"Ruby & Oswald" (1978) Dramatic, Excellent JFK Assassination Movie

bye [Music] let's go me if anybody shoots at you i hope they're as good as shot as you are and you're just over dramatizing well if any shooting starts you know what to do don't you i was told to do everything you do in that case hey here he comes there he is [Music] [Music] no single event in history has been chronicled in such detail as the assassination of john f kennedy on the streets of dallas november 22nd 1963. this film reveals the stories of the people who played the most crucial roles in the drama every scene has been drawn from sworn testimony this is the story of jack ruby lee harvey oswald and john f kennedy it's almost 11 o'clock here at andrews air force base in washington as president kennedy and the first lady board air force one for a five city hop through texas thursday they'll visit san antonio houston and fort worth friday it's on to dallas and austin elections may be a year away but the president wants to see if he can't smooth over the victory between rival factions of texas democrats he'll return to the white house sometime over the weekend hey wesley can i ride homies this afternoon sure lee come here going home today instead of friday curtain rods i got to get some from my place in town you're going to surprise your wife and kids yeah where should i meet you down the parking lot right after work good thank you sure [Music] hi jerry how's it going okay jack what can i do for you listen i need a favor i don't like this peace bond hanging over me thought maybe you could clear it up for me sooner now wait a minute you're the one who threw the bra down the stairs number one it was an accident number two the dumb broad had it coming number three it doesn't help my reputation in town your reputation she's worried about her neck and so is the court slugger again i can use the business come on jerry jack there's no way around it the restraining order has to go the full term do yourself a favor keep your temper to a low boil save you a fortune i thought maybe i could talk to her you know maybe she'd lift the bond you know forget it jack it won't work god was worth a try hey here's a pass to the carousel you come in any time how you always welcome take care [Music] it's 4 30 here in houston as the presidential party arrives on the second leg of its whirlwind tour of the lone star state in a few minutes president kennedy will be on his way to speak at rice university stadium later tonight he'll attend a dinner honoring congressman albert thomas at the houston coliseum after that it's off to fort worth where he'll spend the night tomorrow morning on air force one he'll make the short hop to dallas [Music] looks like rain lee yeah [Music] [Music] [Music] i'll see you tomorrow thanks hmm [Music] i was there the landlady made a mistake she just never gets the name right i came here today because i want us to get back together marina i want you and the kids with me and dallas you've been staying here at the pains too long i like it here with ruth i want to stay here [Music] yeah everybody enjoying their lunch yeah i'll give you a kiss hello alex come here alex here come here come on what are you staring at nothing wants your office clean you clean the dressing rooms yeah just finished it and clean the office why do i have to tell you everything did you play in the garden lee oh hi ruth you're uh you're here a day early yeah thank you [Music] june dinner now come wash watch me next month when the united states of america fires the largest booster in the history of the world into space for the first time giving us the lead fires the largest payroll payload into space giving us the lead it will be the largest payroll too [Applause] and uh who should know that better than houston and put a little bit right in here but in any case the united states next month will have a leadership in space which you wouldn't have without alba thomas [Music] good evening ladies and gentlemen welcome to the carousel club i'm jack ruby owner and proprietor of this establishment and doubling tonight is your mc now i want you folks to know that you happen to be in the classiest club in dallas i mean you'll see as soon as the show gets going speaking of going do you know the one about the cowboy who's driving to dallas about 60 miles out he picks up these two gorgeous girls takes one look at him and he says sure gonna look funny me driving into dallas with two pregnant girls and the girl says i ain't pregnant and the cowboy says we ain't in dallas yet you know how to tell if an elephant's been in your refrigerator yeah i wish jack could steal a new comedy room who wouldn't help it's got to be the world's worst damn say i'd like to hear you say that to jack's face daughter no way i sure don't ever want him getting mad at me remember amy go and head first down those stairs yeah and two days later he'll go and send you flowers mr apology yeah that's jack bye i'm on [Music] now i'm going to show you something you've never seen before andy now who knows what this is huh it's a bomb just like you're at now actually folks this little gadget is going to revolutionize the exercise industry it's called a twist board and yours truly a sole distributor of it here in dallas now i'll bet you're wondering how it works huh oh this piece is killing me to demonstrate for us is our own twist board expert miss marilyn moon [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] you've got five minutes a day you can exercise every muscle of your body to a supplied firmness [Music] five minutes believe me you can be just as physically healthy as maryland and as our dear president kennedy has said we americans owe it to ourselves to keep ourselves physically fit and vigorous just god bless your privilege and write that damn thing don't make fun of our president and who's she supposed to be that jackie kennedy come on shot him i want you out of here nobody insults the president and his wife and my club yet let's take it easy yeah yeah all right in here no hard feelings huh uh you guys come on back anytime you want [Music] let him get away with that consulting the president and his wife just calm down jack calm down the jerk i'd like to bash his head in for him silva take it easy forget it andy you think i was wrong kicking him out no i think he did the right thing i mean i need customers you know that but i kind of start to get me in the guts come on if we don't get back to work we're gonna lose a lot more customers [Music] so so so