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Marvin Scott Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Marvin Scott. An Emmy Award-winning broadcaster who interviewed six U.S. presidents, Scott covered Senator John F. Kennedy during the 1960 campaign. While visiting Dallas in 1966, he recorded several assassination-related radio interviews, including a significant conversation with Abraham Zapruder. Scott donated those recordings to The Sixth Floor Museum in 2003. Interview recorded at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on June 15, 2017 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and two minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Marvin Scott Oral History

Date:

06/15/2017

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 62 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2017.001.0062

Curatorial Note:

A journalist for more than half a century, Marvin Scott is a member of the New York State Broadcasters Hall of Fame, winner of eleven Emmy Awards for journalistic achievement and the author of As I Saw It: A Reporter's Intrepid Journey (2017). Since 1980, he has been employed at WPIX-TV in New York City. As of Fall 2022, his official WPIX-TV biography may be accessed here: Marvin Scott | PIX11. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

Marvin Scott Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Marvin Scott. An Emmy Award-winning broadcaster who interviewed six U.S. presidents, Scott covered Senator John F. Kennedy during the 1960 campaign. While visiting Dallas in 1966, he recorded several assassination-related radio interviews, including a significant conversation with Abraham Zapruder. Scott donated those recordings to The Sixth Floor Museum in 2003. Interview recorded at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on June 15, 2017 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and two minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Marvin Scott Oral History

Date:

06/15/2017

Terms:

Oral histories

Press

1960 presidential election

Campaign

Interviews

Kennedy campaign

Reporter

Zapruder, Abraham

Dallas

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)

1960 Campaign (OHC)

Abraham Zapruder Film (OHC)

News Media (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 62 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2017.001.0062

Curatorial Note:

A journalist for more than half a century, Marvin Scott is a member of the New York State Broadcasters Hall of Fame, winner of eleven Emmy Awards for journalistic achievement and the author of As I Saw It: A Reporter's Intrepid Journey (2017). Since 1980, he has been employed at WPIX-TV in New York City. As of Fall 2022, his official WPIX-TV biography may be accessed here: Marvin Scott | PIX11. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator