This year marks the 40th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Often adored, occasionally maligned, but always fascinating, President Kennedy stands as one of the most profiled personalities of the 20th century.

The WPA Film Library boasts an unrivaled collection of JFK footage. Whether you're interested in the Kennedy dynasty, the Presidential years, or the fateful events of November 22, 1963, WPA has the right clip for you.

Color? B&W? A rare, seldom-seen gem? No problem. WPA offers enormous collections such as the British Pathe Newsreel Library, WETA's Hearings on the Kennedy Assassination, or smaller, yet very potent libraries, among them a rare and noteworthy collection shot by a Texas cameraman, on and around November 22, 1963.

Highlights include:

• Over 50 hours of investigative hearings conducted by the House Select Committee on Assassinations into the death of President John F. Kennedy, which resulted in Chairman Louis Stokes of Ohio surmising a possible second shooter.
   
• Very rare COLOR footage of Lee Harvey Oswald being harassed by police for passing out pro-Castro literature in New Orleans; Oswald being interviewed in 1963 at WDSU-TV in New Orleans; an Oswald press conference, during which he is visibly stunned to learn he's been charged with JFK's murder; interviews with and COLOR footage of Dallas District Attorney Henry Wade; Margueritte Oswald; Lee Harvey Oswald's landlady; and Ruth Payne, confidante of Lee Harvey Oswald's wife Marina.
   
• Stunning color footage of the Warren Commission and the Secret Service reenacting the JFK Assassination from various angles, including those captured by Orville Nix and Abraham Zapruder. There is also behind the scenes footage of a 1970s Hollywood reenactment of the JFK assassination.
   
• Coverage of the trials and appeals of Jack Ruby, including his attorneys Joe Tonahill, Phil Burleson, Melvin Belli and Clayton Fowler. Very RARE COLOR footage of Ruby being escorted to the courtroom and listening to proceedings, and 1967 funeral arrangements for Ruby.
   
• Coverage before and after JFK's assassination, including President and Mrs. Kennedy arriving in Dallas; men directing people out of the rail yard behind the grassy knoll shortly after assassination; police flooding the Texas School Book Depository; the immediate hours of investigation; various witnesses like Howard Brennan, and briefly detained suspects like Donald Wayne House, who bore a resemblance to Oswald.
   
• A 15-minute compilation film of footage shot by amateur cameramen who had their 8mm cameras rolling in Dallas the day JFK was shot. It follows President Kennedy from his arrival at Fort Worth airport through the Dallas motorcade's arrival at Dealey Plaza.

More excellent footage of John F. Kennedy available from WPA includes:

• COLOR footage of President Kennedy delivering the 1963 State of the Union Address
   
• COLOR footage of President Kennedy committing to landing American astronauts on moon during his famous speech at Rice University, 1962
   
• Sen. Kennedy delivering speech and campaigning through Midwest in1960
   
• Exquisite color footage of the Kennedys and Connallys on the Texas swing
   
• Secret Service agents showing off the new Presidential car, with "bulletproof" Plexiglas cover
   
• Charming footage of Jack & Jackie Kennedy playing with Caroline at Hyannis Port, and attending the baptism for one of Bobby and Ethel Kennedy's children
   
• Caroline carousing at Kennedy press conference
   
• Jack & Jackie bringing newborn John John home from hospital, and much more

The above is only a sampling of the vast amount of footage relating to John F. Kennedy and his assassination at the WPA Film Library. For FREE research, please contact the WPA Film Library.