0:00:02 > 0:00:08He represented the hopes of a new generation of Americans,
0:00:08 > 0:00:12but the whole world was shocked when an assassin's bullet
0:00:12 > 0:00:16claimed the life of John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
0:00:16 > 0:00:21Based on eyewitness accounts, this is a dramatisation of events
0:00:21 > 0:00:24on a day that shook the world.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33It is the 22nd of November, 1963.
0:00:33 > 0:00:38In central Asia, Soviet astronaut Valentina Tereshkova
0:00:38 > 0:00:41is the first woman to be launched into space.
0:00:41 > 0:00:47In England, the hunt is still on for the perpetrators of the Great Train Robbery,
0:00:47 > 0:00:54In Washington DC, Martin Luther King addresses the Million Man March in front of the Lincoln Memorial.
0:00:55 > 0:01:01And in Dallas, preparations are underway for a presidential visit.
0:01:08 > 0:01:13Dallas, Texas. Thursday, November 22nd 1963.
0:01:15 > 0:01:19It's a mild morning but there are ominous grey clouds in the distance
0:01:19 > 0:01:24threatening an overcast day with the chance of rain.
0:01:24 > 0:01:31In the Oak Cliff suburb of Dallas, the Newmans are looking forward to Thanksgiving celebrations.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35But today they've made plans for a family day out.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38RADIO PLAYS What's the matter, not ready yet?
0:01:38 > 0:01:44It's 7am, and the Newmans are having breakfast. Bill and Gail Newman were high school sweethearts
0:01:44 > 0:01:48and now, aged 22, they have a young family,
0:01:48 > 0:01:53Four-year-old Billy Newman loves cartoons - Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd are his favourites.
0:01:53 > 0:02:00Two-year-old Clayton doesn't care what's on TV. He's too excited to eat breakfast either.
0:02:00 > 0:02:05Billy! Come and eat! No, I'm watching TV.
0:02:05 > 0:02:10Gail Newman is having her usual breakfast, a bottle of Dr Pepper.
0:02:10 > 0:02:15What was that Indian... Her husband, Bill, has taken the day off
0:02:15 > 0:02:18but he's still thinking about work.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22He recently took an electrician's exam and is waiting for the result.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28OPERA MUSIC PLAYS
0:02:29 > 0:02:34Across town, Dr Malcolm Perry is also having his breakfast.
0:02:34 > 0:02:40The 34-year-old surgeon has a routine day ahead, lecturing and doing his patient rounds,
0:02:40 > 0:02:44at Parkland Memorial Hospital in central Dallas.
0:02:44 > 0:02:50Perry trained as a doctor and served in the US Air Force, before returning to Texas five years ago,
0:02:50 > 0:02:54to work as a surgeon at Parkland Hospital.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59The President of the United States. APPLAUSE
0:02:59 > 0:03:06Meanwhile, 30 miles away in Fort Worth, Texas, John F Kennedy, 35th President of the United States,
0:03:06 > 0:03:10is addressing a breakfast conference.
0:03:10 > 0:03:16Three years ago, I said that I'd introduce myself in Paris by saying that I was the man
0:03:16 > 0:03:21who'd accompanied Mrs Kennedy to Paris. It's the same sensation here!
0:03:21 > 0:03:23LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:03:28 > 0:03:33Nobody wonders what Lyndon and I wear. LAUGHTER
0:03:33 > 0:03:40John Kennedy married fashion icon, 34-year-old Jacqueline Bouvier, ten years ago.
0:03:40 > 0:03:46They now have two young children - Caroline, aged five, and John John, aged two.
0:03:46 > 0:03:52Jackie Kennedy is looking forward to celebrating the children's birthdays next week,
0:03:52 > 0:03:58well away from the hassle of this political trip.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00CLOCK TICKS
0:04:00 > 0:04:0720,000 feet up in the Texas skies, Air Force One, the President's plane, is making the short flight,
0:04:07 > 0:04:10from Fort Worth to Love Field, Dallas.
0:04:10 > 0:04:16On board with John and Jackie Kennedy, 35-year-old Malcolm Kilduff is anxious.
0:04:16 > 0:04:22His boss is away in Japan, so as Assistant Press Secretary to JFK, it is his responsibility
0:04:22 > 0:04:27to organise the President's tour of Texas.
