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Life magazine is just

as anxious as you are

to give your pictures

a respectable display.

Mr. Zapruder, CBS.

Well, that is why you are standing

in this room, Mr. Stolley,

because I trust that.

I trust your magazine.

And I want

to say very clearly

I know what this is,

and what it's done.

What it is going to do.

So if you want a chance to do

the right thing with this film

then you're going to

have to pay for it.

You have to pay

to keep it safe

and to protect me

and my family.

I think I understand.

And one other thing.

When the President is...

when he's

The kill shot?

Yeah.

You will publish

those frames?

Because I think

you would agree,

some things the world

does not need to see.

Would you not?

Normally yes,

but in this case

missing frames could lead

to false speculation.

That is none of my business.

I don't... I don't care

about all of that.

I'm talking about

the man's dignity.

We have

a responsibility.

A dignified man,

you understand.

It's a very undignified end

for a very dignified man!

You have something

to write on?

There is the prisoner.

There is Lee Harvey Oswald.

What?

He has been shot!

He's been shot.

Lee Oswald has been shot!

There's a man

with a gun.

Oswald has been shot!

Right now.

Jesus Christ,

right on live TV.

God damn!

Absolute panic here

at headquarters.

Oswald has been shot.

There is no question.

Os weld has been shot.

Detectives have

their guns drawn.

We have not heard from

Mr. Stolley or his associates

at Life magazine

since yesterday evening.

And Lee Oswald's wife

and children and I...

are stranded alone

at a strange motel

in the middle

of nowhere.

We are waiting to hear

about our cash deal.

Thank you. I shall

be waiting right here.

We are the Mrs. Oswalds.

We need money.

We need a place

to stay

where we can hide

from everyone

and we need a new place

to live, dear heart.

All we do is rush around from one place

to another, in the grand exodus.

The baby's diapers are wet.

We are hungry as all get out.

Mother!

Hey, Mike.

Get out here.

Something's going on. They're

running around outside.

Don't get excited.

Lee's been shot.

It isn't serious.

And they got the man

who shot him.

Where are they

taking him?

Parkland.

No! He is not living or dying

in there. Room two!

How many bullets?

Where's the respirator?

Where's Perry?

Gauze.

There's Clark.

What's the blood pressure?

100 over 85.

It's going down.

I don't like this.

Let's open him up.

We're going to need some suction.

Get suction ready.

From one bullet?

Yeah, one point blank.

Let's start left,

go right.

Right kidney gone,

spleen gone.

We're going to have to get in there.

Right there.

Need more gauze.

Got it.

BP 100 over 85.

We might get

to keep this one.

Do we want to?

We need a confession.

What if he dies?

We need

a confession first.

Don't we all.

Damn it!

Blood pressure

is going down.

85 over 40. We need more blood!

Nurse.

Zero, nothing.

I've got the lung.

Massage the heart.

Nothing.

Adrenalin now.

Adrenalin!

Come on!

All right, Jim hold it

right there. Open!

Nothing.

Jim, paddles!

Paddles.

Paddles.

Paddles.

Clear.

Nothing.

Again.

Clear.

Nothing.

Still nothing.

Clear.

Nothing.

Clear.

Time. 1:
07.

Dammit.

Yes, this is Mike Howard.

I'm sorry,

will you repeat that?

Thank you.

He's gone?

I'm sorry, Robert.

Lee was an agent

for the U.S. government.

He should be buried at Arlington

Cemetery with President Kennedy.

Shut up, mother.

He's staying here.

This time, I don't think anyone's

going to give you a hard time.

Your name is Robert.

Is that right, son?

That's right.

I'm sorry for you.

I'm sorry

for everybody.

...a brief stop

at the White House...

Then Mrs. Kennedy followed

the casket on foot...

t0 St. Matthews Church.

I don't think you all

should listen to this.

No, please leave it.

Thank you.

Bring him in.

Close the blinds for me.

We're getting killed, Jim.

What happened

in this office...

What we did...

what you did...

What do you

want, Gordon?

You were in the military,

right, Jim?

Yeah, Army.

Are you firing me?

I don't ever

want to see that again.

What the hell am I

supposed to do with it?

Oswald's dead now.

A thousand what-ifs.

86 'em.

This is evidence.

Well it's not evidence

if there's no trial.

And there sure as sh*t

won't be a trial now.

I know what

that is, Jim.

I'm asking you

to destroy it.

I think we all know

what is at stake here.

Wait...

You want this?

Why aren't we doing this

in the church?

Well, no church

will do it.

What about that cemetery

chapel over there?

They won't allow

it either.

You only have this grave site

because a friend owed me a favor.

And I'm sorry, but there

are no pallbearers.

Can you help us, please?

Thank you.

The remains of John F. Kennedy

are about to pass a memorial

to another president.

The stamina of this woman...

through these past three or four

days has been indescribable.

I haven't done a burial

in eight years,

but someone has to help

this family.

God of the open sky

and of the infinite universe,

we pray and petition for this

family who are heartbroken.

Those who suffer and in his

hearts are full of fears...

we'll pray for them.

For their need is great.

May God have mercy

on your soul.

...or if these dark

days are harbingers

of even blacker ones to come,

Might the black

before the dawn...

lead to some still

as yet indiscernible sunrise

of understanding among men.

Violent words, no matter what

their origin or motivation.

Hail Mary,

full of grace,

the Lord is with thee.

Blessed an' thou

amongst women,

and blessed is the fruit

of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, mother of God,

pray for us sinners,

now and at the hour

of our death.

Tonight, there will be

few Americans

who will go to bed

without carrying with them

the sense the! somehow

they have failed.

If in the search

of our conscience

we find a new dedication

to the American concept

that brook no political, sectional,

religious or racial divisions.

Ana' it may yet be possible to

say that John Fitzgerald Kennedy

did not die in vain.

That's the way it is,

Monday, November 25th, 1963.

This is Walter Cronkite.

Good night.

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