Jim English Oral History

Object number2006.001.0020

Date04/14/2006

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Jim English

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

MediumHi-8 videotape

DimensionsDuration: 83 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Jim English. An engineer for Dallas CBS affiliate KRLD-TV, English was at the Dallas Trade Mart, Parkland Memorial Hospital and Dallas police headquarters on November 22, 1963. On Sunday, November 24, he was operating the KRLD-TV studio camera that captured the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald. The following year, during the 1964 Jack Ruby trial in Dallas, he operated the live pool camera in the courtroom during the announcement of the verdict. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on April 14, 2006 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and twenty-three minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

Mr. English passed away on October 13, 2011. The most significant assassination-related footage captured by English for KRLD-TV can be found in this YouTube video on the Museum's channel: The Jack Ruby Trial: A Panel Discussion (youtube.com). The shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald appears at timecode 23:56, and the live verdict in the Jack Ruby trial appears at timecode 36:32. - Stephen Fagin, Curator