0:04:27 > 0:04:33'The forces of the Republican party were starting to pick up in '63, prior to running against Kennedy
0:04:33 > 0:04:36'in '64, so there were a few negative signs.'
0:04:36 > 0:04:41Last month, America's United Nations ambassador, Adlai Stevenson,
0:04:41 > 0:04:45was physically attacked during a visit to Dallas.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48The political climate remains tense.
0:04:48 > 0:04:53Kilduff is daydreaming about his plans to set up his own PR agency,
0:04:53 > 0:04:58well away from the stress and strain of the political world.
0:05:02 > 0:05:07The Newman family set off to see the President arrive at Love Field.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10Come on, Bill! Comin', honey.
0:05:10 > 0:05:15Yesterday, Bill bought a new roll of film for his 8mm cine camera.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18But in the excitement, he leaves the camera.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24As Air Force One comes into land at Love Field,
0:05:24 > 0:05:28Malcolm Kilduff is steeling himself for the worst.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32Texas is a traditional Republican stronghold.
0:05:32 > 0:05:39Kennedy's progressive approach to domestic issues like civil rights is unsettling the Republican hardcore.
0:05:39 > 0:05:46What's more, his international ambition to act as peacemaker to the world has angered right-wingers,
0:05:46 > 0:05:50who believe America is too heavily influenced by the United Nations.
0:05:50 > 0:05:55Kilduff anticipates a hostile reception but so far, so good.
0:06:03 > 0:06:08As the President and First Lady descend from the aircraft,
0:06:08 > 0:06:14the Newman children find it hard to see anything through the mass of people.
0:06:16 > 0:06:23John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the youngest and the first Catholic President of the United States.
0:06:23 > 0:06:29Over the past three years, he has overseen the strongest economic upturn in American history,
0:06:29 > 0:06:32and has energised the country.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34Ask not...
0:06:34 > 0:06:39what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.
0:06:39 > 0:06:43AMERICAN NATIONAL ANTHEM PLAYS
0:06:46 > 0:06:52Malcolm Kilduff steps into the press car, three cars behind the President's Lincoln,
0:06:52 > 0:07:00part of a motorcade that will travel the five miles through the city to the Dallas Trade Mart.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03Kilduff has helped plan the route.
0:07:03 > 0:07:09This morning, the President ordered the removal of the protective bubble on his car,
0:07:09 > 0:07:13in order to be closer and more visible to the crowds.
0:07:13 > 0:07:18The journey will take approximately 35 minutes through downtown Dallas.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26John F Kennedy is nearing the end of a tough tour of Texas -
0:07:26 > 0:07:31San Antonio, Houston, Forth Worth, Dallas and finally Austin.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34Texas is a difficult state,
0:07:34 > 0:07:38very rightwing, very Republican, very vocal.
0:07:38 > 0:07:45But the President is a political fighter well-used to facing down his critics.
0:07:45 > 0:07:51A few weeks from today, you have to make your decision of what you want this country to be.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54What you want Illinois to be.
0:07:54 > 0:08:00How ready you are to move to this country forward, that is the question which separates Mr Nixon and myself.
0:08:08 > 0:08:13JFK narrowly beat Republican vice-president Richard Nixon
0:08:13 > 0:08:15to the presidency in 1960.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19To all Americans, I say that...
0:08:19 > 0:08:24the next four years are going to be difficult and challenging for us all.
0:08:24 > 0:08:30Despite his popularity, he does not have total support across the USA.
0:08:30 > 0:08:37In April 1961, Kennedy unsuccessfully tried to oust the socialist liberator of Cuba,
0:08:37 > 0:08:39Fidel Castro.
0:08:39 > 0:08:45Last year, the Soviet Union sent an arsenal of nuclear weapons to Cuba.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49Kennedy ordered a blockade, and forced the USSR to back down.
0:08:49 > 0:08:54The President's foreign policy is dividing supporters within America.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01If we increase pressure, here and here...
0:09:01 > 0:09:06Noon in Dallas. Assistant Professor of Surgery, Malcolm Perry,
0:09:06 > 0:09:12delivers his last lecture at the Southwestern Medical School. Perry's keen to finish on time.
