If you were alive on Sunday November 24, 1963 then you have
never forgotten the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald by Jack Ruby as it played out
in real time across America. I was watching TV with my parents when the
transfer of Lee Harvey Oswald was taking place. I guess that everyone was doing
the same thing. This was live TV at a time when we had just one satellite.
This film is a bit different from most of the other clips
you might be seeing of the event. It seems to have been taken from a slightly
different angle than the others, showing Jack Ruby emerging from screen right
more clearly than some of the others. In most of the still photographs you only
see a vague blur in place of Jack Ruby. He is obscured by the others in the
crowd. In this clip you can actually see Ruby gut shoot Oswald.
The three days beginning Friday November 22nd,
1963 with the President’s shooting; and ending with his burial at Arlington
National Cemetery on Monday November 25th, are days which can never
be forgotten by those who were alive at the time. I remember thinking that I
was living through history. I was 9 years old and a big fan of Abe Lincoln, so
I could not escape the magnitude of what was happening.
But nobody expected to see Jack Ruby kill Oswald on live TV.
Later on, of course, we found out that Ruby was present at the press conference
on Friday at the police station where Oswald was held. He was even there for
the press conferences which included Oswald, almost as if he were just waiting
for the chance to shoot him. On Sunday, November 24, 1963, either in emotional
distress; or by design; Jack Ruby got his chance.
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