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Title: The Kennedy Assassination


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The Kennedy Assassination
  • November 22, 1963
  • Friday
  • Dallas, Texas

Clip 1
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John F. Kennedy
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Jacqueline Kennedy
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Jackie
JFK
Gov. John Connally (TX)
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Why is Kennedy in Texas?
  • To help local candidates running for office.
  • Attend a fund-raiser for local Democrats.
  • His VP (Johnson) is from Texas

Clip 2, 3
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Why Might TX be Dangerous?
  • In 1963 400 threats on JFKs life
  • Texas is (politically) ____________
  • Traditionally, they vote _________
  • JFK is ____________
  • Adlai Stevenson (UN Ambassador) had been in TX
    and was spit on.

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Motorcade Going from Love Field through Dealey
Plaza to the Trade Mart.
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Dealey Plaza - Dallas
Love Field
Trade mart
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  • Many people watching the parade.
  • Made had still cameras.
  • Some had movie cameras.

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The Zapruder Film
  • Only film recording of the bullets hitting.
  • Zapruder was a local dressmaker who happened to
    be filming this event for his daughter.

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Zapruders Filming Location
Known as the Grassy Knoll
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The Zapruder Film
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Clint Hill Reading, 4, 5
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Timeline of Major Events
  • Friday - November 22, 1963
  • JFK lands at Love Field (Dallas, TX)
  • JFK and motorcade head to Trade Mart
  • 1230 Shots fired at JFK
  • Police rush into Book Depository
  • Only employee missing Oswald
  • 100 JFK pronounced dead

Clip 6
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Lee Harvey Oswald
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  • 115 Oswald shoots police officer Tippet
  • 150 Oswald arrested in movie theater
  • Sunday - November 24, 1963
  • 1100 - Jack Ruby shoots Oswald
  • (on live TV!)
  • Monday November 25, 1963
  • JFK buried (Arlington Nat. Cemetery)
  • Oswald buried

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Oswalds Snipers Nest in Depository
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Mannlicher-Carcano Rifle
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VP Johnson Takes the Oath of Office Aboard Air
Force One
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Jack Ruby Shooting Oswald
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Jack Ruby
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JFK, Jr. at Fathers Funeral Procession
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Jackie and Carolyn Kennedy at Rotunda
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Funeral Procession in Arlington National Cemetary
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The Eternal Flame at Arlington
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Timeline (cont.)
  • November 29, 1963
  • Warren Commission created
  • To find out who killed JFK
  • September 24, 1964
  • Warren Commission findings published

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  • Read about what the Warren Commission reported in
    their findings in 1964.

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Warren Commission says..
  • Oswald shot JFK by himself
  • Shot from the 6th floor of the Texas School Book
    Depository
  • Used an old Italian bolt-action rifle
  • Shot THREE bullets hit JFK with TWO

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Warren Commission says
  • Oswald killed Officer Tippet.
  • Jack Ruby then killed Oswald the next day.

Magic Bullet Proof
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  • 1969
  • District Attorney Jim Garrison (of New Orleans)
    tries Clay Shaw for the murder of JFK
  • Only trial brought in the assassination
  • Clay Shaw found not guilty.

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  • 1976 79
  • House Select Committee on Assassinations
  • Case re-opened
  • JFK was probably assassinated as the result of a
    conspiracy.
  • Oswald still blamed as shooter.
  • No other person named!

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  • 1982
  • Acoustical Report
  • National Academy of Science to review auditory
    evidence.
  • Said NO shot was fired from Grassy Knoll Area

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  • 1991
  • Oliver Stone makes JFK
  • Puts forth conspiracy theories.
  • Popular at box office

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  • Conspiracy
  • Together Breathe
  • More than one involved

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Why Think Conspiracy?
  1. Seems like difficult shots.
  2. Eyewitnesses talking immediately.
  3. Ruby killed Oswald.
  4. Government had lied about Watergatewhy not this?
  5. Balance needed.

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Who Might Have Wanted JFK Dead?
  • Take a minute to brainstorm the possibilities.

