JFK Assassination (CBS Coverage) - Part 2/10 (1963)

RIP Walter Cronkite 1916-2009

From Wikipedia:

Cronkite is vividly remembered by many Americans for breaking the news of the death of President Kennedy on Friday, November 22, 1963. Cronkite had been standing at the United Press International wire machine in the CBS newsroom as the bulletin of the President's shooting broke and clamored to get on the air to break the news. However, cameras were not ready for use and Cronkite would be forced to break the news without them while one warmed up.

At 1:40 p.m., a "CBS News Bulletin" bumper slide broke into the live broadcast of As the World Turns (ATWT). Over the slide, Cronkite began reading:

"Here is a bulletin from CBS News. In Dallas, Texas, three shots were fired at President Kennedy's motorcade in downtown Dallas. The first reports say that President Kennedy has been seriously wounded by this shooting."

A second bulletin arrived as Cronkite was reading the first one, which detailed the severity of President Kennedy's wounds:

"More details just arrived. These details about the same as previously...President Kennedy shot today just as his motorcade left downtown Dallas. Mrs. Kennedy jumped up and grabbed Mr. Kennedy, she called "Oh no!," the motorcade sped on. United Press [International] says that the wounds for President Kennedy perhaps could be fatal. Repeating, a bulletin from CBS News: President Kennedy has been shot by a would-be assassin in Dallas, Texas. Stay tuned to CBS News for further details."

Just before the bulletin cut out, a CBS News staffer was heard saying "Connally too," apparently having just heard the news that Texas Governor John Connally had also been shot while riding in the Presidential limousine with his wife Nellie and Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy.

"Here is a bulletin from CBS News. Further details on an assassination attempt against President Kennedy in Dallas, Texas. President Kennedy was shot as he drove from Dallas Airport to downtown Dallas; Governor Connally of Texas, in the car with him, was also shot. It is reported that three bullets rang out. A Secret Service man has been...was heard to shout from the car, "He's dead." Whether he referred to President Kennedy or not is not yet known. The President, cradled in the arms of his wife Mrs. Kennedy, was carried to an ambulance and the car rushed to Parkland Hospital outside Dallas, the President was taken to an emergency room in the hospital. Other White House officials were in doubt in the corridors of the hospital as to the condition of President Kennedy. Repeating this bulletin: President Kennedy shot while driving in an open car from the airport in Dallas, Texas, to downtown Dallas."

Cronkite then recapped the events as they had happened: that the President and Governor Connally were shot and in the emergency room at Parkland Hospital and no one knew their condition as of yet. He then reminded the viewers that CBS News would continue to provide updates as more information came in.

CBS then decided to return to ATWT, which was now midway through its second segment. The cast had continued to perform live while Cronkite's bulletins broke into the broadcast, apparently unaware of the developing story taking place in Dallas. ATWT then took its second scheduled commercial break. It would be the last anyone would see of the show- or for any normal broadcast television- until Tuesday, November 26.

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[CaptChaos1981]

Here's the strange thing. I was actually getting caught up in the story going on on "As the World Turns".

[sauciesedgwick]

Who can think about coffee at a time like this!

[Stratoale2008]

@huskyjerk Yeah, you´re right... they give details that in the future never changed, and were part of the Warren Commission report, they stuck to that story!!!

[fromthesidelines]

Yes, "AS THE WORLD TURNS" appeared at 1:30pm(et), 'Tubo'.

[jcalli66]

Great clip - Most everyone has seen the initial Cronkite bulletin but I never knew the follow-up bulletins were already giving a strong indication he was dead.

Saw a clip recently of JFK attending the breakfast at Fort Worth hotel the morning he was assassinated. A High School choir sang "Eyes of Texas" to him ('The Eyes of Texas are upon you - you can not get away") and in the last speech of his life, JFK mentioned in passing that we lived in a dangerous world - the irony was murderous/

[ADAMSIXTIES]

Most housewives said, "the heck with JFK, where can I get some Nescafe!" ;-P

[johnamac123]

Two reporters from WFAA were in Dealey Plaza, witnessed the shooting, and immediately went to their studios. They were on the air within ten minutes. The both stated they heard three shots.

[mad4you1000]

A pivotal and surreal moment forever trapped in time.

[huskyjerk]

@raratunga Yes, glad you caught that. It does seem very strange that they already have much of the events figured out even before the authorities have gone on record with those facts.

[ksol1460tv]

@raratunga Hours, try MINUTES after the incident. As for "three shots", that came from the UPI wire service. UPI's Merriman Smith broke the story to the world four minutes after the shots were fired. Smith's bulletin, phoned in to UPI from the press pool's car telephone, said "Three shots were fired at President Kennedy's motorcade in downtown Dallas."

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