Detail View: Conference on World Affairs Audio Archive: John Kennedy’s Assassination

Collection Name: 
Conference On World Affairs Archives
Identifier ARK: 
https://ark.colorado.edu/ark:/47540/gk5g491356d6
identifier: 
cwa_86-139.mp3
title: 
John Kennedy’s Assassination
titleType: 
Program
titleSeries: 
Series VI: Aliaque
subject: 
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Assassination
subjectAuthorityUsed: 
local
subject: 
Presidents--Assassination--United States
subjectAuthorityUsed: 
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85106469
subject: 
Assassination--Investigation
subjectAuthorityUsed: 
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85008750
description: 
Chaired by Horace B. Holmes. [Molly Ivins and Myra MacPherson were scheduled to participate, but neither is heard on this recording.] Josiah Thompson displays and analyzes the Abraham Zapruder film of Kennedy’s assassination. He invites the audience to determine the exact events of the day as the footage is reviewed frame by frame. He provides background information as well as results of the Warren Commission and the botched autopsy. In the Q&A session he speculates on possible conspiracies and reflects on the search for truth and justice.
descriptionType: 
Program
description: 
00:00:00 Horace B. Holmes begins -- 00:01:35 Holmes ends -- 00:01:44 Josiah Thompson discusses the significance and symbolism of the assassination -- 00:04:47 Begins showing films of the Kennedy motorcade and assassination -- 00:09:20 Changes the film reel and discusses impact of the Kennedy assassination on his own life -- 00:10:47 Begins playing second reel of film -- 00:15:10 Second film finishes playing -- 00:15:13 Begins showing pictures of the Kennedys earlier in the day and another film -- 00:21:56 Thompson discusses research on the assassination and the proposed scenarios -- 00:24:14 Thompson asks the audience to join him in figuring out what happened and begins analyzing the evidence -- 00:26:30 Thompson and the audience look for the first shot and discuss logistics -- 00:42:43 Intermission begins -- 00:44:51 Intermission ends -- 00:44:53 Thompson discusses the Kennedy autopsy -- 00:51:00 Thompson continues discussing the events of the day -- 01:12:10 Thompson discusses the search for truth -- 01:14:10 Questions from the audience begin -- 01:33:53 Questions from the audience end -- 01:33:56 End of tape.
descriptionType: 
SegmentSequence
coverageSpatial: 
University Memorial Center 230
contributor: 
Thompson, Josiah
contributorRole: 
Panelist
publisher: 
CWA/Archives, University of Colorado at Boulder
publisherRole: 
Publisher
rightsSummary: 
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dateCreated: 
1986-04-10
formatPhysical: 
1/4 inch audio cassette
formatDigital: 
audio/mpeg
formatLocation: 
Box 232, Tape 86-139
formatMediaType: 
Sound
formatGenerations: 
Audio/Original recording
formatStandard: 
MPEG Audio
formatEncoding: 
audio/mp3
formatTimeStart: 
10:00:00-07:00
formatDuration: 
1:33:56
formatTracks: 
1 audio track
formatChannelConfiguration: 
dual-channel mono
language: 
English
annotation: 
JZ -- 25 June 2015