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AARC STATEMENT ON SECOND ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT THIS YEAR

Sunday’s second assassination attempt against Donald Trump revives the era of assassination that existed in the United States in the 1960’s and 1970’s.  We as a nation failed then to completely understand the problem and take steps to end it, and we are now repeating those tragedies. The government under both political parties has refused to release all the assassination records, or seriously study the earlier assassinations for lessons learned.  In addition to protective measures, the government should engage in complete transparency related to our experience with political assassination.

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Never-Before-Seen: New JFK Film Discovered

Footage Shows Frantic Moments After His Assassination

Former Secret Service Agent Clint Hill, who appears in the unearthed film clip, tells PEOPLE that the previously unreported footage is “an emotional thing” to watch six decades later

By Liz McNeil | Published on September 4, 2024 11:46AM EDT
John and Jackie Kennedy with John Connally in Automobile
John and Jackie Kennedy in the presidential motorcade on Nov. 22, 1963. Photo: Bettmann Archive

More than six decades after the murder of President John F. Kennedy, never-before-seen footage of the assassination’s immediate aftermath has come to light.

A minute-long, 8mm color film — the existence of which was previously unknown — will soon be sold through RR Auction. Online bidding is now underway, and the live auction is scheduled for Sept. 28.

The unearthed footage, in two parts, shows the president’s motorcade driving in downtown Dallas and then speeding toward Parkland Hospital as Clint Hill, Jackie Kennedy’s Secret Service agent, shields both her and the president.

After the first shot rang out on Nov. 22, 1963, Agent Hill leapt onto the back of the presidential limousine and placed his body spread-eagle over the back seat.

Now 92, Hill tells PEOPLE that the discovery of the film is “an emotional thing for me because I know what has happened. I know what I’m seeing in that film is a dead president.”

 

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A still image of Dale Carpenter Jr.’s newly discovered film from the day of JFK’s assassination.RR Auction

The footage was shot by Dale Carpenter Sr., a local Dallas truck driver who filmed from Stemmons Freeway. Carpenter’s grandson, James Gates, tells PEOPLE that the film landed in his possession when his mother handed down family mementos sometime after his grandfather’s death from Parkinson’s disease.

“She gave me several reels of family films and audio recordings, a projector and the reel-to-reel audio recorder,” Gates says. “The film was stored in a plastic Dean Foods milk crate and had been in my closet for several years before I decided to put it in a fire safe.”

Bobby Livingston, executive vice president at RR Auction, says, “Unlike any other footage known to exist, this film captures a segment immediately following the Zapruder film, providing a fresh perspective on one of the most analyzed moments in history.”

“Once you see it,” Livingston adds, “you’ll never forget Clint Hill’s heroic efforts to protect Mrs. Kennedy, racing at 80 miles an hour in a desperate attempt to save the president’s life as they sped to Parkland.”

FREELANCE 380131.JPG FREELANCE 1BA4E2CD FREELANCE 1B9CAA6E Zapruder film frame 371 of Kennedy assassination showing blurred Jackie Kennedy climbing to back of open car, mortally wounded Pres. in back seat & bullet-hit Gov. Connally in middle) as secret serviceman climbs aboard. ZAPRUDER FILM Nov 22nd 1963 Photo credit: Zapruder Film © 1967 (Renewed 1995) The Sixth Floor Museum At Dealey Plaza LIFE FREELANCE Zapruder Film/Life Magazine FOR CLEARENCE TO USE ZAPRUDER FILM CONTACT Megan P. Bryant Director of Collections & Intellectual Property The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza 411 Elm Street Dallas, TX 75202-3308 Phone: 214.747.6660 ext. 5519 Fax: 214.747.6662 Website: www.jfk.org
A still from the famous Zapruder film, which showed the part of JFK’s assassination that Dale Carpenter Sr. missed. ZAPRUDER FILM 1967 (Renewed 1995) The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

The Zapruder film, taken by clothing manufacturer Abraham Zapruder, as the presidential motorcade passed through Dealey Plaza, is considered the most complete — and graphic — footage of the assassination, whereas the new footage depicts the aftermath as the presidential motorcade races to the hospital and Mrs. Kennedy leans over her wounded husband.

“It brings it back so vividly,” says Agent Hill’s wife, Lisa McCubbin Hill, with whom he wrote Mrs. Kennedy and Meand three additional bestsellers.

“It really brings the moment to life,” she continues. “When you see the president’s limousine, you see Clint on the back of the car. To see the speed of the car and how precarious that was — Clint is still trying to protect the president and Mrs. Kennedy from whatever else might be coming. One slip and he would have gone flying off and he would have been killed.”

There are two segments to Carpenter’s film. PEOPLE obtained the first segment, which can be seen below, that shows the presidential motorcade before it arrived at Dealey Plaza.