0:09:12 > 0:09:18He has a lunch appointment with a friend over at Parkland Hospital.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23Meanwhile, Malcolm Kilduff is following the President.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27Lemmon Avenue, Turtle Creek Boulevard, Cedarsprings Row,
0:09:27 > 0:09:32right to Main, round Dealey Plaza, and on to Stemmons Freeway North.
0:09:32 > 0:09:38Kilduff knows the route well, and so he should, since he helped plan it.
0:09:38 > 0:09:45The crowds are out in force, press interest in the Kennedy family is as intense in Dallas
0:09:45 > 0:09:47as it is across America.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51A thousand days into his presidency, JFK is a celebrity.
0:09:51 > 0:09:57Camelot, as the White House is now nicknamed, enjoys a constant influx of glamorous intellectuals.
0:09:57 > 0:10:04After the old-world flavour of Presidents Truman and Eisenhower, JFK is the herald of a new age.
0:10:04 > 0:10:08Let the word go forth, from this time and place,
0:10:08 > 0:10:11to friend and foe alike,
0:10:11 > 0:10:14that the torch has been passed
0:10:14 > 0:10:17to a new generation of Americans...
0:10:23 > 0:10:29The Newmans arrive at Dealey Plaza, only five minutes from JFK's destination, the Dallas Trade Mart.
0:10:29 > 0:10:34They find a prime position near the corner of Houston and Elm Street,
0:10:34 > 0:10:36on a grass bank near the road.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40The crowd has thinned out on the Plaza.
0:10:40 > 0:10:46Bill Newman is reminded that he's left his own camera at home.
0:10:50 > 0:10:54Shocking that they died before the record.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56Never got to see them grow.
0:10:56 > 0:11:04Malcolm Perry is having lunch with Dr Jones before his afternoon surgical rounds begin at 1.00.
0:11:07 > 0:11:12The Dallas Trade Mart is awaiting the arrival of the President.
0:11:12 > 0:11:16As part of his speech in an hour's time,
0:11:16 > 0:11:22he plans to talk about international strength and security, reassuring his audience that the United States
0:11:22 > 0:11:25is a peaceful nation.
0:11:25 > 0:11:30But rightwing Republicans have already made JFK uncomfortable in Texas.
0:11:30 > 0:11:37Even a front page welcome in today's newspaper is actually a list of challenges to the young president.
0:11:41 > 0:11:45The Kennedy motorcade moves through central Dallas, Main Street,
0:11:45 > 0:11:52on to Dealey Plaza, towards Houston Street. The crowds on the main part of the route are surprisingly large,
0:11:52 > 0:11:56and enthusiastic and the weather has stayed bright.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00The motorcade begins to drive around the Plaza's north corner,
0:12:00 > 0:12:03by the old school book depository.
0:12:03 > 0:12:09The President is relieved at the positive reaction to his visit.
0:12:09 > 0:12:14At the motorcade turns into Elm Street, Billy Newman glimpses the President.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21Misreading the sign behind him,
0:12:21 > 0:12:27Press Secretary Malcolm Kilduff asks "What the hell's a book whispository?"
0:12:27 > 0:12:29GUNSHOTS
0:12:29 > 0:12:32GUNSHOT
0:12:39 > 0:12:42Three shots had been fired.
0:12:42 > 0:12:47After the first, Bill and Gail think someone is letting off firecrackers.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49GUNSHOT
0:12:49 > 0:12:54Billy Newman sees a spurt of blood across the car. GUNSHOT
0:12:55 > 0:12:57GUNSHOT
0:12:58 > 0:13:04The third and final shot brings a spray of blood from the President's head.
0:13:04 > 0:13:10Billy is pulled to the ground beneath his father who is terrified of further random shooting.
0:13:18 > 0:13:24"Some son of a bitch just shot the President", he screams, pounding the ground with his fists.
0:13:30 > 0:13:37Billy hears Jackie shout "Oh no!" as the crowd panics and her husband slumps into her lap.
0:13:37 > 0:13:43Immediately, an agent jumps on to the Kennedy car to protect the President and First Lady.
0:13:43 > 0:13:48Special Agent William Greer driving the Kennedy car accelerates.
0:13:48 > 0:13:55Press Secretary Malcolm Kilduff is uncertain what's happened, or where the motorcade is heading.
