Kent Barker Collection / The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

January 2, 1960

JFK ENTERS THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE

Senator Kennedy announces his candidacy for President of the United States.

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Wollensak 73 8mm magazine turret camera and box

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Wollensak 73 8mm magazine turret camera and box

Wollensak 73 three-lens turret 8mm camera with original cardboard box, owned by Gordon Arnold.According to Gordon Arnold, he had this camera with him in Dealey Plaza on November 22, 1963, and filmed a portion of the Kennedy assassination while standing near the stockade fence on the grassy knoll. Arnold reported that he fell to the ground during the shooting, and then was threatened by a man wearing a Dallas police officer's uniform who confiscated the film in this camera.

Object Details
Object title:

Wollensak 73 8mm magazine turret camera and box

Date:

1950 - 1959

Terms:

Cameras

Eyewitnesses

Motorcade

Assassination

Arnold, Gordon

Chicago

Dallas
Medium:

Cardboard, Metal

Credit line:

Gordon Arnold Family Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2006.003.0001

Curatorial Note:

In "The Men Who Killed Kennedy" series, which was his only TV appearance, Arnold said the camera belonged to his mother at the time of the Kennedy assassination. - Gary Mack, Curator

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Wollensak 73 8mm magazine turret camera and box

Wollensak 73 three-lens turret 8mm camera with original cardboard box, owned by Gordon Arnold.According to Gordon Arnold, he had this camera with him in Dealey Plaza on November 22, 1963, and filmed a portion of the Kennedy assassination while standing near the stockade fence on the grassy knoll. Arnold reported that he fell to the ground during the shooting, and then was threatened by a man wearing a Dallas police officer's uniform who confiscated the film in this camera.

Object Details
Object title:

Wollensak 73 8mm magazine turret camera and box

Date:

1950 - 1959

Terms:

Cameras

Eyewitnesses

Motorcade

Assassination

Arnold, Gordon

Chicago

Dallas

Medium:

Cardboard, Metal

Credit line:

Gordon Arnold Family Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2006.003.0001

Curatorial Note:

In "The Men Who Killed Kennedy" series, which was his only TV appearance, Arnold said the camera belonged to his mother at the time of the Kennedy assassination. - Gary Mack, Curator

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