JFK assassination: Cronkite informs a shocked nation

[Music] and now for the next 30 minutes as the world turns for viewers of the cbs soap opera as the world turns first word came at about 1 40 p.m eastern time it happened too quickly for cameras to be in place and i gave it a great deal of thought grandpa here is a bulletin from cbs news in dallas texas three shots were fired at president kennedy's motorcade in downtown dallas the first reports say that president kennedy has been seriously wounded by this shooting then it was back to the soap opera but not for long soon after walter cronkite was back reporting from the cbs newsroom complete with rotary telephones and wire machines this picture has just been transmitted by wire it is a picture taken just a moment or two before the incident if you can zoom in with that camera we can get a closer look at this picture and almost exactly one hour after his initial bulletin this now famous announcement from dallas texas the flash apparently official president kennedy died at 1 pm central standard time 2 o'clock eastern standard time some 38 minutes ago vice president lyndon johnson has left the hospital in dallas but we do not know uh to where he has proceeded presumably he will be taking the oath of office shortly and become the 36th president of the united states

Channel: CBS Sunday Morning

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Id: 6PXORQE5-CY

Length: 1min 51sec (111 seconds)

Published: Sun Nov 17 2013