0:13:55 > 0:13:59Nearby, a 24-year-old man, called Lee Harvey Oswald
0:13:59 > 0:14:03is seen running away from the book depository.
0:14:03 > 0:14:08In Dealey Plaza, there is chaos and confusion.
0:14:08 > 0:14:12People rush towards the Newman family. Some even take pictures,
0:14:12 > 0:14:18wondering why they have hit the ground or if they've been caught in the crossfire.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20Kilduff is confused.
0:14:20 > 0:14:26'The motorcade pulled off fast but that wasn't unusual because in any emergency,
0:14:26 > 0:14:30'we knew the conditioned reflex was to get out if there was trouble.
0:14:30 > 0:14:36There is no communication with the press car, only 25 metres behind the President's car,
0:14:36 > 0:14:39as they speed through the streets.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47In the Parkland's cafe,
0:14:47 > 0:14:53Dr Perry hears a pager message for the head of emergency services, Dr Tom Shires.
0:14:53 > 0:14:58Perry knows his boss is away so he responds to the call.
0:15:02 > 0:15:09Journalists begin filing stories as soon as they realise the firecrackers were gunshots.
0:15:09 > 0:15:13But still they have no idea what's really happened.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16There's nothing in those bulletins that will indicate
0:15:16 > 0:15:23that anyone had the slightest idea the President had been shot until after we got to Parkland Hospital.
0:15:23 > 0:15:27Immediately pursued by TV journalists following the shooting,
0:15:27 > 0:15:34the Newman family are quickly taken to the sheriff's office to make a witness statement.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37They are shocked and very scared.
0:15:39 > 0:15:45Dr Perry discovers the patient is the President. Talk to me!
0:15:45 > 0:15:52He rushes into Trauma Room 1 where JFK has been taken - case number 24740.
0:15:53 > 0:16:00I did not detect a heartbeat and I was told no blood pressure was obtainable.
0:16:03 > 0:16:08The President's clothing is removed as part of emergency procedure.
0:16:08 > 0:16:13The trauma team notice an amateur bandage around his thigh.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16They have no idea to this day what it was for.
0:16:16 > 0:16:22PHONE RINGS In an area the size of Dallas I can't get at least 12 phones?
0:16:22 > 0:16:27Now operating on autopilot, Malcolm Kilduff is phoning Southern Bell,
0:16:27 > 0:16:32ordering more lines for the press and government agents.
0:16:32 > 0:16:36Southern Bell are quickly onto the case.
0:16:36 > 0:16:42Kennedy's body is making what doctors call ineffective spasmodic respiratory efforts.
0:16:42 > 0:16:47He is trying to breathe. Dr Perry makes a quick diagnosis.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50I noted the presence of lacerated brain tissue.
0:16:50 > 0:16:58In the neck, below the Adam's apple, was a small circular wound from which blood was exuding slowly.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01Perry tries to ease the President's breathing.
0:17:01 > 0:17:08He performs an emergency tracheotomy by inserting a tube through the neck wound.
0:17:08 > 0:17:14Meanwhile, the neurosurgeons prepare to take readings of electrical activity in the brain.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19Kilduff waits for news in the corridor.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22He already fears the worst.
0:17:22 > 0:17:27There's a five-inch hole in the back of Kennedy's skull.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30From his vantage point at the President's head,
0:17:30 > 0:17:34Dr McLellan sees that half of his brain has been destroyed.
0:17:34 > 0:17:41Fearing a coup d'etat, the security services decide it's too dangerous to allow Vice President Johnson
0:17:41 > 0:17:45to remain so close. He's moved from Parkland Hospital.
0:17:50 > 0:17:55Dr Malcolm Perry already fears it is a hopeless situation.
0:17:55 > 0:18:00The President's eyes were dim and dilated and he was unresponsive.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02We were breathing for him.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05I'd begun external cardiac massage.
0:18:05 > 0:18:10We had been unable to detect a heartbeat, blood pressure or pulse.
0:18:14 > 0:18:20Kilduff has set up an emergency press office in a classroom, to cope with growing media interest.
0:18:20 > 0:18:25News of the shooting is starting to hit the airwaves.
0:18:25 > 0:18:29RADIO: Here is a bulletin from CBS News.
0:18:29 > 0:18:35In Dallas, Texas, three shots were fired at President Kennedy's motorcade.
