/internal/media/dispatcher/73278/fullJack Davis Oral History08/06/2002Duration: 57 MinutesHi-8 videotapeOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2002.001.00270Videotaped oral history interview with Jack Davis -- A teenager living in Oak Cliff, Mr. Davis was inside the Texas Theatre when Lee Harvey Oswald arrived and believed that Oswald sat next to him for a short time.Oral Histories6318221494Oral historyVideotaped oral history interview with Jack Davis. A teenager in Oak Cliff, Davis was inside the Texas Theatre when Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested on November 22, 1963. Davis recalled that Oswald briefly sat next to him before changing seats.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on August 6, 2002 by Gary Mack and Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-seven minutes long.Oral historiesMarrs, JimOswald, Lee HarveyDavis, JackTexas TheatreDallasChildhood Recollections (OHC)Lee Harvey Oswald (OHC)Since Jack Davis recalled that Lee Harvey Oswald changed seats multiple times and sat next to various people in the largely empty movie theater, this has led some researchers to speculate that Oswald may have been trying to meet up with a contact following the assassination. As a result, Davis's eyewitness account has appeared or been referenced in several books and research publications over the years. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator