60 years after the assassination of former president, John F. Kennedy, some of the surviving eyewitnesses have now come forward to recount the events in an upcoming docuseries, JFK: One Day In America. NatGeo is releasing its second installment of the franchise in November to tell the story of what happened in November 1963.
An official press release detailed that the three-part limited documentary will reveal a “comprehensive account of that tragic moment in American history and the ripples that followed.” The JFK series of the Emmy-Award-winning historical show will premiere on November 5 to mark the 60th anniversary of Kennedy’s passing.
Some footage will be shown in color for the first time
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas has been in possession of footage from the unfortunate event and has collaborated with National Geographic on this story. The late president was shot while riding in a motorcade through a parade downtown in that same location.
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The press release added that the archival footage will be displayed, “some colorized for the first time,” alongside “key testimony from the last surviving witnesses to create an immersive, minute-by-minute examination of that pivotal day that forever changed history.”
Eyewitness accounts
The Secret Service agent assigned to the First Lady Jackie Kennedy recalled the heart-wrenching moment when Jackie held on to the lifeless body of her husband. “Mrs. Kennedy was screaming, ‘I love Jack.’ I wasn’t fast enough.’,” he said.
“Mrs. Kennedy came forward and I can see blood on her dress, where she cradled the President’s head in her lap and she said, ‘Let them see what they have done,’” another witness, a journalist, recalled.
A female eyewitness mentioned how her “maternal instincts kicked in” on hearing gunshots, and another male interviewee recalled seeing a father “take his little boy and put his body on top of the boy.”
The trailer closes out with the words of another witness’ testimony that read, “On November 22, 1963, the United States lost its innocence.”
The convicted shooter, Lee Harvey Oswald, was murdered before he could stand trial, and his video-recorded assassination will be shown as well, with police radio recordings and live broadcasts from that time.