/internal/media/dispatcher/74040/full"Remembering Officer J.D. Tippit" Program09/18/2014Duration: 44 MinutesBorn digital (.mov file), Born digital (.m2ts file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2014.001.01220Videotaped Living History interview with the Tippit family. Widow Marie and children Brenda and Curtis share thoughts and stories about the late Dallas police officer J.D. Tippit, who was shot and killed in Oak Cliff on November 22, 1963. Their memories were recorded during a Museum public program.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on September 18, 2014 by Hugh Aynesworth. The interview is [x hour and x minutes] long. This program was recorded with three cameras. The footage from Camera 1 and 2 (2014.001.0122.0001 and .0002) are saved as born digital files; footage from Camera 3 is burned to two DVD-R masters (2014.001.0122.0003 and .0004).
The video attached to this record is an excerpt. The entire interview is available in our Reading Room to on-site researchers or by submitting a Rights & Reproductions Request Form.Oral Histories653070E-100E-1043229Oral history0E-10Videotaped public program entitled "Remembering Officer J.D. Tippit" with widow Marie Tippit and children Curtis and Brenda Tippit. The program, moderated by journalist and author Hugh Aynesworth, commemorated what would have been J.D. Tippit's 90th birthday and featured family recollections, photographs and rare home movies of the Tippits. The program includes introductions by Dallas Police Chief David Brown and Museum Curator Gary Mack.
Public program recorded at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on September 18, 2014. The program is forty-four minutes long.Oral historiesPoliceTippit, J.D.Tippit, MarieDallas Police DepartmentDallasLaw Enforcement (OHC)Childhood Recollections (OHC)News Media (OHC)Lee Harvey Oswald (OHC)Hugh Aynesworth passed away on December 23, 2023. - Riley Harris, Collections CatalogerMarie Tippit passed away on March 2, 2021 at the age of 92.
This public program sadly marked the last Museum program appearance of Curator Gary Mack prior to his passing on July 15, 2015. - Stephen Fagin, Curator