so [Music] [Music] morning lee i'm sorry i must be a little late well i think i'm a little early what's the package lee curtain rod oh yeah you tell me he's to bring some today morning morning jack your sister called you last night eva anything wrong just checking i'll give her a call after my swim hey i think i got that department store deal just about wrapped up that guy wants me to get back to him the beginning of next week probably be able to get a place of my own that's disgraceful what sad in the paper it's an attack on president kennedy the day he comes to dallas they print garbage like this jack it says welcome mr kennedy to dallas just read the rest of it it stinks so so [Music] [Music] didn't you bring your lunch i'm gonna buy my lunch today hey lee what's the rush hey [Applause] i proudly present the president of the united states i know now why everyone in texas fort worth is so thin having gotten up and down about nine times this is what you do every morning two years ago i said that uh introduced myself in paris by saying that i was the man who had accompanied mrs kennedy to paris i'm getting that somewhat that same sensation as i travel around texas [Applause] nobody wonders what lyndon and i wear eva you read the morning news no i just got up some jerk took out a full-page ad attacking president kennedy listen people have got money to throw away i didn't sleep at all last night there's still a lot of pain the dallas news was dead wrong taking an ad like that business is business you know those pain killers the doctor gave me they're not helping at all the jerk's name is wiseman bernard wiseman he's jewish that's what worries me i'm telling you eva this creep is a jew somebody ought to whack the hell out of him he's a sick person yeah well i'm going down the news this morning replace the weekend ads i'll find out who's behind this jack would you please don't make waves don't worry i'll be cool so uh tell me how you feeling you don't listen everybody's asking for you at the clubs i won't be coming back to work for a while just yet i'll call you later all right all right bye-bye [Applause] [Music] why are all those people gathered around the corner the president is going to come by here this morning you know which way he's coming yeah i think he's going to come down maine turn on houston and back again on elm here i see [Music] [Applause] around [Applause] and the president of the united states and i can see his son's hand all the way from here [Applause] shaking hands now with the dallas people governor and mrs conley governor connolly on your left crowd waving as you can see people standing up all over everything available to get a glimpse of the president his wife [Applause] cheering and yelling going on down the way as they approach the cars people serviced right along with the president of course president passes right in front of a dallas police officer right in front of our cameras now somebody patted his shoulder mrs kennedy coming along behind him printing all the while jack what are you doing here oh hi jim i was just working on weekend ads finishing him up for his business oh it's been lousy too many of these degenerates getting into the clubs you know i scare the good people away on how to keep them out well you ought to get a bouncer jack huh get a bouncer i have one you're looking at him so how do you bounce them easy oh yeah i can handle most anything of course sometimes you have to give them more than just a quick kick in the butt you know that's why i always have a gun handy yeah i'll be back in a minute [Music] [Music] big beautiful lincoln followed by secret servicemen the car behind then comes the vice president of mrs johnson senator yarborough police out here in force today doing a beautiful job of handling the crowd along with a contingent of texas rangers the party now is uh leaving dallas love field and uh of course as we say thousands will be on hand for that motorcade now which will be downtown dallas uh down uh cedar springs harwood and on harwood it'll turn on maine from which point it'll go all the way down to the courthouse area which is the end of maine it'll turn on houston street to helm under the triple underpass after the march where the president talks at approximately one o'clock hey boy you coming downstairs it's near last time no sir when you get downstairs would you close the gate to the elevator so it'll come back up okay [Applause] for the people on hand here to get a good look at them to get a good wave in and i'm sure that everybody would swear that uh they were waiting directly at them [Applause] the large police escort is now ahead of the presidential motorcade just having now turned right hand uh onto maine off of harwood and the crowd is surging forward to close in somewhat on the leading cards there's a big cheer going up as the president gets further down here comes the first car with police chief jeff curry and here is the president of the united states and the crowd is absolutely going wild this is a friendly cloud in downtown dallas as the president of the first lady passes [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] president's car is now turning on to elm street and it will be only a matter of minutes before he arrives at the trademark i was off dillon's freeway earlier and even the freeway was jam-packed with spectators waiting their chance to see the president as he made his way towards the trade mart it appears though something has happened in the motorcade something i repeat has happened in the motorcade route standby just a moment please someone shot at the president i think from this building how do i get upstairs i'll show you the elevators on the upper floors are there stairs yes over there let's go [Music] [Music] hold it come here officer [Music] officer do you know this man yes he works here come on the president isn't shot at but maybe they didn't kill him [Music] [Music] jack did you finish with those ads yeah good i'll take them down with them jim can you tell me who this bernard weissman is probably i want to find out who's behind this edge somebody shocked the president [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] hey driver yeah presidential hey everybody the president's been shot oh no why isn't that just terrible at parkland hospital the first lady is in the emergency room with the president and the crowd outside is quiet and waiting for some word of the condition of the president i'm gonna miss my train if this traffic doesn't clear up how far is it to the train station about four or five blocks ma'am i better get out and walk i think i can get there faster that way well here let me give you a transfer in case you might catch up with another bus why thank you there you go can i have a transfer too sure seconds at parkland hospital and here everybody's talking about a tragedy that should never have happened we've received first unconfirmed reports as to conditions of president kennedy and governor john connolly and just now we've received reports here at parkland that governor connolly was shot in the upper left chest and the first unconfirmed reports say the president was hit in the head code 3 all units apb suspect wanted in shooting a president described as white male about 30 years old 5 feet 10 inches and weighing 165 pounds can i have this cat please you sure can get in driver will you call me a cab down here you can have this one ma'am oh no thank you the driver can call one for well there's no need ma'am there's one coming in right now behind us oh good thank you where you going 500 north beckley 500 north beckley it is the dispatch this is car 10 district 78. go ahead yes i'm in the oak cliff area as ordered present location lancaster and eighth dan remain in 78 stay at large for any emergency that comes in over roger 10-4 clear how's your sister taken same as the rest of us anyone who's doesn't look good why did it have to happen here to us how can i stay in dallas after a thing like this jack i know how you're feeling but take it easy these shots apparently came from the fifth floor of the texas bookstore depository building oh aren't you in a hurry or a young white man carrying a lever-action type rifle one witness told reporters that he had seen the rifle disappearing from that window after the shots were fired the dallas newsman mel couch said he was riding shortly behind the president in the parade he said after the shots were fired he happened to look up at about the fifth or sixth floor of the texas book depository he said he saw the rifle being pulled back in at number four here's the texas school book depository where the area being completely ruled out by dallas police what was a wonderful welcome in downtown dallas has become a scene of indescribable horror as hundreds of people crowd outside the back door to the emergency room here at parkland hospital and people are wondering is our president going to live president kennedy is on the inside of parkland hospital at present reporters are being held outside the back door waiting some announcement some word on the condition of the president [Music] [Music] [Music] questions running to apparently officially declare that the chief executive of the united states has expired president kennedy has been assassinated it's official now the president is dead [Laughter] [Laughter] i've just received a news bulletin a police officer has been shot to death in oakland police are seeking a man described as white five feet eight inches pounds brown hair and between 25 and 30 years old parkland malcolm killed out the assistant press secretary what the presidential party made the announcement jonathan johnson died approximately one o'clock standard time today here in dallas [Music] [Music] hi johnny liddy what's up man duck in here yeah okay liddy you better call the police the policeman was shot and this guy fits the description of the killer i'm gonna go and make sure he hasn't gone off the back you'll be careful johnny all right okay here's this great story i was to drop fire when they got close up i like it i got a jam i don't know something anyway they they caught a burst from the machine [Music] [Music] all right what are you doing here well there's a guy acting suspicious out in the theater i just blocking this exit two boys got here you point him out yeah once the dark we're taking care of it i thought maybe i could go home with something to show it's not that easy i guess you all right where is right there okay let's go okay up [Music] get the hands up [Music] i'm not resisting arrest i'm not resisting arrest police brutality police brutality i'm not resisting arrest i am not resisting arrest police brutality police brutality this is probably where the shots came from captain looks like he stacked these boxes here so he couldn't be seen by anybody on the floor i found these three cartridges here he probably stated his weapon on these boxes and the only other thing we found here is this paper sack anybody call lieutenant today to get him over here for friends yes sir deputy boone excuse me captain captain fritz we'd like you over here coming [Music] over here captain we found the rifle he must have dropped it here before he went down those stairs all right i want it photographed and dusted for prince don't let anybody get near it till lieutenant day gets here i can hear the motorcycle escort outside with the ambulance starting up [Applause] and the president's body [Music] with the police motorcycle escort is now pulling away from the hospital it is about one and a half hours since he was shot the president has been dead for about an hour and seven minutes what are you two doing here george is on duty and i didn't want to be alone same here just needed to be with some people you know the airport any more news you hear about the police negative what's his name guy named tiffany my friend check what we're going to do about the clubs we're gonna shut down there has been in the same manner well i found two cards in your wallet are you lee harvey oswald or aj heidel why don't you find out captain fritz we've gone over the employee list of names and there's one man not accounted for he's lee harvey oswald where does he live his address is listed in irving thank you mr truly get some men out to this house and put out an apb on this oswald get a full description for mr truly right i have the exact spelling of that lee harvey oswald it's o-s-w-a-l-d bill i want you to get a warrant and go to this address in irving and pick up a fella named lee harvey oswald excuse me kevin why do you want oswald he's employed down at the book depository and he wasn't present at the roll call for employees we can save you a trip cam chris lee harvey oswald [Music] please on your job application you're giving your home addresses irving but you keep a room here in dallas on beckley that's right my wife and children live there with friends i'd go there on the weekends how long have you been working at the school book depository well a little more than a month i took the job