Orville Nix Film
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Overview
The Orville Nix home movie of the Kennedy assassination was taken from near the corner of Main & Houston streets nearly a block away from the site of the assassination. It begins with the Kennedy limousine moving north on Houston Street toward the Texas School Book Depository, then the fatal shot to Kennedy's head on Elm Street. The “grassy knoll” is in the background as Jackie Kennedy climbs on to the trunk to be met by Secret Service agent Clint Hill. Photographer Abraham Zapruder appears on top of a white pedestal farther back from the street. A third sequence, about 30 seconds later, shows bystanders running to the scene. Nix returned the next morning and filmed the same general area. Eight days later, he and his son finished the film reel by filming a family member – the majorette – at a high school football game in Fort Worth, Texas.
Date
1963-11-22
Collection
Nix Collection
Object Number
2000.001
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