Four Days in November
Four Days in November is a 1964 American documentary film directed by Mel Stuart about the assassination of John F. Kennedy. In 1965, it was nominated for an Academy Award for Academy Award for [Best Documentary Feature|Best Documentary Feature].
Summary
The film includes Dallas radio and television coverage of:- The President's arrival at Love Field
- Progression of the motorcade
- First local bulletin of shooting
- Reports at Parkland Hospital
- Official announcement of President's death from Malcolm Kilduff
- Scenes along the motorcade route
- Orville Nix's films of the motorcade entering Dealey Plaza, the fatal head shot followed by Secret Service Agent Clint Hill climbing on top of the presidential limousine and the post-shooting confusion at the Plaza
- Mary Moorman's photo taken just a fraction of a second after the fatal shot
- Bob Jackson's photo Jack Ruby shoots Lee Harvey Oswald at the Dallas City Jail
Production
- Buell Wesley Frazier driving himself and Lee Harvey Oswald to work at the Texas School Book Depository on the morning of November 22. This scene includes commentary from Frazier and his sister Linnie Mae Randle who saw Oswald arrive at their house and place a package in Frazier's car to take to work.
- Oswald's post-shooting trek from the Texas School Book Depository to the Texas Theater. This segment includes commentary from cab driver William Whaley, who picked Oswald up and took him to his rooming house on North Beckley.
- Jack Ruby's path from his apartment to the Dallas City Jail on the morning of November 24
Release