the middle of october what floor do you work on uh second mostly but sometimes i have to fill orders on the other floors what floor were you on when the president was shot and i was on the first floor eating my lunch and what floor were you on when the police officer stopped you right after the shooting on the second floor in the lunch room i'd gone up to get a coke why did you leave the building after that well with so much excitement going on and all the confusion i didn't think there'd be any more work for the rest of the day where'd you go when you left work went to my rooming house changed my clothes got my pistol and i went to a movie why do you carry a pistol well you know how boys are when they have a gun they just carry it you're in the marines weren't you yes i was you ever win any medals for marksmanship just the usual your rifle no [Music] now would you ask her to show us the rifle that she says her husband owns kids [Music] she says he keeps it in that rolled up blanket see if it's there jace [Music] [Applause] so [Applause] [Music] [Music] phyllis jack what are you doing here i was just around i want to make sure you were right i moved to assassination well sit down i guess we're all pretty upset and uneasy but uh i'm holding up okay how about you i still can't believe it happened jack why did you come here i told you already i figured you needed somebody you and me we've been through an awful lot you know jack you uh you haven't called me in months know i'm sorry about that but uh business has really been booming lately and uh eva you know she's not happy you don't owe me an explanation i just want you to know that i care i think you came here because you need someone this thing a beloved president's death phyllis i heard i hurt real bad i know trying to be good to you i think you did in your way i guess it just wasn't enough listen jack i uh i really do have to get back to work i understand see you later bye [Applause] mr oswald fbi agents book out and hostie are going to ask you a few questions if that's all right with you have you ever been in mexico mr oswald no only tijuana when i was a kid are you a member of the communist party i don't carry a car never carried a card mr oswald have you ever been in russia you know damn well i've been in russia i know who you are you're the one that costed my wife he practically accosted my wife what do you mean it cost me wait for me to go to work then he come around and bother with stupid questions am i allowed to get an attorney of course then i'd like to get a mr apt he's an attorney in new york he defended the smith act people 1949. and if i can't get him i'd like to get someone from the american civil liberties union we can arrange for you to call whoever you want whenever you like good because i refuse to answer any more questions of these men until i can consult with my attorney are you sure he won't be able to see me yeah now all you have to do is to tell us if you see the man who shot the policemen this afternoon okay yes sir number one turn around number two turn around number three turn around number four turn around all right now mr marcum which one is it the second man what about the second man the second man he's the man i saw shoot the police bill number two 31 hours ago the president and the first lady left andrews air force base now his widow returns as shocked public officials look on the body of the president is taken from air force one to a waiting ambulance around the coffin handing it down from the cargo lift by the close advisers and aides who had followed him from boston dave powers kenny o'donnell larry o'brien and then the glare of the spotlights reveals jacqueline kennedy still in the blood-stained pink suit she wore away from dallas at her side the attorney general robert kennedy he'll share with her long lonely vigil of this night in silence official washington steers i don't want to watch and i can't stop you know brought you some food who can eat come on eva spend a half hour picking out all the things you like i sit here look at that poor woman i'm the brother and i'm sick by mrs johnson believe me you need something you i said it's mama's solution no matter what the problem we had chills and fever or we didn't have enough money or tornadoes it's the same solution eat no she was right jack you buy too much food if i get started i can't stop anyway i took my mind off what happened i could almost forget the kennedy the police said that they arrested a man yeah oswald did you know him no hey you know how the hell would i know him huh i don't know maybe he went to one of the guys i don't like creeps like that in the clubs you know that [Applause] [Applause] go inside go relax i'll fix something to eat how about some locks and eggs huh how does that sound yeah either yeah summoning a group of advices i was thinking about sending flowers to a place where the shots were found what do you think oh that would be nice it's just a thought lee we found this map in your apartment because you can see it's a street map for dallas could you explain why you've marked an axe in the area of dealey plaza this map is a map i use for job hunting ejects represents a place where i applied for a job the accident plaza is a place where i finally got work here you want your map back i made the scrambled eggs like you like them they're fine i just got no appetite my stomach's nuts eat jack they'll take the herd away who sounds like mama well at least tonight they'll be together the kennedy's that wonderful big family look at all the pain and trouble they've had huh but they've endured it they're very strong people they love each other they're so close and right now they're easing the pain for each other right now that's the best part of a family the same with us we had our share of troubles us rubenstein's we're always there to help each other out we did the best we could but we were always being pulled apart so much i mean it wasn't easy to be close like the kennedys poor jackie this has gone through this minute those beautiful little kids that's what really tears at me even you know mean kids they they have to have a fault it's always the children who are hurt the most nothing like this they're so helpless those women supposed to raise children by itself huh it could be done look at mark no no no i had paw yeah paul was there he was there to help jack paul was always leaving he was never there for us when we needed him sure he was what are you talking about eva he cared about us cared for us he