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"JFK: Three Shots that Changed America"


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I meant to post this a few days ago but I forgot. Anyway, last weekend I was channel surfing and found this documentary on the History channel. I ended up being absolutely captivated by it, and it was perhaps the most surreal television viewing experience I've ever had. There is no verbal narration of the film...just actual video from the day of the assassination until the day of the funeral and the Jack Ruby/Oswald encounter at the jail, and some captions that help the viewer with the time frame of the events. I honestly felt as if I was living in 1963 and experienced it for the first time just as folks back then experienced it.

 

I checked on Amazon and saw that it's available on DVD, too

 

I highly recommend spending a couple of hours with this film.

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It was LBJ.

 

I honestly wasn't even thinking about who did or didn't do it during this film. They actually set it up by showing video of some soap opera from back then, and then you see the cut in from CBS news about what happened. It wasn't so much a "who done it" type of documentary, it was more of a way to sort of experience it through the eyes of the media as they attempted to provide coverage of the event.

 

BTW, I just checked and it's available on Netflix for anyone who uses that (super awesome) service...only for rental, though, not for streaming.

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BTW, I just checked and it's available on Netflix for anyone who uses that (super awesome) service...only for rental, though, not for streaming.

Watching it now, I must say, it seems like anyone could just walk right into the Dallas Police Dept and go wherever they want. Every scene from there the hallways are just packed with people, even when they are taking Oswald up and down the hallways they need to get people to move out of the way.

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Watching it now, I must say, it seems like anyone could just walk right into the Dallas Police Dept and go wherever they want. Every scene from there the hallways are just packed with people, even when they are taking Oswald up and down the hallways they need to get people to move out of the way.

 

True, it really was surprising how open and accessible everything was...I actually want to watch this again, so I'm glad you updated the thread as a reminder. I've never felt so transported by any documentary before...it was very surreal.

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