The Kennedy Legacy: W5
Catalogue Number: CTV611
Producer: CTV
Producing Agencies: CTV
Subject: Criminal Justice & Law, Documentary, History, Politics, World History
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary, Adult
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 2013
Running Time: 25:00
W5 explores the most investigated murder in history and the profound fascination - and in some cases, obsession with President John Fitzgerald Kennedy's death.
In this, the fiftieth year since the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, almost 150 more books will be added to the thousands already written studying the man, his era and his death. But the focus of academics and historians may be shifting, from an analysis of the events of that day, to the impact they have had on both the United States, and the world.
Back in 1963, baby boomers were teenagers, yet even today, their memories of the American trauma are nearly as vivid as though it had just happened.
Includes Bonus Extended segment with Robert MacNeill:
Canadian Robert MacNeil was covering John F. Kennedy's trip to Dallas for NBC in November 1963. He recalls the events of that fateful day.
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