The moment television grew up—and America lost its innocence forever.
Looking back over 40 years television and print journalists recall their stories and memories of reporting the murder of President Kennedy and how it changed the country and changed the way the public gets it's news.
Direction
Layzell lets journalists speak, no dramatic reenactments needed.
Editing
Seamless archival weaving—Cronkite's voice still cracks you.
Director
Alastair Layzell
Jane Pauley
Self - Narrator (voice)
John Connally
Self (archive footage)
Walter Cronkite
Self (archive footage)
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self (archive footage)
Peter Jennings
Self (archive footage)
John F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Jacqueline Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Jim Lehrer
Self
Lee Harvey Oswald
Self (archive footage)
Jack Ruby
Self (archive footage)
Bob Schieffer
Self
Dan Rather
Self (archive footage)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This documents the birth of 24-hour news culture—before CNN, before Twitter, the seeds were planted in Dallas.
Jane Pauley narrated while anchoring Dateline NBC, making her simultaneously part of the legacy she describes.
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