/internal/media/dispatcher/75777/fullGeorge Phenix Oral History07/24/1995Duration: 73 MinutesHi-8 videotapeOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza1995.043.00220Videotaped oral history interview with George Phenix. A news photographer for Dallas CBS affiliate KRLD-TV, Phenix was at Dallas Love Field and Parkland Memorial Hospital on the day of the Kennedy assassination. On November 24, 1963, he captured the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald on 16mm film. After leaving KRLD, Phenix became a political writer and co-founded the Texas Weekly newsletter.
Interview conducted at Mr. Phenix's home on July 24, 1995 by Wes Wise and Bob Porter. The interview is one hour and thirteen minutes long.Oral Histories7222810.16000000006.985000000011783Oral history1.9050000000Videotaped oral history interview with George Phenix. A news photographer for Dallas CBS affiliate KRLD-TV, Phenix was at Dallas Love Field and Parkland Memorial Hospital on the day of the Kennedy assassination. On November 24, 1963, he captured the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald on 16mm film. After leaving KRLD, Phenix became a political writer and co-founded the Texas Weekly newsletter.
Interview conducted at Mr. Phenix's home on July 24, 1995 by Wes Wise and Bob Porter. The interview is one hour and thirteen minutes long.Oral historiesPressReporterRuby, JackOswald, Lee HarveyPhenix, GeorgeLove FieldParkland HospitalKRLD-TVDallasLove Field Airport (OHC)Parkland Memorial Hospital (OHC)News Media (OHC)Jack Ruby (OHC)Lee Harvey Oswald (OHC)Nearly seventeen years after this interview was recorded, George Phenix participated in a second oral history with the Museum on February 3, 2012. That interview may be accessed here: George Phenix Oral History – Search Phenix (Objects) – Search – The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza.
Mr. Phenix passed away on September 24, 2021 at the age of 82. - Stephen Fagin, CuratorIn 2004, Phenix co-authored When the News Went Live with three of his former KRLD-TV colleagues: Bob Huffaker, Bill Mercer and Wes Wise. This charming quartet of veteran journalists participated in a number of panel discussions across Texas in support of the book, including multiple programs at The Sixth Floor Museum. With the passing of Bill Mercer in 2025, all four of the authors are now deceased.
A 2007 public program with the authors may be viewed here: "When the News Went Live" Program – Search when the news (Objects) – Search – The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. A public program recorded in 2008 may be found on the Museum's YouTube channel: When The News Went Live: Author Panel Discussion (2008). The group's last Museum program, recorded in 2013, may be found here: When The News Went Live: Author Panel Discussion (2013). - Stephen Fagin, Curator