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Post by Mike Royden on Oct 28, 2003 18:50:23 GMT
n just over 3 weeks it will be the 40th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination,
I am wondering if the BBC have any television footage, and if so will it be broadcasting any footage, or any radio broadcasts. Considering what an important event it was.
I have never heard of anyone taping any BBC radio broadcasts at the time.
I have read that the BBC has nothing.
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Post by Andy Henderson on Oct 28, 2003 23:04:45 GMT
I'm unsure as to the significance of the BBC footage? Is there something specific about it? It's accepted knowledge that the only footage from that night comes from a 405 line videotape that Granada hold. There is also an ITN press VT insert on the aftermath of the tragedy which went via Telstar and this survives on 405 line videotape.
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Post by Mike Royden on Oct 29, 2003 8:34:09 GMT
Nothing I know of. Just a hope some missing footage might have been shown.
A clip of the Granada footage with the late Bill Grundy, was shown on a history of Granada TV documentary. years ago. The quality was superb. Have you seen the footage, did they carry on with the schedule, or just interview people.
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Post by john g on Oct 29, 2003 9:51:19 GMT
I thought the Granada on the night stuff was presented by Mike Scott?
One of the 30 th anniversary documentaries had fascinating interviews of what contemporary celebrities (eg Gerry Anderson)were doing on the day it happened.
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Post by vos2003 on Oct 31, 2003 12:08:16 GMT
As far as i know the BBC have at least an audio recording of the funeral cermony at arllington narrated by richard dimbley transmitted to London Via sattilite
(Telstar) i think
a clip of this was played on BBC Radio during Richard Dimbleys obituary programme in 1967 or 1968 (i'm unsure of the exact date as the reel to reel of the programme that i have heard has no further details
of the date or on which service it was broacast
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Post by Andy Henderson on Oct 31, 2003 16:09:49 GMT
So we are on to discussing the funeral now?
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Post by vos2003 on Nov 1, 2003 15:14:22 GMT
Andy Henderson Guest Re: Kennedy Assassination Footage « Reply #5 on: Oct 31st, 2003, 11:09am » "So we are on to discussing the funeral now?" "it's all a related news story isnt it..... even if it did happen three days later  |
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Post by Peter Mathias on Jul 6, 2004 1:26:19 GMT
A clip of what I believe was a BBC bulletin read by John Roberts on 22.11.63 appeared on BBC2's programme marking 50 years of BBC News, shown 5th July.
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Post by CliveUK on Jul 6, 2004 6:24:20 GMT
Whilst in the States earlier this year, PBS were showing a documentary on the Kennedy Assasination based purely on the TV footage the programmes and news items building upto the event, the confusion and conflicting stories after the event upto the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald.
What was obvious was that at least 3 networks had complete VT of all the weeks events and made superb viewing for a documentary. It was just amazing how much access the news media had to the key figures involved and were able to have interviews with Lee Harvey Oswald and seemed to have free run of the Police Station where he was being held.
It is just a shame that BBC and ITN have to scratch around to find just a few minutes of inserts from what was one of the biggest news events of the 60's.
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Post by LHO on Jul 6, 2004 8:09:33 GMT
yeah but this is auntie at the time that videotape was expensive, and the usa is a bigger country
had it been macmillan or wilson killed then it would be more significant to the uk
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Post by Paul Vanezis on Jul 6, 2004 8:46:38 GMT
It is just a shame that BBC and ITN have to scratch around to find just a few minutes of inserts from what was one of the biggest news events of the 60's. The BBC news report does exist (from around 6pm or 7pm on the 22nd) and the corporation paid tribute with TW3 the following night. There is also a 16mm film reel of the telecine of the film footage that at the time was the only thing that US viewers could see. It even has the US telecine operator or comms supervisor mistakenly talking over the live sound feed instead of his control line until asked to shut up by the UK operator. It's actually remarkable that the BBC were able to put on such a comprehensive news report which included the Reuters news flash, film footage of the motorcade a still photograph of Oswald and details of the shooting under 3 hours after it had happened. However, in 1993/94 the BBC did screen several documentaries they had researched well which included VT footage of an interview with Abraham Zapruder at a Dallas TV station where he had taken his film to be processed plus lots of other stuff. Various documentaries have used the live footage of the exterior of the police building showing the ramp to prove that Jack Ruby must have had police assistance to get inside the basement car park to kill Oswald. However, as far as I can gather the various TV stations had all this VT footage catalogued but never archived until quite recently so most of it hadn't been seen for quite some time. I would also say that US local TV stations and networks did not have as easy access to UK news events either as satellite technology etc... was in its early days. As to getting hold of the footage, you have to pay for it from the US libraries, they don't give it away for free so any sensible producer would probably want to spend their money well on what they can best make use of in the interest of giving the general public value for money. My best regards, Paul |
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Post by h hartley on Jul 6, 2004 9:22:23 GMT
It is just a shame that BBC and ITN have to scratch around to find just a few minutes of inserts from what was one of the biggest news events of the 60's. Further to Paul's answer . ..There is a complete VT of the Mike Scott coverage in the Granada library. Transfered from 405 line many years ago. (Mike Scott was one of Granada's top reporter of the 1960s) |
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Post by CliveUK on Jul 6, 2004 9:36:22 GMT
> Various documentaries have used the live footage of the exterior of the police building showing the ramp to prove that Jack Ruby must have had police assistance to get inside the basement car park to kill Oswald.
Completely off topic now, apologies, but the documentary I saw showed that the whole of the Police Station had become a free-for-all. The TV companies were battling for position and before LHO appeared for the final time it was almost a scrum as the TV crews and their big, heavy cameras tried to get the best, unobscured position. I can see reason why someone like Jack Ruby couldn't have slipped in. Indeed, doesn't John Peel claim to have been in there somewhere ??
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Post by John Ridley on Jul 6, 2004 9:36:41 GMT
Also a BBC bulletin annoucing the death of kennedy exists as well it was featured in the 50 Years of BBC News programme yesterday afternoon and if i'm not mistaken John Roberts (who read the first annoucement bulletin) is the Newsreader of this bulletin
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Post by David Brunt on Jul 6, 2004 12:30:10 GMT
I can see reason why someone like Jack Ruby couldn't have slipped in. Indeed, doesn't John Peel claim to have been in there somewhere ?? Not quite. Peel was at the police conference on the night of the 22nd where Oswald was questioned by reporters. Jack Ruby is also in the crowd there and - IIRC - asked a question... |
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