For 46 years news footage, radio reports, audio recordings and home movies of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy have been kept under wraps by the stations that owned them and then by museums. That is until tonight at 9p when National Geographic will air a two special showing a glimpse of what was uncovered in the over 100 hours of footage.
The Lost JFK Tapes: The Assassination documents all the major events that went on during the four days that changed America. It starts out with JFK’s arrival in Dallas on November 22 and ends with the burial of Lee Harvey Oswald on November 26th. There is no new audio commentary added, it is just all of the news coverage edited together to tell one of the biggest stories in our nation’s history as it unfolded.
This is an absolutely amazing documentary that makes you feel as though you are watching news coverage of that event as it happened in a way I never seen done before. While we have see the parade route, the announcement of his death, Lee Harvey Oswald being shot before, this documentary shows what the city of Dallas was going through for those 4 days. You feel their pain and sorrow as they learn the President has been shot and you feel their anger when Lee Harvey was arrested to their shock that he was shot by Jack Ruby. It is just riveting piece of work that keeps your attention glued to the TV screen for the whole two hours. Whether you are familiar with those four days back in November of 1963 or this is the first time you have really seen anything about it, you will find yourself enthralled by The Lost JFK Tapes: The Assassination on National Geographic at 9p so make sure to watch this brilliant masterpiece as it plays out. Sincerely the documentary left me in awe and it is the best thing I have ever seen on JFK’s assassination and I have seen several movies and specials about it!