can't oh he never cared for us he didn't care for us he didn't care for mom the only one he ever cared for was himself jack what's the matter jack what [Music] did i tell you six row sweet spots six recipes all right so how much is it all together for you jack that'll be 10 50. [Music] how are you kids good good thank you ben here's the pass to the carousel you come in anytime the record is spotty but facts of oswald's past keep coming in we've learned he was active in the fair play for cuba committee in new orleans which is pro-castro in its leanings [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] okay [Music] jack ruby what are you doing here hi ernie why shouldn't i be here i never saw tighter security i got a lot of friends around here yeah besides i'm helping out the israeli press translating for him oh jack of all trades that's me i was shocked to hear about tippett i know you two were good friends oh no jack you got the wrong tippet there are two of them on the force the guy was shot was a young man a patrolman i don't think he ever met him no i guess i never did still it's a damn shame hey what's going on wait this way you believe that this morning there were nobodies have you seen this oswald guy they're really keeping him under wraps yeah but he's in the building oh probably right in there when we put the pressure on the d.a downstairs he said maybe he'd set up a press conference with oswald tonight who knows you pick up a different rumor every 30 seconds there's going to be a press conference i'm going to be there i don't know what information you've been given but i emphatically deny these charges i'm really not sure what the charges are what are you wearing are you aware of my evidence mounting against you i know nothing of the so-called evidence all i know is i was arrested at the movie theater and brought here do you know that you've been charged with killing the president oh i don't know about that you all seem to know more about that than i do what's happened to you since you've been arrested well i was brought before judge johnston and i protested at that time that i was not allowed legal representation during that very short and sweet hearing uh i really don't know what the situation's about nobody's told me anything except that i'm accused of uh of uh murdering a policeman i know nothing more than that and i do request uh someone to come forward to give me uh our legal assistance did you kill the president no i have not been charged with that in fact nobody said that to me yet first thing i heard about it was when the newspaper reporters in the hall uh asked me that question what about the right a policeman hit me can't believe how calmly has taken all this he was laughing at us he had this smirk on his face like he was pleased with himself is it true oswald is a member of the communist party gentlemen please now we really don't know whether he is or he isn't now we have uncovered some information which indicates that he was connected with a pro castro group while living in new orleans uh i think they call themselves the pre-cuba committee or something like that yes it very well could be this fair play group uh we'll know more when we collect all the facts mr wade will ozil be charged with murder the president i think that'll be all for now gentlemen we'll let you know of any new developments for the upcoming thank you for your time gentlemen thank you thank you [Applause] what about my shower i got rights i got hygienic rights later i mean later what about the shower creeps mr wade you remember me jack rubio yeah i run the vegas club the vegas club why are you here mr ruby i'm translating for the israeli press ben i need that i want you to know you did a hell of a job today thank you very much i appreciate this ben i gotta have i'm the one who corrected you on that cuba thing i appreciate that very much ms proof you're gonna have to excuse me now i'm very busy thank you [Music] this is an open line to new york for an interview with the d.a only i can't get mr wade over here you said type i'll get him get me tell him it's w-n-e-w ice paper all right thanks very much i appreciate it excuse me henry henry uh wnew uh in new york yeah they're holding the line for you you're supposed to talk to him yes i did tell him i talked with him man i'm gonna need that in front 15 minutes on my desk i'm doing it this way okay excuse me mr wade yes how do you do it you're [Music] thanks for your help hey no problem i'm jack ruby i run the two biggest nightclubs in dallas good to meet you i pappas he has a pass to my club you come in anytime well i'll sure try hey uh do me a favor will you keep waiting here and sure don't let him go yeah yeah uh hi who's this no i'm jack ruby right i run advertisements for my nightclub on your radio station listen i'm down at police headquarters i've got district attorney wade in the next phone booth i'm serious would klif like an over-the-phone interview with him all right go ahead you would okay listen be with you right right away hold on hi do me a favor will you please hold this phone ah how'd it go henry hi just fine thank you very much listen how about one last interview for klia mr ruby you have to excuse me i'm very busy i have a meeting up so come on come on they're on the line take a minute let's make this really quick very quickly all right excuse me excuse me uh [Music] yeah he's here line open all right here we go yes can we wake up dallas and most of the united states an unofficial period of mourning is underway it is safe to assume that any scheduled entertainment with the possible exception of professional football games has been cancelled this weekend hey aren't you with kliff yes i'm doug adams i'm jack ruby i just set up a telephone interview with the district attorney in your station jack could you arrange for me to talk to wade in person oh sure yeah wait a minute okay henry doug adams from klf he wants to ask you a few more questions we're just on our way out right now oh come on why are you waiting at the elevator huh get him i want you to ask him a question for me ask him if he thinks oswald is saying district attorney wade okay i'm doug adams pl i've got a couple questions here i'd like to ask you first one is um just how much and what kind of evidence do you have on this lee harvey oswald now we're still accumulating evidence a little premature right now to release any of that information hold him there will you please state your name lee harvey oswald mr oswald there's a formal proceeding