Wollensak 73 8mm magazine turret camera and box
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Wollensak 73 8mm magazine turret camera and box
Wollensak 73 three-lens turret 8mm camera with original cardboard box, owned by Gordon Arnold.According to Gordon Arnold, he had this camera with him in Dealey Plaza on November 22, 1963, and filmed a portion of the Kennedy assassination while standing near the stockade fence on the grassy knoll. Arnold reported that he fell to the ground during the shooting, and then was threatened by a man wearing a Dallas police officer's uniform who confiscated the film in this camera.
Wollensak 73 8mm magazine turret camera and box
1950 - 1959
Cardboard, Metal
Gordon Arnold Family Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2006.003.0001
In "The Men Who Killed Kennedy" series, which was his only TV appearance, Arnold said the camera belonged to his mother at the time of the Kennedy assassination. - Gary Mack, Curator
Wollensak 73 8mm magazine turret camera and box
Wollensak 73 three-lens turret 8mm camera with original cardboard box, owned by Gordon Arnold.According to Gordon Arnold, he had this camera with him in Dealey Plaza on November 22, 1963, and filmed a portion of the Kennedy assassination while standing near the stockade fence on the grassy knoll. Arnold reported that he fell to the ground during the shooting, and then was threatened by a man wearing a Dallas police officer's uniform who confiscated the film in this camera.
Wollensak 73 8mm magazine turret camera and box
1950 - 1959
Cameras
Eyewitnesses
Motorcade
Assassination
Arnold, Gordon
Chicago
Dallas
Cardboard, Metal
Gordon Arnold Family Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2006.003.0001
In "The Men Who Killed Kennedy" series, which was his only TV appearance, Arnold said the camera belonged to his mother at the time of the Kennedy assassination. - Gary Mack, Curator
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