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Alex Burton Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with Alex Burton. A native of Canada, Burton moved to Texas in 1961 and was a reporter and cameraman at WBAP-TV at the time of the assassination. He later spent twenty years at KRLD-TV and Radio. Interview conducted at Mr. Burton's home on August 30, 1995 by Bob Porter. The interview is one hour and forty-two minutes long.
Alex Burton Oral History
08/30/1995
Hi-8 videotape
Duration: 102 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
1995.043.0019
Alex Burton passed away on September 13, 2012 at the age of 80. Subsequent to this 1995 oral history recording, Burton was inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame (2002) and named a "Living Legend of North Texas Journalism" by the Dallas Press Club. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
Alex Burton Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with Alex Burton. A native of Canada, Burton moved to Texas in 1961 and was a reporter and cameraman at WBAP-TV at the time of the assassination. He later spent twenty years at KRLD-TV and Radio. Interview conducted at Mr. Burton's home on August 30, 1995 by Bob Porter. The interview is one hour and forty-two minutes long.
Alex Burton Oral History
08/30/1995
Oral histories
Press
Reporter
Broadcast journalism
Burton, Alex
KXAS - Channel 5
WBAP-TV
Fort Worth (OHC)
Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)
News Media (OHC)
Hi-8 videotape
Duration: 102 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
1995.043.0019
Alex Burton passed away on September 13, 2012 at the age of 80. Subsequent to this 1995 oral history recording, Burton was inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame (2002) and named a "Living Legend of North Texas Journalism" by the Dallas Press Club. - Stephen Fagin, Curator