Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Remembering President Kennedy



Rare Footage Captures John F. Kennedy on His Last Night Alive -- Politics Daily

The night before he was assassinated, President John F. Kennedy stopped at the Rice Hotel in Houston to meet with local Hispanic leaders and to deliver a short speech. The president's appearance around 9 p.m. on Nov. 21, 1963, was captured by a home movie camera, and now that footage has been made public for the first time.

Roy Botello shot the 8mm film and then kept it in a drawer for 47 years, according to ABC News. Last year he donated it to the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, an institution in Dallas dedicated to the JFK assassination. The museum restored the footage and has made it available online.

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My Comment: No audio, but seeing this video certainly brings back the memories.

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