The auction of newly emerged film footage of President John F. Kennedy’s motorcade on the day he was assassinated will take place this month. The 8 mm home film captures the motorcade speeding down a Dallas freeway toward a hospital after Kennedy was fatally wounded. The footage starts with the limousine carrying the president and first lady just before the shooting and continues as the motorcade rushes down Interstate 35.
The footage shows Secret Service Agent Clint Hill, who famously jumped onto the back of the limousine after the shots were fired. The film provides new insights into the events that unfolded after Kennedy was shot, capturing the rush to Parkland Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The discovery of this footage, stored in a milk crate along with other family films, sheds light on a critical moment in American history. Historians and experts note that new material related to the assassination continues to surface even over 60 years later. This particular footage offers a fresh look at the rush to the hospital and provides a more complete view of that fateful day.
The curator of The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza emphasizes the instinctive urge people have to keep material related to shocking events like the Kennedy assassination, leading to the possibility of new discoveries. The find of this film footage illuminates a crucial part of history and provides a glimpse into the chaos and tragedy of November 22, 1963.
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