Four Days in November Part One

This is part one of a 12 part program called Four Days in November about the assassination of President Kennedy and his funeral coverage. It was an excellent program. I taped this program in November of 1988, as it was shown during the 25th anniversary season of President Kennedy's death- which had alot of programming about President Kennedy. Some scenes are at the Trade Mart in Dallas, Texas where the President was en route when he was shot. Included and mentioned in this video are reports that President John F. Kennedy and Governor Connally were shot. Parkland Memorial Hospital is mentioned as the hospital the motorcade is heading to from the shooting scene in Downtown Dallas,Texas where the President was shot. President Kennedy was shot in downtown Dallas however, the hospital was about 3 miles or so down Stemmons Freeway at Harry Hines Blvd. Eddie Barker is reporting at the Trade Mart for KRLD TV, and Walter Cronkite is reporting the news and switching back and forth to Eddie Barker occasionally while getting reports from the newswire. Dan Rather narrates this program. Also mentioned in this clip is the intersection of Elm and Houston Street where President Kennedy was shot before he entered the Triple Underpass (which was a railroad bridge maybe 200-250 past where the President was shot on Elm St). At the end of the clip, Walter Cronkite announces the official report that President Kennedy died at 1 PM CST(which is what Malcolm Kilduff said at the Press Conference at that Parkland Hospital classroom -makeshift press conference.

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[GiolliArchives]

Robert, you are right about the feedback giving us a sense of urgency. The feedback seems to be reflecting the chaos at that moment. In normal situations, Walter Cronkite would not have been listening to another audio feed as he was reporting the news, so that probably wouldn't have happened during calmer times.

[GiolliArchives]

Robert, This was a good year for programs about President Kennedy (1988).In Nov. of 1983, I taped most programs about President Kennedy in audio since I did not have a vcr. All the programs which I put here on youtube I taped them all myself. The "America Remembers JFK" I taped on Memorial Day of 1986, yet it came out in November of 1983. I am 43 years old, so you and I are pretty much the same age (relatively)- so our memories of this program (and era) of 1988 are probably similar. Take care.

[GiolliArchives]

Robert, I think that sound is feedback. Cronkite probably was listening to reports coming into the station from Dallas on a speaker right next to him (probably a television). When Cronkite went back on the air, he did not turn the speaker down before his microphone fedback from the speaker. So his microphone was feeding back from hearing itself. That feedback probably would not have happened had he had an earphone plugged into his ear to listen to the reports coming in.

[Superbook4Eva]

It is absolutely admirable how well Walter Cronkite kept it together when he had to announce the news of JFK's death. I was not born until 1980, but my mother was nine years old in 1963 and remembers this day like it was yesterday, in the same way my generation will never forget where we were or what we were doing on September 11, 2001.

[dmsmith1002]

Rest in peace, Mr. Cronkite.

[cindyandron]

I wish CBS would allow this to be put out on DVD. I would love to have this program on DVD. I was a small kid but I remember the day because my father worked for the government and he never came home early. My parents were glued to the television for several days and of course I was watching it as well.

[katofromgreenhornet]

Seeing Walter Cronkite cry breaks my heart.

[mtl1865]

EXCELENT SHOW!! IM CANADIAN AND YET IM AS MOVED AS IF HE WERE MY PRESIDENT ITS NICE TO SEE LEVEL HEADEDNESS WHEN USUALLY ANYTHING JFK IS ALWAYS CONSPIRACY NONSENSE AND OUTRAGEOUS JIBBER JABBER

[snoops71]

Thank you so very much for posting this program. My familly and I watched this when it was originally shown in 1988. I was 17 at the time, and fascinated with JFK. That fascination continues today.

Very compelling broadcast.

[robertmastroianni]

@Superbook4Eva I was 16 -- almost 17 -- on December 8, 1980, and I will never forget the day John Lennon was assassinated.

I slept through 9-11

[pnotto]

This was an outstanding show that I remember from 1988 Thanks u for posting this.

[buckeyeschmave]

Good special ... but when you see the original footage you realize how much CBS condensed the original footage for time's sake. That wasn't the place where ATWT was cut off for the bulletin, and at the point where Oswald is shot they dub Harry Reasoner's voice over footage from Washington. Actually, they suddenly cut back to him in the studio, then to Dallas in the middle of the scrum.

[copper2150]

This country and the world totally changed on that fateful day and his likes will never be seen again. We lost much more than a man on that day, we lost our greatnest.

[fromthesidelines]

The moment where CBS switched back to "AS THE WORLD TURNS" after Cronkite's first bulletin was somewhat condensed here: the full Nescafe commercial aired, followed by a sponsor I.D. {"The first portion of 'AS THE WORLD TURNS' was presented by..."}, a brief promo {"Follow Tod and Buz on a mountain adventure involving a pretty girl, on 'ROUTE 66', tonight on the CBS Television Network"}, then a 20 second "station break"- then, just before the second sponsor I.D., Cronkite interrupts again...

[58alaska]

I was 5 years old when it happened. Iremember my mom and sister crying.