to reign you for the murder of john f kennedy one more question mr wade do you think that lee harvey oswald is saying yes personally i think he is of course that's something that will have to be decided in a court of law thank you district attorney wade i'd just like to add that dallas businessman jack ruby was responsible for setting up that exclusive interview with the d.a now back to our studios [Music] courtney arden mr ruby here's brought us his latest business idea it's an exercise board you could use a class uh listen we need somebody to give us a demonstration and i'm the lucky one well you got all the qualifications go on jack get a start yeah all right now all you have to do is stand on it okay you know that dance the twist sure all right now you just do the dance you know let's just go like once was two three that's it hey i really have to try this [Applause] [Applause] you are definitely the twist board queen of the composing room i can't say much for your dismount though well you got to wait till the thing stops before you get off that's easier said than done are you making too much of it well why don't you show us how it's done me yeah come on jack you give us an extra demonstration here all right hey look at him go hey come on jack let's see your dismount [Applause] my [Music] [Music] [Music] jack jack where we going we're gonna pick up smoke what the hell is going on [Music] all right show me another one lee there are a number of things we're not sure we completely understand so i'm hoping you'll be able to clear them up for us now how did you get from work to your rooming house i told you i took a bus well that's interesting because we have an eyewitness who swears you got into his cab at the greyhound bus depot that's right the man's telling the truth i did get in a cab the bus got into heavy traffic and was going too slow so i got off and caught a cab did you ride to work with wesley fraser on friday morning yes at that time did you carry a package which you told mr fraser contained curtain rods i don't recall having such a package well did you have any package with you just my lunch which was in a sack what was the size and shape of that sack i don't remember if it was a large sack or a small sack i mean i you don't always get the right size sack to fix your sandwiches where did you place that sack when you got into the car on my lap or beside me i didn't want to get it crushed mr fraser has stated that you placed a long package in the back seat well he must be mistaken or he's thinking about some other time maybe that he picked me up where'd you eat that lunch you brought with you i told you on the second floor yesterday you told us you ate on the first floor well i ate on both floors did you eat alone no i ate with some of the colored boys i think one of them's name was junior the other was a little short man junior who i never knew his last name lee have you ever been questioned before yeah by whom by the uh fbi when i came back from russia they questioned me for a long time they use different tactics than you do they use a soft approach and then the hard they even tried to intimidate my wife which i still resent if all else fails they try to be your buddy tell me lee what do you think of the president and his family i have no views on the president my wife and i like the president's family they're very interesting people i have my own views on the president's national policy however i know that i have a right to express these views but because of the charges i prefer not to at this time lee i'm not a malcontent nothing irritated me about the president lee would you submit to a polygraph or a lie detector test well i refuse to take a polygraph test from the fbi when i came back from russia i'm sure not gonna take one now from the dallas police captain may i ask a few questions this is mr kelly of the secret service is that all right with you mr osborne sure did you watch the presidential motorcade no did you shoot governor connolly no was he shot too did you shoot president kennedy no uh captain i don't intend to answer any more questions until i can get some legal counsel the white house lies under a gray fall sky outside people gather in silent vigil sharing the appalling reality of yesterday early this morning at 5 a.m an honor guard brought the body of the president back to the east room [Applause] it resides there now or a hundred years ago lincoln lay awaiting the arrival of the dignitaries who will come during the day to pay last respects we switch now for more background on the president's alleged assassin [Applause] while admittedly incomplete we have assembled a brief biography of lee harvey oswald he was born in new orleans in 1939 to a widowed mother here he is with his brothers already a veteran of a boarding institution later he attended school in fort worth during his mother's failing third marriage as a teenage school boy he drifted without roots in family or place in new york city he is labeled a chronic pruitt the only note in the records indicates parental reluctance to have oswald see a psychiatrist joining the marines at age 17 oswald became attracted to the communist philosophy after his discharge in 1959 he went to live in the soviet union tried to obtain russian citizenship and married a young pharmacist soon after disillusioned he returned to the united states and was photographed in new orleans passing out pro-castro leaflets broke and out of a job during the past summer oswald and his wife marina were befriended by a mrs payne who took marina into her home because of an interest in the russian language lee harvey oswald began working at the texas school book depository october 16 1963 little more than one month you kill the ago no i have not been charged with that in fact nobody said that to me yet first thing i heard about it was when the newspaper reporters in the hall asked me that question we hope to learn much more about him as the questioning continues in dallas police headquarters [Music] excuse me sir but you're jack ruby aren't you yes well i'm jim chaney i'm a good buddy of dean gelmini i met you at your club one night mr ruby are you all right oh yeah yeah yeah i'm okay it's just uh seeing the place where it happened i understand there's been lots of people out here this morning they all react the same way okay stop keeping good company huh it's nice what's that flowers it's a nice idea it shows that people in this town really care the shots were fired from over there right right the book building