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Editor's note: This story originally ran on the 50th anniversary of JFK's assassination.
It has been more than half a century, and so many lifetimes ago. Yet the images from November 1963 remain haunting, blurred into our national consciousness. Sixty years later, CBS News relives that drama, moment by moment, as it unfolded before a world in shock.
Bob Schieffer | CBS News: When the president came to Texas, I was a young newspaper reporter covering the crime beat for the Fort Worth Star Telegram. With JFK and his elegant wife Jackie heading our way, for us it was the biggest story of the year. Little could we know history was about to be made. Time stopped cold, in that dark moment, on a Dallas street. The horror of the assassin's shots shattered dreams and echoed through the decades, coloring our politics, and lives. It was also a watershed moment for American television news, led by CBS News anchorman Walter Cronkite. With the death of a president came the birth of live coverage. America shared a national tragedy, as it happened.
Because of television we thought we knew JFK and his family more intimately than any of his predecessors, the man friends simply called "Jack."
Voice of John F. Kennedy: I was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1917. I have eight brot • Digital Identifier JFKOH-WLC-01 Interviewee(s) Cronkite, Walter, 1916-2009 Biographical Note (1916-2009) Journalist, broadcaster; United Press International (UPI) (1941-1948); Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1950-1991) Interviewer(s) Steven Fagan Vicki Daitch Access Restriction Status Use Restriction Status Description Cronkite discusses his first impressions of John F. Kennedy (JFK), his one-on-one interviews with JFK, as well as reporting on the assassination and announcing JFK’s death, and covering the 1969 moon landing, among other issues. Date(s) of Materials Copyright Status Donated to the United States Series Series 1. John F. Kennedy Oral History Interviews, 1964-2012. Preferred Citation Walter Cronkite, recorded interview by Vicki Daitch and Steven Fagan, April 14, 2004, (page number), John F. Kennedy Library Oral History Program. Use Restriction Note Some of the archival materials in this collection may be subject to copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Users of these materials are advised to determine the copyright status of any document from which they wish to publish. Accession Number Page Last Updated October 28, 2023 9:18:57 AM EDTArchives
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