As Hill explains, Carpenter “initially missed seeing the president in his open top car, but he captured the rest of the motorcade. You see the back of the follow up car and then he made his way to Stemmons Freeway because the president was on his way to the Dallas Trade Mart to give a speech.

The second segment of the film shows the motorcade’s dramatic race to the hospital after President Kennedy was shot.

Not knowing at that point that Kennedy had been injured, Carpenter stood on the shoulder of the Stemmons Freeway hoping to catch a glimpse of the president. That’s when he captured the footage showing the first lady wearing her now-iconic bright pink suit, draped over the wounded president.

Gates decided to track Agent Hill down around 2012 to let him and his wife know that his grandfather had been holding onto private footage from the assassination.

“About 10 years or so ago, I started to research the JFK assassination, knowing I had something possibly of some historical value,” Gates says. “I found Clint and Lisa, but it wouldn’t be until another 10 years when I made the decision to properly preserve and archive the film.”

Former U.S. Secret Service Agent Clint Hill, who was assigned to First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and was in the presidential motorcade during the assassination of U.S. President Kennedy, talks to the media outside the JFK Tribute on November 22, 2013 in Fort Worth, Texas.
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The Carpenter film will now be included in an upcoming documentary about Hill called Agent Number 9: The Clint Hill Story, which is set for release in 2025.

As remarkable as the film is, Hill says matter-of-factly, “It doesn’t change anything for me.” Nor does it bring the events of that horrible day back any more than usual.

“I’m back there all the time anyways,” he says.

READ MORE AT PEOPLE MAGAZINE

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Gallery

Following is a collection of art pieces–paintings, murals, sculptures, engravings, monuments, political cartoons–which are an important expression of how society processes and responds to political assassination. Such artistic depictions serve the essential purpose of accurately representing our turbulent history, and they attest to our humanity as memorials in truthfully conveying our story to future generations. [CLICK on images to expand]

Mural honoring President John F. Kennedy in the Irish Quarter of Birmingham, UK. Courtesy of Dr. Susan Williams.

‘A MAN MAY DIE NATIONS MAY FALL BUT AN IDEA LIVES ON’

 

John F. Kennedy fountain (Kennedy Space Center)

 

James Crespinel.

 

MLK, Jr. Washington, DC

 

Image credit David Horsey Copyright 2018 Tribune Content Agency.

 

RFK & MLK Landmark For Peace, Kennedy-King National Commemorative Site. Indianapolis, IN.  Designer, Greg Perry.

 

Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools. These are the Judy Baca murals in the library.

Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools, Los Angeles, CA (2010)

 

Hugh Haynie.

 

X by Ads Libitum.

 

Courtesy of James H. Lesar.

 

Jim Bama.

 

Bill Mauldin.

 

Assassination of President Lincoln lithograph by Currier & Ives (1865).

 

The “bullet,” with which our martyr President A. Lincoln was assassinated by J.W. Booth, as seen under a microscope (1865). Source: Library of Congress.

 

Assassination of President James Garfield. Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper.

 

Assassination of President William McKinley. Achille Beltrame.

 

Hy Rosen.

 

Mahatma Gandhi.

 

John Lennon 1940 – December 8, 1980. Pete Kreiner, 8 December 2019.

 

United Nations PEACE WINDOW Dedicated to Dag Hammarskjöld and to all those who had lost their lives to the cause of Peace. Marc Chagall.

 

USSR Commemorative Stamp – Patrice Lumumba (1961)

 

Alt-History of Kaiser Cat Cinema: Third in the Second American Civil War Series, the Union State poster features Howard Langdon, a character from The Divided States inspired by the real-world Louisiana senator Huey Long: ‘Every Man a King’

 

The Broken Obelisk sculpture, located outside the Rothko Chapel in Houston’s Museum District, is dedicated to the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

 

Mural by the street artist Jorit Agoch, depicting Martin Luther King Jr., in the Barra district of Naples. (Photo by Marco Cantile/LightRocket via Getty Images)

 

Courtesy of Charles Drago; Artwork by Phil Dragoo.

Phil Dragoo.

Phil Dragoo.

Phil Dragoo.

 

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RFK, Jr. with Tucker Carlson RE: Withholding JFK Assassination Files

27 August, 2024

Filed Under: News and Views

AARC STATEMENT ON TRUMP PROMISE TO RELEASE JFK RECORDS

The truth of the matter is that both political parties have failed to release the JFK assassination records.  Ex-President Trump had that opportunity in 2017 and was prevailed upon by persons unknown to keep the records secret.  The Biden-Harris administration has had the power since 2021 to release them and instead has imposed secrecy while using the rhetoric of transparency.  The Biden-Harris administration could release the records before the end of their term.  Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is to be commended for educating himself on the assassinations and calling for full disclosure.

One hopes Ex-President Trump and Vice-President Harris will follow this example.

 

 

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