NBC 5 Archive

The Museum has announced the acquisition of WBAP-TV (now KXAS-TV) footage from NBC 5. This archive, spanning from 1956-1983, documents John F. Kennedy’s visits to the Dallas area going back to 1956, the events of the weekend of the assassination, and the earliest assassination anniversaries, allowing scholars and the public to gain a greater understanding of how this chapter of history unfolded. The donation from NBC 5 ensures that all local news broadcasts from the weekend of November 22, 1963, are represented in the Museum’s collection, which also contains assassination-related film and footage from the other three local news stations broadcasting in Dallas in 1963: WFAA-TV (the ABC affiliate), KRLD-TV (then the CBS affiliate), and KTVT-TV (then an independent station).