns drawn.
We have not heard fromMr. Stolley or his associates
at Life magazinesince yesterday evening.
And Lee Oswald's wifeand children and I...
are stranded aloneat a strange motel
in the middleof nowhere.
We are waiting to hearabout our cash deal.
Thank you. I shallbe waiting right here.
We are the Mrs. Oswalds.
We need money.
We need a placeto stay
where we can hidefrom everyone
and we need a new placeto live, dear heart.
All we do is rush around from one placeto another, in the grand exodus.
The baby's diapers are wet.
We are hungry as all get out.Mother!
Hey, Mike.Get out here.
Something's going on. They'rerunning around outside.
Don't get excited.Lee's been shot.
It isn't serious.
And they got the manwho shot him.
Where are theytaking him?
Parkland.
No! He is not living or dyingin there. Room two!
How many bullets?Where's the respirator?
Where's Perry?
Gauze.
There's Clark.What's the blood pressure?
100 over 85.It's going down.
I don't like this.Let's open him up.
We're going to need some suction.Get suction ready.
From one bullet?Yeah, one point blank.
Let's start left,go right.
Right kidney gone,spleen gone.
We're going to have to get in there.Right there.
Need more gauze.Got it.
BP 100 over 85.
We might getto keep this one.
Do we want to?
We need a confession.
What if he dies?
We needa confession first.
Don't we all.
Damn it!
Blood pressureis going down.
85 over 40. We need more blood!Nurse.
Zero, nothing.
I've got the lung.Massage the heart.
Nothing.Adrenalin now.
Adrenalin!Come on!
All right, Jim hold itright there. Open!
Nothing.
Jim, paddles!
Paddles.Paddles.
Paddles.
200.
Clear.
Nothing.
Again.360.
Clear.
Nothing.Still nothing.
500.Clear.
Nothing.
700.Clear.
Time.1:07.
Dammit.
Yes, this is Mike Howard.
I'm sorry,will you repeat that?
Thank you.
He's gone?
I'm sorry, Robert.
Lee was an agentfor the U.S. government.
He should be buried at ArlingtonCemetery with President Kennedy.
Shut up, mother.
He's staying here.
This time, I don't think anyone'sgoing to give you a hard time.
Your name is Robert.Is that right, son?
That's right.
I'm sorry for you.
I'm sorryfor everybody.
...a brief stopat the White House...
Then Mrs. Kennedy followedthe casket on foot...
t0 St. Matthews Church.
I don't think you allshould listen to this.
No, please leave it.
Thank you.
Bring him in.
Close the blinds for me.
We're getting killed, Jim.
What happenedin this office- - .
What we did...what you did...
What do youwant, Gordon?
You were in the military,right, Jim?
Yeah, Army.
Are you firing me?
I don't everwant to see that again.
What the hell am Isupposed to do with it?
Oswald's dead now.A thousand what-ifs.
86 'em.
This is evidence.
Well it's not evidenceif there's no trial.
And there sure as shitwon't be a trial now.
I know whatthat is, Jim.
I'm asking youto destroy it.
I think we all knowwhat is at stake here.
Wait...
You want this?
Why aren't we doing thisin the church?
Well, no churchwill do it.
What about that cemeterychapel over there?
They won't allowit either.
You only have this grave sitebecause a friend owed me a favor.
And I'm sorry, but thereare no pallbearers.
Can you help us, please?
Thank you.
The remains of John F. Kennedyare about to pass a memorial
to another president.
The stamina of this woman...
through these past three or fourdays has been indescribable.
I haven't done a burialin eight years,
but someone has to helpthis family.
God of the open skyand of the infinite universe,
we pray and petition for thisfamily who are heartbroken.
Those who suffer and in hishearts are full of fears...
we'll pray for them.
For their need is great.
May God have mercyon your soul.
...or if these darkdays are harbingers
of even blacker ones to come,
Might the blackbefore the dawn...
lead to some stillas yet indiscernible sunrise
of understanding among men.
Violent words, no matter whattheir origin or motivation.
Hail Mary,full of grace,
the Lord is with thee.
Blessed an' thouamongst women,
and blessed is the fruitof thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, mother of God,pray for us sinners,
now and at the hourof our death.
Tonight, therewill be few Americans
who will go to bedwithout carrying with them
the sense the! somehowthey have failed.
If in the searchof our conscience
we find a new dedicationto the American concept
that brook no political, sectional,religious or racial divisions.
Ana' it may yet be possible tosay that John Fitzgerald Kennedy
did not die in vain.
That's the way it is,Monday, November 25th, 1963.
This is Walter Cronkite.Good night.