uh the sixth floor they think it's the first window on the right you still own your nightclubs what your nightclubs you still run them oh sure sure yeah they're close for the weekend though because of this look uh you're welcome to come in when we reopen here's a pass i'll show you a good time wow thank you very much i sure enjoyed myself the last time i was there yeah the police are always welcomed by clubs i treat you guys special i would really appreciate that too well chief curry and captain frisco are around here someplace so i better get back to work uh i'll see you soon no it's a funny thing i was gonna send flowers i never got around to it yeah [Music] traffic hi little brother this is being taped yeah well it may be and it may not be [Applause] what have they been doing to you were they roughing you up no i got this theater they haven't bothered me since they treat me pretty well maureen and mother were by here today i know i've been with them all day what'd you think of the baby thanks for telling me about the baby i didn't even know you had one well it was a girl i wanted a boy but you know how that goes lee what the sam hill's going on here i don't know you don't know look they got your pistol they got your rifle they got your charge with shooting the president and a police officer i want to hear the truth i just don't know what they're talking about robert don't believe the so-called evidence you won't find anything there brother what about this attorney from new york who is he he's just an attorney i want to handle my case i'll get you an attorney from down here now you stay out of this stay out of it it looks like i've been dragged into it i don't want anybody from down here i want this one all right i just wanted to do something to help well junie needs a new pair of shoes i'll see you in a day or two robert you've got your job and everything don't be running back and forth getting yourself into trouble with your boss don't worry about it i'll be back all right it's up to you eva i tell you i checked the city directory the phone book there is no bernard wiseman it's a phony name so there you have it it is a dead end could you sit down and have a couple no just listen to me it's not just any phony name wise huh why do they pick the name wise men because it sounds jewish you said it yourself they picked that name so the people would blame the jews i don't hear anybody blaming the jews it'll happen it'll happen believe me even now i'm on to something yeah i'm on to something here very big i'm going to see it through go ahead go in keep it up keep it up you're going to make yourself sick there's a bunch of degenerates out there ready to destroy the jews that is you and me eva you were here stop what am i supposed to do who was i supposed to sit back and let these creeps assassinate my president maybe start a new camera you're gonna send me back to the hospital with this craziness is that what you want is that what you want i never knew anybody who can work himself up so fast even when we were little kids in chicago remember they used to call you sparky used to blow your top oh jack you're worn out by all this let me turn my comforter down um you need rest it's all right i'll go home maybe tomorrow would do you good to get out of dallas for a little while maybe take a long ride yeah i'll go over to fort worth [Applause] jack the best thing you can do is to try to forget what happened yesterday people who can forget what else can we do i got something i want to show you have you ever seen these photographs before no well we found them among your things out at the payne place well aren't they of you and your pistol and a rifle same rifle you said you never owned no why do you laugh these pictures are fakes they've been doctored what do you mean i mean i was photographed several times yesterday by the police so that the head of this person is probably me but it's very possible you people have superimposed my face over the body of somebody else why would we do that prove a point i guess mr oswald do you consider yourself knowledgeable on the subject of photography yes i do then could you explain to me how such a procedure this super imposition as you say could be accomplished it's very simple photos are doctored all the time the right time captain i'll show you why these pictures are fakes why not now because i choose not to [Music] uh we've been advised by the fbi that they have a copy of the mail order for the rocket the rifle that was found on the sixth floor of the book depository uh that's right the rotten on the order has been compared with samples of oswald's handwriting found to be the same also the return address was dallas a post office box under the name of eddie goodell would you spell that name for us sir h r d e double l our records show that the box is rented by lee harvey oswald we understand that there's a photograph of oswald and the rifle is that right we have a picture of oswald standing with a rifle in his hand which is very similar to the rifle in opposition also he had a pistol strapped on his head any results on the ballistics test looks like it's going to be favorable thank you chief thanks dude [Applause] yeah jack yeah this is land oh lynn i'm sorry i must have fallen asleep oh well we gotta leave in a few minutes our ride has get back fort worth is there any way i could get some money from you like in the club no lin the carousel's locked up uh where are you well i'm right by nichols garage all right tell the garage attendant give you five dollars i'll be down there a few minutes they'll hang back i could really use another twenty dollars i'll be going to fort worth tomorrow uh uh maybe i can drop it off to you then all right you call me in the morning oh i really appreciate it i'll call you in the morning charlie we're going to transfer oswald to the county jail this morning it'll be nice if we could ease the prisoner out without anybody knowing it now but we're going to have to inform the press at some point well we're going to take them out chief the basement why don't you start securing it right now yes sir now let's figure out a route now we can come up through here hasn't she been hurt enough isn't right to make a woman like her come back here face the worst time of her life again isn't right that isn't right talking to me jack huh no no i want this entire area secure within the next hour that means checking every car in the basement all the exits setting up id checkpoints for all the press go through all the cars any