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Bob Huffaker Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with Bob Huffaker. A KRLD police reporter in 1963, Mr. Huffaker broadcast the motorcade through Dallas and later covered events at Parkland Hospital. He then reported live from Dallas Police headquarters on CBS and was standing a few feet from Jack Ruby when Ruby shot Oswald on live television. In 1964, Mr. Huffaker covered the Jack Ruby trial.Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on August 3, 1994 by Wes Wise with Bob Porter. The interview is two hours and fifty-four minutes long.
Bob Huffaker Oral History
08/03/1994
Hi-8 videotape
174 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
1994.007.0016
In addition to this 1994 oral history, Bob Huffaker recorded a follow-up interview on July 28, 2006 and participated in numerous programs at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza over the years. Huffaker, along with three of his co-workers from KRLD-TV, wrote the book, When the News Went Live (2004). He passed away on June 25, 2018. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
Bob Huffaker Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with Bob Huffaker. A KRLD police reporter in 1963, Mr. Huffaker broadcast the motorcade through Dallas and later covered events at Parkland Hospital. He then reported live from Dallas Police headquarters on CBS and was standing a few feet from Jack Ruby when Ruby shot Oswald on live television. In 1964, Mr. Huffaker covered the Jack Ruby trial.Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on August 3, 1994 by Wes Wise with Bob Porter. The interview is two hours and fifty-four minutes long.
Bob Huffaker Oral History
08/03/1994
Jack Ruby trial
Motorcade
Press
Oral histories
Huffaker, Bob
Parkland Hospital
KRLD News - Dallas
Dallas
Jack Ruby (OHC)
Lee Harvey Oswald (OHC)
Parkland Memorial Hospital (OHC)
Motorcade Spectators (OHC)
News Media (OHC)
Hi-8 videotape
174 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
1994.007.0016
In addition to this 1994 oral history, Bob Huffaker recorded a follow-up interview on July 28, 2006 and participated in numerous programs at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza over the years. Huffaker, along with three of his co-workers from KRLD-TV, wrote the book, When the News Went Live (2004). He passed away on June 25, 2018. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
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