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Three Shots Fired
  • First shot missed JFKs car
  • a. JFK turns around at the sound
  • b. James Teague hit of the cheek by a pavement
    fragment while standing ahead of the car.
  • Second hits both JFK and Connally
  • a. The Near-Pristine
  • b. The Magic Bullet

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Path of the Magic Bullet
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The Near Pristine or Magic Bullet
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The Third Shot
  • 3. The third shot hits JFK in the head and
    kills him.

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Shots from the Grassy Knoll?
  • Veteran gets on ground when he hears shots from
    behind him.
  • Zapruder saying shots coming from behind him.
  • RR worker saying he saw a flash of light and
    smoke behind the fence.
  • Jean Hill (across street) saw smoke and movement
    behind fence.

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Who Might Want JFK Dead?
  • The Mob
  • The Teamsters (Union)
  • The Cubans
  • Left-Wing Extremists (Communists)
  • The CIA
  • Right-Wing Extremists (Conservatives)

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The Mob
  • RFK expanding prosecution of organized crime
    (since he was Attorney General)
  • Judith Campbell seeing JFK and Sam Giancana (at
    the same time). (Ended in 1961)
  • Jimmy Hoffa being indicted on jury bribery
    charges.
  • Kill the President to get Bobby off their case?

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  • Turned up 24-hour coverage of Giancana.
  • JFK seemed fallible since he
  • Had many women
  • Sought Castros death
  • Putting too much pressure on Mob
  • Mob wanted access to Cuba for tourism, gambling

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Jimmy Hoffa (Teamsters)
  • Teamsters only union NOT favoring JFK in 1960s
  • Local unions moving AWAY from Teamsters
  • On trial for wiretapping. Trials NOT going well
    for Hoffa!

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The Cubans
  • Eisenhower had given Mob the green light to
    assassinate Castro.
  • JFK wanted Castro out also.
  • Knew of Ikes assassination attempts before the
    Bay of Pigs.
  • Had motives, but probably not involved.

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Left-Wing Extremists (Communists)
  • Upset over anti-Cuban policies
  • Upset over Bay of Pigs Invasion
  • Upset over Cold War tensions with USSR.

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The CIA
  • Screw up with Bay of Pigs Invasion.
  • JFK splintering CIA and its power
  • Firing many important people
  • Probably not involved.

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Right-Wing Extremists (Conservative)
  • Upset over civil rights attempts
  • Wanted to see LBJ in office (from Texas)

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What Do We Know About Oswald?
  • Had dyslexia.
  • Violent as a youth..
  • Violent to wife.
  • Honorable discharge from Marines.
  • Part of an assassination plot of Castro?
  • Doesnt seem to harbor ill will toward JFKever.

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  • Joins communist organization.
  • Defects to USSR in 1959.
  • Returns to US in 1962.
  • Interviewed twice by FBI upon his return.
  • Makes fake IDs at his job.
  • Had taken a shot at General Walker.

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  • Moved to Louisiana (April 1963).
  • Hands out anti-Castro leaflets.
  • Tries to start a Fair Play for Cuba branch.
  • National HQ wont support him.
  • Returned to Texas (September 1963)
  • Seen by Silvia Odio
  • Cuban refugee
  • Had been visited by two men (one was probably
    Oswald)
  • Discussion was about killing Castro
  • Odios father in Cuban prison (anti-Castro)

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  • Goes to Mexico City
  • Unknown reasons
  • Wife (Marina) doesnt know WHY either!
  • Go to Cuba?
  • Cant get a visa from Cuba, USSR, or Washington,
    DC.
  • First week of November, 1963
  • Practicing with rifle
  • Saying he was coming into money
  • Looking at cars
  • Thursday, November 21
  • Leaves wedding ring and 100 for Marina

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  • Friday, November 22
  • Carries large package into work
  • Calls it curtain rods
  • Why is Tippit not at Dealey?
  • Conspiracy Theory?
  • Oswald acted alone
  • Butat the request of Santo Trafficante, Carlos
    Marcello, John Martino, and probably Sam Giancana.

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More Documents?
  • US Government to release any remaining documents
    in.
  • 2029
  • After all the key players have died

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What Do You Believe?
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