Kent Barker Collection / The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

January 2, 1960

JFK ENTERS THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE

Senator Kennedy announces his candidacy for President of the United States.

Listen to an excerpt from the oral history interview with Jacques Lowe, the Kennedys' personal photographer for many years, by clicking "Find out more."

Image: Kennedy's presidential campaign button features his face on a background of red, white and blue stripes.

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Reel 8 (approx. 400 ft/ 12 mins. on reel) - B&W, 16mm film, contains Hill sound interview (same as R 2)

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Reel 8 (approx. 400 ft/ 12 mins. on reel) - B&W, 16mm film, contains Hill sound interview (same as R 2)

Reel 8 (approx. 400 ft/ 12 mins. on reel) - Single perf. This has leader followed by a rapid fade up from black to image with Eastman Safety on edge and optical track. B&W, 16mm film, reel 8 (approx. 400 ft/ 12 mins. on reel) - B&W, 16mm film, contains Hill sound interview (same as R 2) B&W, 16mm news film shot by photographers for the Dallas-Fort Worth affiliate WBAP-TV, along with some footage shot by NBC News photographers. The films, almost all of which are first generation prints, not original footage, show many aspects of the Kennedy assassination weekend from Fort Worth to Dallas and later events. Only a few minutes of the footage are known to have been seen publicly; some was included in the 1991 film, "JFK" and some appeared in the 1993 PBS/Frontline program "Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?" Collected by donor's father, G. William Jones.

Object Details
Object title:

Reel 8 (approx. 400 ft/ 12 mins. on reel) - B&W, 16mm film, contains Hill sound interview (same as R 2)

Date:

11/23/1963

Terms:

Interviews

Films

NBC

WBAP-TV
Object type:

Films

Medium:

Film

Credit line:

G. William Jones Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2006.041.0005

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Reel 8 (approx. 400 ft/ 12 mins. on reel) - B&W, 16mm film, contains Hill sound interview (same as R 2)

Reel 8 (approx. 400 ft/ 12 mins. on reel) - Single perf. This has leader followed by a rapid fade up from black to image with Eastman Safety on edge and optical track. B&W, 16mm film, reel 8 (approx. 400 ft/ 12 mins. on reel) - B&W, 16mm film, contains Hill sound interview (same as R 2) B&W, 16mm news film shot by photographers for the Dallas-Fort Worth affiliate WBAP-TV, along with some footage shot by NBC News photographers. The films, almost all of which are first generation prints, not original footage, show many aspects of the Kennedy assassination weekend from Fort Worth to Dallas and later events. Only a few minutes of the footage are known to have been seen publicly; some was included in the 1991 film, "JFK" and some appeared in the 1993 PBS/Frontline program "Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?" Collected by donor's father, G. William Jones.

Object Details
Object title:

Reel 8 (approx. 400 ft/ 12 mins. on reel) - B&W, 16mm film, contains Hill sound interview (same as R 2)

Date:

11/23/1963

Terms:

Interviews

Films

NBC

WBAP-TV

Object type:

Films

Medium:

Film

Credit line:

G. William Jones Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2006.041.0005

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