0:18:35 > 0:18:40The first reports say that President Kennedy has been seriously wounded.
0:18:40 > 0:18:44Stay tuned to CBS News for more details.
0:18:44 > 0:18:49As quickly as possible, I need you down there to find witnesses...
0:18:49 > 0:18:56Kilduff realises Kennedy's spattered Lincoln is now vulnerable to prying eyes,
0:18:56 > 0:19:02and immediately orders agents to replace the bubble fixture previously removed from the car.
0:19:02 > 0:19:06At some point before one o'clock,
0:19:06 > 0:19:10the Lincoln is also cleaned of all forensic material -
0:19:10 > 0:19:13apparently on orders from the FBI.
0:19:20 > 0:19:25At 12.58, Dr Perry leaves Trauma Room 1 to wash up.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28There is nothing more he can do.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33Perry remembers he has left his jacket behind,
0:19:33 > 0:19:37and slips back into the trauma room to retrieve it.
0:19:38 > 0:19:421pm - 30 minutes after the shooting,
0:19:42 > 0:19:45John F Kennedy is pronounced dead.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48He is the youngest president ever elected,
0:19:48 > 0:19:51and the youngest to die,
0:19:51 > 0:19:58exactly 100 years to the week since the Battle of Gettysburg - Abraham Lincoln's finest moment.
0:20:02 > 0:20:06PIANO MUSIC
0:20:26 > 0:20:29THREE GUNSHOTS
0:20:33 > 0:20:38Only Dr McClelland remains as Father Oscar Huber arrives
0:20:38 > 0:20:43to administer the last rites to America's first Catholic president.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47If thou livest... His first words are,
0:20:47 > 0:20:51"If thou livest," in accordance with strict Catholic protocol,
0:20:51 > 0:20:56he's only able to grant conditional salvation to a dead man.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00Soul, body...
0:21:05 > 0:21:12RADIO: News just in - White House Secretary Malcolm Kilduff was asked whether the President was dead,
0:21:12 > 0:21:16and he said, "I have no word now."
0:21:16 > 0:21:22In the temporary press centre at Parkland Hospital, Kilduff has been asked to wait
0:21:22 > 0:21:26until Vice President Johnson is back on board Air Force One,
0:21:26 > 0:21:30before he formally announces the President's death.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36Jackie Kennedy enters the trauma room.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40Her husband has been dead for just over ten minutes.
0:21:40 > 0:21:47The last remaining doctor watches as she removes her wedding ring, and places it by her husband's.
0:21:47 > 0:21:52Three months ago, Jackie gave birth to their fourth child, Patrick.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55The boy died after only three days.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59The trauma now brings nothing but silence.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06The Vice President boards Air Force One,
0:22:06 > 0:22:13and Malcolm Kilduff is finally allowed to make the most important press statement of his life.
0:22:13 > 0:22:20President John F Kennedy died at approximately 1pm Central Standard Time here in Dallas.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25He died from a gunshot wound to the brain.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29I have no further details at this time.
0:22:30 > 0:22:35The American public are stunned by the announcement.
0:22:38 > 0:22:42No one is left unaffected by the shock news.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49From Dallas, Texas - the flash, apparently official -
0:22:49 > 0:22:54President Kennedy died at 1pm Central Standard Time,
0:22:54 > 0:22:57two o'clock Eastern Standard Time,
0:22:57 > 0:23:00some 38 minutes ago.
0:23:05 > 0:23:09Vice President Johnson has left the hospital in Dallas,
0:23:09 > 0:23:12but we do not know to where he has proceeded.
0:23:12 > 0:23:17Former teacher and Texas senator, Lyndon Baines Johnson
0:23:17 > 0:23:21had served under Kennedy as Vice President for almost three years.
0:23:21 > 0:23:27Now, in tragic circumstances, the 55-year-old will succeed JFK.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33Ten miles away, 24-year-old Lee Harvey Oswald is arrested
0:23:33 > 0:23:37following the shooting of a police officer.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40He's charged with the murder of President Kennedy.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47As Malcolm Kilduff reaches Air Force One,
0:23:47 > 0:23:54the Vice President phones the attorney general and is instructed to take the oath of office.
0:23:54 > 0:23:59He reluctantly calls the only local judge available - Sarah Hughes.
