Assassination of John F. Kennedy

Introduction

November 22, 1963, John Fitzgerald Kennedy continued a five-day tour of Texas cities. Speaking at a luncheon in Fort Worth, he went to Dallas, where he was to give a speech at a banquet in the commercial center of the city. Motorcade, accompanied by an open limousine president, followed by the central streets of Dallas at a very slow speed. Thousands of residents welcomed John F. Kennedy and his wife. In front of them was mortally wounded president bullets sniper who shot from the sixth floor window by the City Library. Half an hour later delivered to the hospital Parklendsky Kennedy died, and a few hours of the new U.S. president Lyndon Johnson took the oath at the presidential bot liner. On the same day, police arrested Lee Oswald Harvalda, former Marine, alleged murderer of John Kennedy. Two days later he was shot in the building of the city police department.

The youngest president of the United States and the man who had to be charged with his murder, were buried in one day. John F. Kennedy mourned the world, shocked by the news of the tragedy dalasskoy. Oswald's coffin was borne reporters - his funeral was attended by only a few relatives. After the assassination of President Kennedy has been almost 50 years. This tragedy were written hundreds of books, countless articles, removed a lot of documentaries and feature films. Most of the recordings made in those days, were seized consequence, and viewers will see them for the first time (George, p. 58). Taken together, they provide a visual representation of the events that preceded and followed the tragedy of it, do we witness the last moments of the life of one of the most prominent political figures of the twentieth century and witnessed the “murder of the century.”

Discussion

November 22, 1963 at 11:35 am local time at the Dallas Love Field airport landed the U.S. Air Force, which was U.S. Vice President Lyndon Johnson . At 11:40 in the same plane landed, which was Kennedy. At 11:50 local time, the presidential motorcade moved from the airport to the city. Presidential limousine in which agents were the U.S. Secret Service , William Greer (driving) and Roy Kellerman (the passenger seat), the wife Kennedy (two rear seats) and Texas Governor John Connally and his wife Nellie (two front), went closer to head tuple. Him moving car with Secret Service agents, for her - the car in which drove Lyndon Johnson. Next moved numerous cars with other members of the delegation and journalists.

Kennedy's motorcade on Main Street

Moving on Main Street, the motorcade drove into the area of ??Dallas called Dealey Plaza, then he turned on Houston Street. At this point, Nellie Connally turned to John Kennedy and said, “Mr. President, you will agree that Dallas loves you”, to which Kennedy replied: “Of course,”. Then limousine turned onto Elm Street.

After the limousine drove past at the corner Houston Street and Elm Street School Book Depository, at ...