President Kennedy's Final Hour
President Kennedy's Final Hour
President Kennedy's Final Hour - This film is a compilation of footage shot by various amateur cameramen who had their 8mm cameras rolling in Dallas the day JFK was shot (Kennedy assassination). These individuals pooled their footage, formed the Dallas Cinema Associates and edited it to become "President Kennedy's Final Hour". Follows Kennedy from arrival at Love Field airport through the Dallas motorcade's arrival at Dealey Plaza, no scenes of the actual shooting but post shooting police activity and citizen morning are seen.
President Kennedy's Final Hour
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President Kennedy's Final Hour
LS Dallas skyline. MS back of people's heads as they wait. Low angle MS man on lift behind television camera (cameraman). GV television cameraman on top of van, pan to see people gathered at airport, waiting for the President's arrival. Low angle MSs Air Force One on its descent. GV pan from cameraman on top of van. LS tracking pan of the President's airplane coming in for landing. LS/GV Air Force One taxiing on the runway. LSs Kennedy entourage exiting airplane. LSs of frantic press around the motorcade cars. MCU JFK and LBJ moving through crowd. GV Presidential car. MSs Jackie Kennedy moving through crowd wearing her infamous pink pillbox hat. GV pan of the Presidential limousine (1961 Lincoln Continental) with top down and the First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and the President John F. Kennedy riding in the back. TLS motorcade leaving airport, reporters and spectators in FG hurry to their own vehicles.
President Kennedy's Final Hour
Elevated tracking shots of the motorcade on the move, police motorcycles in the lead, next seen is the presidential limousine with top down and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and President John F. Kennedy waving from the back seat. Stationary elevated LS motorcade on the move. Street level MSs as the presidential motorcade moves toward and past the camera. GV spectators standing along the route. Various MSs of the motorcade passing: police motorcycles, Presidential limo w/ John & Jackie waving, Vice Presidential limo w/ Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson plus more. MS people long route holding banner reading "Please stop & shake our hands JFK & LBJ", pan to street. MS motorcade moving slowly along route, lead by police on motorcycles, followed by police & secret service in white Ford. Excellent MCU Presidential limo moving past camera, good view of John and Jackie Kennedy smiling & waving from the back seat, Jackie dressed in the immortalized pink suit and pill box hat. TLS motorcade moving toward camera, pan & MCU of President Kennedy waving & pushing hair from his face. MS car full of press men traveling along side of motorcade filming the event. LS/MSs motorcade on the move showing the Presidential & Vice Presidential limos.
President Kennedy's Final Hour
Low angle MS young men sitting ontop of truck watching the motorcade. MSs Presidential and Vice Presidential limousines passing camera. LS pan people standing along motorcade route. TLS motorcade on the move toward camera. Excellent MCU President John F. Kennedy looking directly at camera with a smile and wave as he passes in his open-air limo. TLS motorcade moving away from camera. GV three men sitting onto of truck. Low angle GV people hanging out of building windows, watching the event. MSs Presidential and Vice Presidential limos passing camera.LS pan route lined with people. MCU woman holding toddler aged child with a hood covering her head. LS people along route waiting for the Presidential motorcade. TLS route as police escort approaches, spectators stretch to get a view. MS Presidential limo showing Jackie and John smiling from the backseat. MCU man in crowd. GV route with motorcycle police escort out front. MS Presidential limousine showing the First Lady and President smiling while riding in the backseat.
President Kennedy's Final Hour
GVs motorcade route sawing the "White House Press" bus on the move. Low angle GV looking up at man seated on top of building watching the event. GV motorcycle police escort on the move. MS Presidential limo passing camera showing First and President riding in the back. GV motorcade moving away from camera. Several dark GVs motorcade on the move, turning into Dealey Plaza. Great establishing shot of the Texas School Book Depository in Dealey Plaza w/ Hertz - Chevrolet billboard on top. MS exterior of the 6th floor window of the Texas School Book Depository. Several tracking LSs of the Presidential motorcade speeding long highway. GVs people gathered, police and press. LS pan police and crowd outside the Texas School Book Depository post-shooting. Good GV armed police outside entrance of the Texas School Book Depository post gunshots. GVs crowd, press and police gathered post-shooting. Low angle GV looking up at police officers sanding on fire escape balcony outside the Texas School Book Depository. GV police huddled and talking outside the Texas School Book Depository.
President Kennedy's Final Hour
CU newspaper headlines. TLS motorcade, MS pan as JFK's white hearse moves past camera. Several MSs people gathered in the street, mourners. MS American Flag flying at half mast. LS mourners gathered. MCU memorial wreath for "Our Beloved President John F. Kennedy". MSs people in morning and paying their respects on the street, people cry, pray and take pictures. CUs funerary flowers. MS four nuns in full habit paying their respects. Several MS studies of people leaving flowers and paying their respects to the fallen President. MS male reporter standing in front of building w/ microphone. MS man behind television camera. MS "Southwestern Bell Telephone" truck w/speakers on top.
President Kennedy's Final Hour
Several LSs police and press outside Parkland Hospital emergancy entrance. Several MSs police enforcing crowd control as reporters and cameramen try to force their way into the hospital building. Good MS television truck, cameramen and police outside the hospital.
President Kennedy's Final Hour
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