The Kennedy Assassination

1. The Kennedy Assassination November 22, 1963 Friday Dallas, Texas Clip 1

2. John F. Kennedy

3. Jacqueline Kennedy

4. Jackie JFK Gov. John Connally (TX)

5. To help local candidates running for office. • Attend a fund-raiser for local Democrats. • His VP (Johnson) is from Texas Why is Kennedy in Texas? Clip 2, 3

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

8. Motorcade Going from Love Field through Dealey Plaza to the Trade Mart.

9. Love Field Trade mart Dealey Plaza - Dallas

10. Many people watching the parade. • Made had still cameras. • Some had movie cameras.

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

12. Known as the “Grassy Knoll” Zapruder’s Filming Location

13. The Zapruder Film

14. Clint Hill Reading, 4, 5

15. Friday - November 22, 1963 • JFK lands at Love Field (Dallas, TX) • JFK and motorcade head to Trade Mart • 12:30 – Shots fired at JFK • Police rush into Book Depository • Only employee missing = Oswald • 1:00 – JFK pronounced dead Timeline of Major Events Clip 6

16. Lee Harvey Oswald

17. 1:15 – Oswald shoots police officer Tippet • 1:50 – Oswald arrested in movie theater • Sunday - November 24, 1963 • 11:00 - Jack Ruby shoots Oswald • (on live TV!) • Monday – November 25, 1963 • JFK buried (Arlington Nat. Cemetery) • Oswald buried

18. Oswald’s Sniper’s “Nest” in Depository

19. Mannlicher-Carcano Rifle

20. VP Johnson Takes the Oath of Office Aboard Air Force One

21. Jack Ruby Shooting Oswald

22. Jack Ruby

23. JFK, Jr. at Father’s Funeral Procession

24. Jackie and Carolyn Kennedy at Rotunda

25. Funeral Procession in Arlington National Cemetary

26. The Eternal Flame at Arlington

27. November 29, 1963 • Warren Commission created • To find out who killed JFK • September 24, 1964 • Warren Commission findings published Timeline (cont.)

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

29. 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 Warren Commission says…..

30. Oswald killed Officer Tippet. • Jack Ruby then killed Oswald the next day. Warren Commission says… Magic Bullet Proof

31. 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.

32. 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!

33. 1982 • Acoustical Report • National Academy of Science to review auditory evidence. • Said NO shot was fired from Grassy Knoll Area

34. 1991 • Oliver Stone makes JFK • Puts forth conspiracy theories. • Popular at box office

36. Conspiracy Together Breathe More than one involved

37. Seems like difficult shots. • Eyewitnesses talking immediately. • Ruby killed Oswald. • Government had lied about Watergate…why not this? • Balance needed. Why Think Conspiracy?

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

39. First shot missed JFK’s 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” Three Shots Fired

40. Path of the “Magic Bullet”

41. The “Near Pristine or Magic Bullet”

42. 3. The third shot hits JFK in the head and kills him. The Third Shot

43. 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. Shots from the Grassy Knoll?

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

45. 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? The Mob

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

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

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

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

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