Sam Berger Oral History

Object number2011.001.0087

Date10/10/2011

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Sam Berger

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

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

MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)

DimensionsDuration: 30 Minutes

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Oral History Collection

DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Sam Berger. An employee of the Peacock Jewelry Company in Dallas, Berger sold Abraham Zapruder the Bell & Howell home movie camera later used to film the Kennedy assassination. Berger observed and photographed the motorcade himself on Main Street. Interview conducted at Town Village retirement home in Dallas on October 10, 2011 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is thirty minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

Sam Berger passed away on November 13, 2016. Mr. Berger initially contacted the Museum to volunteer for the Oral History Project in 2009, though he decided to postpone the recording with the hope that he could find his long-missing photograph of the Kennedy motorcade from November 22, 1963. Ultimately, he was never able to find the original photo, though he kindly agreed to schedule this interview in 2011. - Stephen Fagin, Curator