0:23:59 > 0:24:04Johnson vetoed her appointment to the Federal Bench
0:24:04 > 0:24:08but now must ask her to swear him in as President.
0:24:08 > 0:24:13Johnson personally phones three lawyers in Dallas.
0:24:13 > 0:24:17No-one has the text of the presidential oath to hand.
0:24:17 > 0:24:22There are also no sound and motion cameras to record the moment.
0:24:22 > 0:24:27One of Kilduff's press agents finds a dictaphone with a recording belt.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30A professional stills camera is also brought in.
0:24:30 > 0:24:36These machines will record one of the key events in American history.
0:24:38 > 0:24:45Finally, the Attorney-General dictates the words of the ceremony over the telephone from Washington.
0:24:45 > 0:24:51Kennedy's body is loaded onto Air Force One as Judge Hughes arrives.
0:24:51 > 0:24:56Minutes later, Johnson begins the ceremony that makes him president.
0:24:56 > 0:25:02Malcolm Kilduff, lying at Johnson's feet, operates the dictaphone.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05Still, silent and in shock,
0:25:05 > 0:25:08Jackie Kennedy acts as witness to the event.
0:25:13 > 0:25:17'I solemnly declare...' 'I solemnly declare...'
0:25:17 > 0:25:21'That I will faithfully execute...' 'That I will faithfully execute...'
0:25:21 > 0:25:25'The office of President of the United States...'
0:25:25 > 0:25:28'The office of President of the United States...'
0:25:28 > 0:25:31'And will to the best of my ability...'
0:25:31 > 0:25:36With the new President Johnson on board,
0:25:36 > 0:25:40Air Force One takes off from Love Field, Dallas.
0:25:42 > 0:25:47Two hours later, the plane lands at Andrews Air Force Base in Washington
0:25:47 > 0:25:53where President Kennedy took off for Texas yesterday morning.
0:25:53 > 0:26:00The casket is removed from the plane and Jackie rides with it into Washington.
0:26:00 > 0:26:06She is still wearing the pink bloodsoaked dress and stockings, caked in her husband's blood.
0:26:06 > 0:26:12At 6.15pm, President Lyndon Johnson addresses the world for the first time.
0:26:12 > 0:26:16This is a sad time for all people.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20We have suffered a loss that cannot be weighed.
0:26:20 > 0:26:26For me, it is a deep personal tragedy.
0:26:26 > 0:26:32I know that the world shares the sorrow that Mrs Kennedy and her family bear.
0:26:32 > 0:26:36I will do my best...
0:26:36 > 0:26:41that is all I can do.
0:26:41 > 0:26:46On Monday next week, John Kennedy Junior will mark his third birthday
0:26:46 > 0:26:51and on Wednesday, his sister Caroline will be six.
0:26:51 > 0:26:55Deeply shaken by their experiences of the day,
0:26:55 > 0:27:01the Newman brothers will sleep on the floor of their parents' room for days afterwards.
0:27:01 > 0:27:05The family will never return to Dealey Plaza.
0:27:05 > 0:27:09Dr Malcolm Perry moves to Washington DC as professor of surgery.
0:27:09 > 0:27:14He returned to Southwestern Medical School in 1996.
0:27:14 > 0:27:18Two years after President Kennedy's death,
0:27:18 > 0:27:22Malcolm Kilduff left the White House to set up his own news agency.
0:27:22 > 0:27:27He later edited a local newspaper and died in March 2003.
0:27:27 > 0:27:32Two days after Kennedy's death, the accused assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald,
0:27:32 > 0:27:36is himself gunned down in a Dallas City jail.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39He dies the day before JFK's funeral.
0:27:39 > 0:27:43'If a beach-head of co-operation
0:27:43 > 0:27:46'may push back the jungle of suspicion,
0:27:46 > 0:27:51'let both sides join in creating a new endeavour
0:27:51 > 0:27:56'where the strong are just and the weak secure.
0:27:56 > 0:28:00'and the peace preserved.'
0:28:00 > 0:28:06All this will not be finished in the first 100 days,
0:28:06 > 0:28:10nor in the life of this administration,
0:28:10 > 0:28:16nor even, perhaps, in our lifetime on this planet, but let us begin.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19APPLAUSE
0:28:19 > 0:28:21CHEERING
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