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George Reid film
Two 8mm color home movie reels taken by George Reid, a long-time Kennedy supporter. These are among several filmed by Reid from 1963 to 1967. On November 22, 1963, Reid arrived at Dallas Love Field two hours early and filmed some of the preparations for, and later the arrival of, the Kennedys. His scenes include students with their high school and Texas state flags, a Belgian exchange student waiting to show her brother's sketches to the Kennedys, and Secret Service agents guarding the Kennedy limousine. Reid filmed the presidential arrival and the Kennedys in the crowd until he ran out of film; by the time he reloaded, the motorcade had departed. His last scene that day showed his neighborhood post office. Some other later scenes included in this excerpt show crowds, television news crews and police in Dealey Plaza as well as the Dallas Criminal Courts Building. Later films, not included here, show people and events in Dealey Plaza over the next four years including CBS News filming re-creation scenes in 1967 for a Kennedy assassination program.
George Reid film
1963 - 1967
Films
Film
George Reid Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
1996.014.0004
George Reid film
Two 8mm color home movie reels taken by George Reid, a long-time Kennedy supporter. These are among several filmed by Reid from 1963 to 1967. On November 22, 1963, Reid arrived at Dallas Love Field two hours early and filmed some of the preparations for, and later the arrival of, the Kennedys. His scenes include students with their high school and Texas state flags, a Belgian exchange student waiting to show her brother's sketches to the Kennedys, and Secret Service agents guarding the Kennedy limousine. Reid filmed the presidential arrival and the Kennedys in the crowd until he ran out of film; by the time he reloaded, the motorcade had departed. His last scene that day showed his neighborhood post office. Some other later scenes included in this excerpt show crowds, television news crews and police in Dealey Plaza as well as the Dallas Criminal Courts Building. Later films, not included here, show people and events in Dealey Plaza over the next four years including CBS News filming re-creation scenes in 1967 for a Kennedy assassination program.
George Reid film
1963 - 1967
Films
Crowds
Love Field
Air Force One
Dealey Plaza
Home movie
Films
Film
George Reid Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
1996.014.0004