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Ward Warren film

Ward Warren film

Object number2010.004.0001
Date11/22/1963 - 01/01/1964
ClassificationsFilms
Photographer William Ward Warren
ObjectFilm, 8mm
Credit LineWilliam Ward Warren Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumFilm
DimensionsGauge: 8mm; Camera Speed: 16 fps
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DescriptionOriginal 8mm color home movie filmed by local high school student Ward Warren. He captured footage of Air Force One and Air Force Two arriving at Love Field, and the Kennedys, Johnsons and Connallys speaking with the crowd along the fenceline, as well as footage of the January 1, 1964 Cotton Bowl parade and excerpts of the game (not included here). The video attached to this record is an excerpt. The entire film is available in our Reading Room to on-site researchers or by submitting a Rights & Reproductions Request Form.
Curatorial Commentary
William Ward Warren recorded oral histories with The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza in 2010 and 2016. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
Ward Warren’s film is one of the few Love Field home movies I’ve seen that shows Vice President Lyndon Johnson.  Johnson, of course, always traveled separately from the president for security reasons and was waiting for him at Love Field when Kennedy stepped off the plane.  But very few people with cameras paid him any attention, perhaps because he was a Texan who often appeared around the state and on local TV. - Gary Mack, Curator