Isadore "Izzy" Bleckman Oral History
Object number2009.001.0059
Date08/15/2009
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Isadore "Izzy" Bleckman
Oral history interviewer
Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)
Dimensions40 Minutes
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Isadore "Izzy" Bleckman. A photographer for Fox Movietone News in 1963, Bleckman filmed the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald. Earlier that weekend, he filmed on the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository, at the Texas Theatre, and at other assassination-related sites in the Dallas area. In 1964, he covered the Jack Ruby trial.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on August 15, 2009 by Associate Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty minutes long.
Curatorial CommentaryIzzy Bleckman had a long career as a TV news photographer and he is probably best remembered for his work on the award-winning CBS series, On The Road with Charles Kuralt. The series aired from 1967 until the mid-'90s as the two traveled across America talking to "regular folks" and telling their interesting stories. - Gary Mack, Curator
