Never-before-seen amateur footage of John F. Kennedy’s assassination has been revealed to exist and was kept in an old milk carton for more than 60 years.
The minute-long 8mm film shows the desperate efforts to save the president and his wife in the seconds after he was shot in Dallas in November 1963.
First Lady Jackie Kennedy’s pink jacket is clearly visible in the new footage, which shows Secret Service agent Clint Hill using her body as a human shield in the back of the car they were riding in as it speeds toward Parkland Hospital at 80 mph.
The film will be auctioned on September 28 after being discovered by the grandson of the Dallas truck driver who filmed it.
“It’s an emotional thing for me because I know what’s happened,” said Hill, now 92. “I know that what I’m watching in that film is a dead president.”
The film will be auctioned on September 28 after being discovered by the grandson of the Dallas truck driver who filmed it.
Jackie Kennedy’s pink jacket is clearly visible in the new footage as Secret Service agent Clint Hill heroically uses his body as a human shield in an attempt to protect her and her husband.
The color images were shot by Dale Carpenter Sr. after he picked up his camera to film what he thought would be an uneventful presidential visit to his hometown.
Filmed in two parts, the first shows spectators cheering and waving as the presidential motorcade moves through downtown Dallas.
The second, filmed from the Stemmons Expressway, shows the immediate aftermath of the shooting, with Hill giving a thumbs-down gesture to the car behind him as he looks down at Mrs. Kennedy leaning over her fatally wounded husband.
Carpenter’s grandson, James Gates, said his mother gave him the film after going through a collection of family mementos following his grandfather’s death from Parkinson’s disease.
“He gave me several rolls of family film and audio recordings, a projector and the reel-to-reel audio recorder,” he said. People.
‘The film was stored in a plastic milk carton from Dean Foods and had been in my closet for several years before I decided to store it in a fireproof safe.’
Gates tracked down the retired Secret Service agent in 2012 after realizing the significance of what was inside the small cardboard box labeled “1963 NOV” in blue pen.
“About 10 years ago, I started researching the JFK assassination, knowing I had something that possibly had some historical value,” he said.
‘I found Clint and Lisa, but it wasn’t until 10 years later that I made the decision to properly preserve and archive the film.’
“He remembers it very vividly,” said Hill’s wife, Lisa McCubbin Hill, who also saw the video.
‘It really brings to life the moment when you see the president’s limo and you see Clint in the back of the car.
‘Seeing the speed of the car and how precarious it was, Clint is still trying to protect the President and Mrs. Kennedy from whatever else may come.
“One slip and I would have gone flying and died.”
The footage sat for decades on an old milk crate after being filmed by Dallas trucker Dale Carpenter Sr. It was found by his daughter after his death and is set to be auctioned off on Sept. 28.
Secret Service agent Clint Hill is seen heroically using his body as a human shield in the back of the car the President was riding in as it speeds toward Parkland Hospital at 80 mph.
Clint Hill, now 92, said the existence of the images meant little to him: “I go back there all the time anyway.”
The full film has not yet been made public, but Bobby Livingston of New York auction house RR Auction said it ties in with the famous Zapruder film, which captured the moment the president was struck.
For years, many have questioned the official version of what happened on November 22, 1963 in Dallas. JFK and Jackie Kennedy appear in the photo moments before he was assassinated
Jackie and Bobby Kennedy watch as JFK’s casket arrives in the East Room of the White House after his assassination.
The full film has not yet been made public, but Bobby Livingston of New York auction house RR Auction said it is in keeping with the famous Zapruder film, which captured the moment the president was struck and Mrs. Kennedy leaned over her wounded husband.
“Unlike any other known footage, this film captures a segment immediately following the Zapruder film, providing a new perspective on one of the most scrutinized moments in history,” he added.
‘Once you see it, you’ll never forget Clint Hill’s heroic efforts to protect Mrs. Kennedy, racing at 80 miles per hour in a desperate attempt to save the president’s life as they sped toward Parkland.’
The footage will be included in a documentary about Hill called Agent Number 9: The Clint Hill Story, which is set to be released next year.
“It doesn’t change anything for me,” Hill said. “I go back there all the time anyway.”
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