Who Shot President Kennedy?

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Modern forensic science re-examines the evidence.
Walter Cronkite narrates.
Written, directed and produced by Robert Richter.

"Sterling piece of journalism...What a fine program...sweeps away enigma without making unsupported charges."
—Los Angeles Times

"Meticulous...may be the most convincing compilation of evidence...valuable, generally praiseworthy contribution to the historical record."
—Dallas Morning News

November 22, 1963 En route to Dealey Plaza

Unprecedented footage of the Dallas physicians who tried to save the President's life, as they examine new evidence especially for this documentary; computerized 3-D Dealey Plaza replica, with crucial frame by frame Zapruder footage comparisons; photo analysis by experts; leading critics of the lone gunman conclusion by the Warren Commission.

"I urge you to look...definitive...scrupulously constructed...excellent."
-New York Daily News

Walter Cronkite

"The clearest look yet...unprecedented...dazzling and illuminating computer-animated scenes...convincingly and clearly goes over ground that in other media has been made all but incomprehensible...objective approach lends great credibility."
-New York Post

"Among the most lucid, informative contributions...innovative..."
-Columbus Dispatch
"Absorbing...scrupulously fair" -The Times, London
"Splendid" -London Daily Mail

Telecast by PBS six times. Also by BBC, NHK Japan, RAI Italy, Irish TV, Spanish TV, etc.
National Emmy finalist
Houston International Film Festival
International Documentary Association
Society for Technical Communication,
National Educational Film & Video Festival

"Fascinating..."
—TV Guide

57 minutes

Study Areas: Social and political history, American history, forensic science, broadcast journalism

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