cars that don't belong get him out of here lee this is u.s postal inspector holmes he's going to ask you a few questions mr oswald did you rent box 4715 at the main post office in february of this year in dallas yes i did was it in your name lee h oswald yes it was did any person other than yourself receive mail through this box no oh well maybe my wife did i don't recall uh no one had access to the box except myself did you rent box 22061 at the main office in new orleans in april of this year yes i did and on your box rental application did you list both marina oswald and aj hiddell under the caption persons entitled to receive mail through this box well i recall listing my wife to receive mail and what about aj hiddell i don't recall anything about that lee did you ever order a rifle through the mail under your own name or anybody else's name how could i afford to order a rifle on my salary of a dollar and 25 cents an hour when i can't hardly feed myself on what i make here in washington death's orderly procedure has begun from nearby fort mcnair an honor guard has readied preparations for the funeral the k sound that once bore franklin roosevelt will carry the black covered casket of john kennedy yeah then what do you want you told me to call you this morning he said you were going to fort worth today and that you'd drop by and give me twenty dollars at the request oh lynn look uh i won't be coming to fort worth after all jack i really need the money right now okay okay uh why are the money uh you're picking up western union this afternoon would that be great jack thank you so much you take care of that little girl of yours little girl jack i don't have a little girl the drums will be shrouded in black the funeral pace will be exactly 100 paces a minute now the nation waits to pay homage to an era that ended yesterday well the prisoner will be transferred to the county jail sometime within the next town will we be able to see oswald yes i made arrangements as i promised so you will be in a position to take pictures but again i will ask you to cooperate and refrain from asking questions where will we be able to see oswald we're setting up an area for you in the basement uh excuse me along the circular drive outside the white house 50 state flags ruffling in the breeze are marched into position they will be dipped in final salute to the president's case at approximately one o'clock eastern standard time mrs kennedy will follow the people george i'm going down to the club to feed him walk the dogs okay jack i won't be lost friday night from the tragic events in dallas all is in readiness as washington and the nation i should stay right [Music] [Music] lee this selective service id card was found in your wallet it has your picture on it but the name on the card is aj heidel could you tell us about it i know nothing about this card it doesn't belong to me do you know anybody by the name of aj heidel no well have you ever used the name aj heidel as an alias no lee this card was found in your wallet it has your picture on it and the name aj heidel now do you expect me to believe that you know nothing about this card look i've told you everything i'm gonna tell you about that car you've got it read it you know as much about it as i do [Music] hey [Music] lots of trouble there's not enough clearance what are we going to do leave it here for now and i'll check the chief back [Music] hey [Music] now you stay little wife i'll be right back oh you want anything else oh just a sweater i want something warm yeah sure go ahead [Music] just a minute sir ma'am ma'am didn't you want a receipt yes of course i'm so forgetful there you go thank you very much yesterday what can it do for you i want to wire 20 to your fort worth office all right sir that's twenty dollars to mrs karen calling in fort worth captain the armored trucks here and in place what armored truck to transfer the prisoner well that's ridiculous tell bachelor to use regular unmarked cars two of them you can use the armored truck as a decoy yes sir and let us know when you're ready yes sir all right so it'll be two dollars and 35 cents total for the wire there's your change there's your time stamp receipt now she can pick the money up anytime after 11 30 a.m all right thank you very much you're welcome sir [Music] how [Music] captain we're ready good let's go everybody you too lee hmm so more let's go [Music] foreign [Music] lee if anybody shoots at you i hope they're as good as shot as you are and you're just over dramatizing well if any shooting starts you know what to do don't you i was told to do everything you do why in that case you live today uh [Music] hey here he comes uh [Applause] [Music] what happened you're shutting jack you shot oswald i did [Music] [Music] is [Music] start sorting out the facts i got plenty of questions to ask you i don't even remember doing it oh not in there that's where we put the president put him into i don't remember anything since i left the western union office until you guys threw me on the ground mr ruby maybe you don't remember doing it but do you know why you did it i did it for mrs kennedy it did for everybody don't you understand that why are you mad at me we're not mad at you you guys are supposed to be my friends right i just don't think you understand the significance of what you've done i'm sure i didn't no you don't i did it to show that jews have guts don't you see that mr ruby now i want you to just calm down and try to remember how did you get into that basement i walked down the ramp didn't anybody try to stop you from going down the ramp no no i don't think so mr ruby is anybody else involved with you in this i don't know what you mean by that maybe i should call my lawyer can i do that of course is he uh is he dead god i hope not so they're going to take you upstairs now i'm sorry about all this so [Music] what's his condition mr oswald died on the operating team before can you give us the precise time [Music] yes so [Applause] time there number one so so this film was based on the sworn testimony of many eyewitnesses among them jack ruby marina oswald wesley frazier captain will fritz and mrs ruth payne so thanks for watching if you'd like to help us produce more compelling historical content like this please like comment below and share this video with fellow history buffs and of course be sure to subscribe to help keep history happening

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Length: 107min 10sec (6430 seconds)

Published: Wed Nov 23 2022