George Phenix Oral History

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Videotaped oral history interview with George Phenix. A news photographer for Dallas CBS affiliate KRLD-TV, Phenix was at Dallas Love Field and Parkland Memorial Hospital on the day of the Kennedy assassination. On Sunday, November 24, 1963, he captured the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald on 16mm film. After leaving KRLD, Phenix became a political writer and co-founded the Texas Weekly newsletter. Interview conducted at Mr. Phenix's home in Austin on February 3, 2012 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-four minutes long.

Object Details

Object title:

George Phenix Oral History

Date:

02/03/2012

Terms:

Oral histories

Photographer

Press

Oswald, Lee Harvey

Phenix, George

KRLD-TV

Parkland Hospital

Love Field

Dallas

Love Field Airport (OHC)

Parkland Memorial Hospital (OHC)

Lee Harvey Oswald (OHC)

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)

Authors, Filmmakers, and Researchers (OHC)

News Media (OHC)

Jack Ruby (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 54 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2012.001.0007

Curatorial Note:

George Phenix passed away on September 24, 2021. In 2004, Phenix co-authored When the News Went Live with three of his former KRLD-TV colleagues: Bob Huffaker, Bill Mercer and Wes Wise. The four men visited the Museum on several occasions for panel discussions and book signings, including programs in 2007 (https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/26384), 2008 (When The News Went Live: Author Panel Discussion (2008) - YouTube) and 2013 (When The News Went Live: Author Panel Discussion (2013) - YouTube). - Stephen Fagin, Curator